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SpaceX installs rocket-catching arms on Starship’s Florida launch tower

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The company has been building the second of several planned Starship launch sites for more than three years. Ironically, work on that pad began before the company started building the pad that will actually support Starship’s first orbital launch attempts. SpaceX broke ground on Starship’s first Florida OLS in late 2019.

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OPIS: Recovery of US gasoline demand stalls as summer driving season ends

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Latest data by OPIS, an IHS Markit company, shows that demand actually fell 1.9% For the years 2017-2019 the average drop in US gasoline demand from August to October has been on the order of 5 to 10%. Florida showed an even larger year-on-year differential of 35% for the same reason. below prior year levels.

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OPIS: US gasoline demand more than “halfway” back from pandemic-induced lows

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Gasoline consumption in the United States is now more than halfway back to pre-COVID-19 levels as motorists get back on the road amid at least a partial recovery of the US economy, according to OPIS, an IHS Markit company. Whether gasoline demand can fully retrace the route back to 2019 levels remains challenging, however.

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SpaceX outfits drone ship for Panama Canal transit after 45th booster recovery

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Minutes later, SpaceX began loading unusual hardware onto the drone ship and it soon became clear that preparations were underway to transport OCISLY from Florida to California. JRTI had both ‘wing’ extensions removed and stored on its deck during that transit, adding several months of work for removal and reinstallation.

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SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft returns to Earth after second trip to orbit

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A SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft has safely returned to Earth after a month in orbit, completing the company’s 24th successful cargo delivery to the International Space Station (ISS). SpaceX 's #CargoDragon spacecraft splashed down at 4:05pm ET off the Florida coast after transporting 4,900 lbs.

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A First: An AI System Has Been Named An Inventor

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Abbott and his team filed applications in 2018 and 2019 in 17 patent offices around the world, including in the United States, several European countries, China, Japan, and India. INVENTIVE SYSTEMS In 2014 Abbott began noticing that companies were increasingly using AI to do a variety of tasks including creating designs. Charles, Mo.

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SpaceX executive forecasts 6 Falcon Heavy launches in 12 months

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A SpaceX sales executive predicts that the company will launch Falcon Heavy, currently the most powerful operational rocket in the world, up to six times in the next 12 months. In just a small taste of things to come, Falcon Heavy’s second launch followed 14 months later. That may finally change.