Autopilot

Source: Term Paper Warehouse

GENERAL DESCRIPTION Autopilot is an automatic flight control system that keeps an aircraft in level flight or on a set course. It can be directed by the pilot, or it may be coupled to a radio navigation signal. Autopilot reduces the physical and mental ...
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SpaceX Dragon Approaches ISS, Completes Key Tests

Source: Ecoustics

The SpaceX Dragon capsule is moving closer to the International Space Station (ISS), and has completed several key tests required before arriving at its destination. NASA and SpaceX today released video (below) and photos (left) of the Dragon as i ...
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Lenders question LightSquared's chances of future success

Source: TotalTelecom

LightSquared has been working on a fourth-generation wireless broadband network since 2001. Backed by hedge-fund manager Philip Falcone and his Harbinger Capital Partners, LightSquared's project stalled as federal ...
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First, Do Good When Mining for Gold: Benoit La Salle

Source: International Business Times

First, Do Good When Mining for Gold : Benoit La Salle Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report (5/23/12) http://www.theaureport.com/pub/na/13430 Benoit La Salle is the founder, president and CEO of SEM ...
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Legislators Looking To Revive GPS Monitoring Program

Source: Hartford Courant

— The state is looking for ways to restart a program intended to keep victims of domestic violence safe by using global positioning systems to monitor offenders, House Speaker Christopher Donovan, D-Meriden, said Wednesday. A p ...
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Monsanto To Buy Planting Technology Co,Unveils New Platform

Source: FOX Business

Monsanto Co. (MON) is paying $210 million for a maker of crop-planting technology as the agribusiness company steps up efforts to diversify beyond seed production. Monsanto said the acquisition of closely held Precision Planting Inc. wil ...
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THE KINGFISHER SPACE ENCYCLOPEDIA

Source: Kirkus Book Reviews

A routine sweep through matters astronomical, more suitable (despite the title) for casual browsing than research or quick reference. In a conventional single-topic-per-spread format, Goldsmith skims the history of ...
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BREAKING GROUND

Source: Winnipeg Free Press

JOE BRYKSA / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Tricia Christie says she never thought of herself as a trailblazer. She hopes more women enter her profession. IT'S taken 131 years, but the country's oldest land surveyors' associatio ...
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Billionaire Steven Cohen's Q1 High Conviction Bets In Basic Materials And Energy

Source: Seeking Alpha

Stamford, Conn.-based leading multistrategy hedge fund SAC Capital, founded and led by legendary manager Steven Cohen, filed its latest 13-F for Q1 2012 indicating that it ended the quarter with $22.24 billion i ...
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