Faster Than Any Rotorcraft In It's Class... And Possibly A
'Game Changer'
One of the true "reveals" of the 2008 HAI Trade Show was
Sikorsky's surprising (but delightful) decision to pull their X2
research aircraft off the line (where it is preparing for first
flight) and bring it to the show. This was the first major public
venue in which the on-again, off-again development project that
could change the nature of rotorcraft design had seen the light of
day.
Hubble Telescope Finds Methane On Jupiter-Sized World
A team of astronomers led by Mark Swain of NASA's Jet Propulsion
Laboratory in Pasadena, CA, has made the first detection ever of an
organic molecule in the atmosphere of a Jupiter-sized planet
orbiting another star. The breakthrough, made with NASA's Hubble
Space Telescope, is an important step in eventually identifying
signs of life on a planet outside our solar system.
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