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Purdue band members to fly world's largest drum into Lake Michigan
Purdue News ServiceWEST LAFAYETTE — Members of Purdue University's "All-American" Marching Band are building a new version of the World's Largest Drum that will fly over and into Lake Michigan. The "Droppin the Bass" glider will be launched off a four-story lakefront...Tags: Big Ten Conference, NASA, Science and Technology, Purdue Boilermakers, Manufacturing and Engineering
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'Gorgeous Gabby' sheds helmet after skull surgery
HOUSTON (AP) — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' new look without a helmet has earned her another nickname.
"I started calling her Gorgeous Gabby today," neurosurgeon Dr. Dong Kim said Thursday, a day after performing the successful surgery to repair her...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Science and Technology, Gabrielle Giffords, Human Body, Los Angeles
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Pentagon sees doubled cost for rocket launch program
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Thursday told Congress that a recent restructuring of its heavy rocket launch program to add 60 more launches and extend the schedule for a decade would more than double the program's projected cost to $70.7 billion....Tags: U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Defense, Science and Technology, Lockheed Martin Corp., Unrest, Conflicts and War
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NASA puts shuttle launch pad in Florida up for lease
ReutersCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., May 23 (Reuters) - Nearly two years after space shuttle Atlantis blasted off for the last time, NASA on Thursday put out a "For Lease" notice for one of its shuttle launch pads in Florida. In a notice posted on its procurement...Tags: Kennedy Space Center, Heavy Engineering, Science and Technology, Rocketry, Orion Space Mission
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After veto, Florida coast-to-coast bike trail boosters look for other sources of money
A paved bike trail stretching from coast to coast across the center of Florida can still get built despite Gov. Rick Scott's veto of $50 million for the project, state Sen. Andy Gardiner said Thursday. "We're committed to getting this done," said...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Rick Scott, Executive Branch, Finance, Government
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Thomas Harvey: Aerospace engineer helped send men to the moon
In the early days of the nation's space program, when American astronauts were first launched into space from the scrublands of Cape Canaveral, Thomas Harvey was there to see it firsthand. As an aerospace engineer for Martin Marietta Corp., Harvey was...
Tags: Harvey, Heart Attack, Science and Technology, U.S. Military, Neil Armstrong
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Letters to the editor: compassionate cruise line, student debt, and Kiera Wilmot
At a time when so many cruise lines are being villified — some deservedly — I would like to voice my experience with the Royal Caribbean International Cruise Lines. On April 28, on the first day of our planned cruise on the Caribbean, my...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Marketing, Science and Technology, Medical Procedures and Tests, Jamaica
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Report: Woman nearly drowns at Brevard beach
A woman was taken to a hospital in critical condition after nearly drowning at the beach in Brevard County, clickorlando.com is reporting. The 20-year-old was pulled from the water in Cape Canaveral, according to the website. To read the article, go...
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My Word: Remembering Astronaut Cooper's firsts
Most people have seen videos of Neil Armstrong, the first person to set foot on the moon after taking manual control of the landing. But who led the way with many space-mission firsts? In May 1963, I was working at NASA Mission Control at Cape Canaveral...Tags: Space Programs, NASA, Science and Technology, Arts and Culture, Neil Armstrong
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Free tours of Ponce de León's ship El Galeón sold out early Tuesday
UPDATE: A free tour of El Galeón is the hottest ticket in town. By Tuesday, history-hungry South Floridians had snapped up 20,000 free tickets to tour the 170-foot replica, according to Nicki Grossman, president of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention...
Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Travel, Human Interest, Tourism and Leisure
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275-mile bike trail would go from Cape Canaveral to St. Petersburg
OrlandoSentinel.comAs I mentioned in a recent post , the Florida Legislature allocated $50 million to link several Central Florida trails with 72 miles of connector trails to make one long Coast to Coast Trail . The already-paved segments that would be linked include,... -
Battle looms as commercial space interests seek piece of federal wildlife refuge
The coastal ghost town of Shiloh, where the nation's rock-star rocketeer wants to build a space town, is for now a place of orphan oranges, turkey tracks and lonesome tombstones. Above all, Shiloh is surrounded by the healthiest part of Merritt Island...
Tags: Kennedy Space Center, Heavy Engineering, Science and Technology, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Federal Aviation Administration
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