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Space Cannon Blasts Satellite Into Orbit And Into History
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     ADAK ISLAND, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA. - For the first time ever, a space cannon launched a one stage rocket, which carried a 2 pound cubesat into orbit. It fulfilled a vision penned by Jules Verne in the story, "From The Earth To The Moon," (1865.) In it a very large cannon fires astronauts into space; an impossible dream because the required G-forces are lethal to humans. Modern rocket science had eclipsed that vision of space flight, until now...  Read More



Wind Power Fills Sails Of A Devastated Detroit
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     10 MILE POINT, ST. CLAIR SHORES, MI - 350 Megawatts of wind power blowing from Lake St. Clair pushes back against the economic tsunami that devastated Metropolitan Detroit in the wake of the US manufacturing sector collapse.  Thirty five 10MW towers built by Westerly Wind Inc. and Customers Power Inc. provide cheaper power for over 98,000 Metro Detroit homes...  Read More