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NASA-Boeing contract under investigation: report

[ad_1] The NASA Inspector General and the U.S. Department of Justice have launched investigations into allegations that Boeing may have benefited from inside information provided by the space agency during a contract award procedure, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. The affair led to the sudden resignation of Doug Loverro, then …

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Will the little rockets finally take off?

[ad_1] Issued on: 18/11/2020 – 04:26 Paris (AFP) The boom in demand to put small satellites into orbit has increased interest in small rockets, but industry players don’t think the niche will become a business segment in its own right. “During this time last year, we were able to count …

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Toads on tropical islands are dwindling rapidly as they evolve

[ad_1] Of Adam Vaughan A guttural toad (Sclerophrys gutturalis) in Tanzania Shutterstock / Chedko The toads that invaded two tropical islands dwindled by a third in less than a century, a remarkably short amount of time on evolutionary timescales. The guttural toad (Sclerophrys gutturalis) is native to much of Africa. …

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