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...AEROSPACE 4 hours Time it will take to fly from London to Sydney on a space plane being developed by Europe's EADS Astrium $308,200 Estimated cost per ticket aboard the proposed four-passenger craft. The 10,600-mile (17,000 km) journey currently takes more than 21 hours and costs about...
...coast of Western Australia, she encountered a German raider, the Kormoran. What happened next will never be known for certain, but both ships sank. The Kormoran was scuttled and more than 300 of its 400 crew were rescued or washed ashore. The Sydney and all aboard it were lost. The exact locations of both ships were a mystery...
...Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado, has military officers peering at computer screens 24/7, looking for telltale signs of missile launches. An array of satellites and a huge floating radar in the Pacific are linked through those officers to ground-based missiles in Alaska and California and interceptor missiles aboard Navy warships. Since 2001, the Pentagon has shot down 34 out of 42 test missiles it has targeted. Critics contend the tests don't replicate real-world conditions, because the timing and trajectory of the target "incoming" missiles are known beforehand to those trying to shoot them down. These test "attacking" missiles...
...victory speech was loud and strident, her written press statements challenging and boastful. But during the quiet moments at Hillary Clinton's rally in Columbus last night, and aboard her campaign plane bound for Washington early this morning, the mood was one of quiet relief. Winning Ohio and Texas means that her Presidential campaign will continue. But first it was time for weary smiles, a brief toast, and, finally, sleep...
...Clinton and her top staff already were aboard the campaign's jet when their Blackberry phones lit up. Fox News was calling Texas for Clinton. The aides cheered. Campaign Chairman Terry McAuliffe poured cheap Yellow Tail wine into long-stemmed glasses, and they stood in a clump in the aisle and made a quick toast...