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Meet NCAM, the researchers helping NASA go “to the Moon, to Mars, and beyond”

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MICHOUD, La.—Obviously, NASA's novel plans for its Space Launch System (SLS) and the Orion capsule require state of the art tools and engineering. But all those strategies, machines, and flight hardware don't appear out of thin air. While much of NASA's work is built on the shoulders of giants so to speak, they also find partners to continuously perform essential research and...

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Feds consider helping fund Elon Musk’s Hyperloop

The hyperloop pod design contest took place in Texas A&M University's Hall of Champions. (credit: Eric Berger)

COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS—For years, the Hyperloop was a much buzzed-about myth. Finally, in 2013, Elon Musk provided a bit of substance by outlining the proposal in a research paper. People riding inside a tube, he said, could go from...

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