Tag: Boeing
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Raise Shields! Boeing Patents Force Field Technology Straight out of Star Trek
For those who don’t know, Boeing doesn’t just make planes. It’s also a major provider of defence, space and security in the United States and one of its latest patents which has just made its way public employs sci-fi style force fields similar to the ones from Star Trek. Force fields and ‘shields’ have been…
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Boeing, SpaceX To Test Crew Capsules
A combined announcement from the two current contractors for NASA’s International Space Station missions, Boeing and SpaceX, has revealed that soon capsules designed by both groups to ferry astronauts will be tested on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral in Florida. The tests will be aimed at examining the safety of the capsules and their…
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Microsoft Flight Now Available to Download For Free
When I was younger I loved playing Microsoft Flight Simulator (not that I was very good at it though), and ever since I’ve had an interest in these sort of simulation games. So I was surprised and pleased to hear that Microsoft have just announced that the latest version of the extremely popular Flight Simulator…