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August 29, 2013

NASA-Funded Scientists Detect Water On Moon's Surface

Find Hints At Water Deep In The Moon's Interior

NASA-funded lunar research has yielded evidence of water locked in mineral grains on the surface of the moon from an unknown source deep beneath the surface. Using data from NASA's Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) instrument aboard the Indian Space Research Organization's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, scientists remotely detected magmatic water, or water that originates from deep within the moon's interior, on the surface of the moon.

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NASA Tests Limits Of 3-D Printing With Powerful Rocket Engine Check

Injector Is The Largest Additive Manufacturing Component Ever Evaluated In A Live Fire Test

The largest 3-D printed rocket engine component NASA ever has tested blazed to life Aug. 22 during an engine firing that generated a record 20,000 pounds of thrust. This test is a milestone for one of many important advances the agency is making to reduce the cost of space hardware.

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California Bids For Commercial Space Business

Legislature Eyes Incentives To Lure Companies Away From Other States

California must perceive itself as being behind some it its neighbors and other states in the race to bring commercial space and space tourism companies to the state. In an effort to grab some of that business, the state is currently considering insurance legislation that would protect parts manufacturers from liability should a passenger be fatally injured on a commercial space flight.

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Aero-TV: Its A Bird, Its A Plane -- Its Jetman!

Don't Miss This AMAZING Interview With The jet-Powered Yves Rossy

Despite a few issues to be worked out for the future, the first public airshows featuring Jetman Yves Rossy set imaginations soaring. You could see it in faces all over Wittman Field as folks craned their heads skyward to catch a glimpse of the man who made himself a missile.




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