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Book review: ‘When the Heavens Went on Sale’ by Ashlee Vance

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Although this is not a book about SpaceX (Vance deliberately chooses to focus on companies that are not already household names), Elon Musk is a presence throughout; these founders all implicitly or explicitly want a seat at his table. It is an entertaining and informative book built on extensive original reporting.

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Quickstep to manufacture F-35 components for Northrop Grumman

AU Manufacturing

Northrop Grumman has signed a six-year contract with Quickstep Holdings for the delivery of Australian-made components for the F-35 aerospace program. . 35 order book through 2025 and are a great example of the value Australian industry delivers to the world’s largest defence aerospace program,” he added. .

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CWIEME Berlin Announces First Speakers and Themes

i4.0 today

To book a free ticket or explore the speakers and themes for this years event, visit Berlin.CWIEMEevents.com. Over 70 visionary speakers and six dynamic content themes make up the heart of the event, offering attendees a rare opportunity to hear from and connect with the engineers, policymakers and innovators shaping tomorrows energy systems.

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Book review: ‘The Future of Geography’ by Tim Marshall

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Marshall reminds us how shipbuilding and aerospace gave us warships and fighter jets. And we need to understand it fast if we’re to avoid history repeating itself, because “each time humanity has ventured into a new domain it has brought war with it”.

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Bombardier reports $44 million Q1 profit, down from $110M a year earlier

Canadian Manufacturing

The Montreal-based private jet maker, which keeps its books in U.S. Bombardier Inc. reported a first-quarter profit of US$44 million, down from US$110 million a year earlier as its revenue rose. dollars, says the profit amounted to 37 cents US per diluted share for the quarter ended March 31 compared with a profit of US$1.02

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Book review: ‘A Traveler’s Guide to the Stars’ by Les Johnson

E&T

The idea of a guide book to the Universe is not new. As for the real-life challenges faced by the still largely hypothetical interstellar travel, they, as I have grasped from this trailblazing book, boil down to first distance, second propulsion, and third motivation.

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Northrop Grumman signs Quickstep Holdings to support F-35 program

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Quickstep Holdings is the largest independent aerospace composite business in Australia, with facilities in Sydney, Geelong, Melbourne and Dallas. 35 order book through 2025 and are a great example of the value Australian industry delivers to the world’s largest defence aerospace program.”.