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SpaceX Falcon 9 launch scrubbed by wayward cruise ship

Teslarati

Fairing recovery north of Cuba ~596km downrange. Nonetheless, each scrubbed launch likely costs the company several hundred thousand dollars and wastes hundreds or even thousands of work-hours. CSG -2 LHAs from SLC-40 NET 27 Jan 23:11 UTC, altern. 28 Jan to 01 Feb. Booster LZ1 landing. Dogleg maneuver to SSO azimuth.

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

Green Car Congress

It is quite clear that costs for both adaptation and mitigation will increase over time, and that public money, provided by developed countries, will have to kick-start action and lead the way. Do we really want to be remembered as the generation that wasted another decade? It’s about time we changed course. in benefits. “Why