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From Norway to New York, electric ferries are taking over the globe

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From Norway to New York, electric ferries are taking over the globe

Coming this fall, residents in Stockholm won’t have to endure the hour-long drive or train ride between Ekerö, a popular suburb, and central Stockholm, home to the historic City Hall. Instead, they can jump on a 30-passenger ferry and make the journey in half the time, helping to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. This is not … Read more

How Elon Musk’s SpaceX started a new ‘Space Race’ unlike any other

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How Elon Musk's SpaceX started a new 'Space Race' unlike any other

In 2005, three years before its first successful orbital launch, a fledgling space startup called SpaceX asked the US government to allow it to use the famous Cape Canaveral launch pad once home to the Apollo space program. Old-school space companies like Boeing and Lockheed Martin opposed the idea and lobbied aggressively to block the … Read more