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NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 reaches orbit

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The OCO-2 spacecraft was built by Orbital Sciences Corporation on an elongated variant of Orbital’s LEOStar-2 science satellite platform. As depicted above, the international Afternoon Constellation includes OCO-2, GCOM-W1, Aqua, CALIPSO, CloudSat, PARASOL, and Aura. GCOM-W1, Aqua, CALIPSO, CloudSat, and Aura are currently on orbit.

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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

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Going forward, GM plans to spend proportionally less of its marketing budget on the corporate identity and more on the vehicle brands. I was able to spend 10 minutes driving a Saturn Aura sedan with an (HCCI) engine system. Establishing four core brands. GM’s identify in the US starts with its four core brands. Earlier post.).

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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When the center opened in 1970, it was unlike other major industrial research laboratories; its work wasn’t tied, even loosely, to its corporate parent’s current product lines. The Aurora 100 is now used by corporations to develop in­ house training films and presentation graphics. and Toronto, Ont., Mountain View, Calif.—began

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