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[ad_1] United Launch Alliance is currently preparing the launch of the company's latest Delta 2 rocket for a flight to orbit a $ 1 billion NASA satellite, ICESat-2. The satellite will launch …
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[ad_1] A long March 2C Chinese rocket took off on Friday with the Haiyang 1C oceanic observation satellite. Credit: Xinhua A Chinese marine observation satellite designed to monitor ocean pollution, measure sea …
Read More »Boyan Slat: A Dutch inventor will launch a cleaning of the plastic oceans
[ad_1] For someone who has severe seasickness, Boyan Slat spends a lot of time thinking about the ocean. The Dutch inventor designed the world's first ocean plastic cleaning system but admits he …
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