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Private spaceflight heats up as Orbitals Antares rocket completes test launch

2013-04-22 19:49:20| Extremetech

Orbital Sciences Corporation has completed the first test launch of its Antares rocket, successfully deploying a dummy 3.8-tonne spacecraft into low Earth orbit (LEO). The next test flight, due in June, will see the launch of Orbital's Cygnus spacecraft, which will resupply the International Space Station. If that goes well, Orbital will begin a $1.9-billion contract with NASA to deliver eight resupply missions to the ISS.

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GM-VW China rivalry heats up as both see 3 million auto sales

2013-04-21 18:10:43| Auto Dealers - Topix.net

Rolls-Royce is seeing slowing growth in China. The brand expects sales growth of 2 percent to 3 percent a year in the country this year, CEO Torsten Mueller-Oetvoes said.

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Fuels battle heats up as Congress mulls law change

2013-04-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Des Moines Register: The battle between U.S. ethanol producers and oil companies has reached a turning point, with the winners poised to gain an advantage over the future of the countrys energy mix and the losers forced to cede profits and jobs to their bitter rival. Ground zero of the battle is the countrys Renewable Fuel Standard an 8-year-old law that requires refiners to produce alternative fuels from corn, soybeans and other products in an effort to reduce the countrys dependence on foreign oil. The drop...

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Ethanol Mandate Battle Heats Up

2013-03-25 08:00:44| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News

The ongoing battle between opponents and advocates over how much corn-oil to add to American gas tanks leads more toward a war of words than an actual solution. Get the latest on the 2007 ethanol mandate. [More] The Article Ethanol Mandate Battle Heats Up appeared first on Automotive Digest.

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