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50 Years Later, This Apollo-Era Antenna Still Talks to Voyager 2

Cars That Think

DSS-42 was retired in 2000. NASA engineers predicted that to carry out missions beyond Mars, the space agency needed more sensitive antennas. The antenna had a 26-meter-diameter dish. Along with two other antennas at JPL and in Spain, DSS-42 obtained the first close-up images of Mars.

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You Haven’t Seen Blue Until You’ve Seen San Andres

Baua Electric

A bikini and a golf cart Although the beaches of San Andres are not among the most beautiful in the world, the water a short distance offshore is, thanks to the sunken reefs, and so many visitors skip exploring the interior of the island in favor of getting wet. In 2000, the U.N. with motorcycles zipping around me.

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EV Briefs, and Black Rock City & EVs

Plugs and Cars

Out in the desert as part of Burning Man , our encampment, Snow Koan Solar, is setting up a solar photovoltaic EV Charging Station (at 7:30 and Desert) for electric scooters, golf carts, sofas and barstools. At a price, of course, but a state rebate of $2000 for Zero Emission Vehicles will apply.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The four-door sedan will deliver 40 miles on a charge; a small gasoline engine will recharge the battery as it approaches depletion, extending its range by as much as 200 miles. Volt like hybrids are the intermediate future between hydrogen or fast charging electric cars. assuming electric cars actually have a future.

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