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

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SpaceX has installed a pair of rocket-catching arms on a tower meant to support the first East Coast launches of its next-generation Starship rocket. SpaceX began constructing Starship’s Texas launch site in earnest in late 2020. SpaceX stress-tests the first ‘chopsticks’ with water bags.

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IEEE Society Restores Electricity To a Nepali School

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Until recently, the residents of Melamchi, Nepal, cooked meals and heated water for bathing over a wood-burning stove. The effect that access to reliable electricity has had on the village is amazing,” says Morgan Kiani , an engineering professor at Texas Christian University , in Fort Worth.

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BP selects Technip for the Thunder Horse South Expansion project in the ultra-deep Gulf of Mexico

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awarded Technip a lump sum project for the design, engineering, fabrication, installation and pre-commissioning of the new production pipeline systems on the south side of the Thunder Horse production drilling quarters unit. Coating, fabrication, installation and permanent anchoring of two rigid production flowlines of 3.25

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SpaceX to ship Starship ‘deluge’ hardware from Florida to Starbase

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SpaceX appears to be preparing to ship a huge collection of hardware – including parts of a possible launch deluge system – from Florida to Texas. Ultimately, it’s almost certain that the delivery is SpaceX hardware bound for Starbase, Texas. At least nine unused tanks have been sitting at Pad 39A for months.

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SpaceX’s first orbital-class Super Heavy booster rejoins Starship at launch pad

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Now, after installing what looks like hundreds of feet of wiring, dozens of additional gas and fluid lines, compressed gas tanks, hydraulic ‘sleds’ SpaceX’s first flightworthy Super Heavy has once again returned to the launch site. A bit less than two weeks ago, SpaceX once again installed 29 Raptors on Booster 4.

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SpaceX’s upgraded Super Heavy booster sails through first major test

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On April 3rd, the launch mount’s “quick disconnect” device connected Super Heavy to the pad’s ground systems. At some point, SpaceX will also need to install a full 33 Raptor V2 engines on the booster and seal off the whole engine section and each Raptor with a heat shield. Starship Gazer). NASASpaceflight).

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Ford MyEnergi Lifestyle collaboration to demonstrate integration of home appliance technology, plug-in vehicle and renewable energy source; Georgia Tech model predicts 60% cut in home energy costs

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If every home in the US were to implement these energy-saving technologies, it would be the equivalent of taking all the homes in California, New York and Texas off the power grid (32 million homes). Hot water heaters are more efficient and use nighttime electricity. Connected appliances can use less energy during peak periods.

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