propulsion
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As for the tram system, Whalen said the Getty is installing a new propulsion system with trams transporting more people per trip than before.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
This understates the reality: Experts have concluded that Mr. White’s exotic propulsion doesn’t work.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
This type of propulsion is well known in aerospace engineering, where hydrogen peroxide is used as a fuel to launch spacecraft, but it had not previously been identified in a biological system.
From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2026
The 36-year-old from Chelmsford, Essex, works as a spacecraft engineer for Airbus in Germany, which has built the propulsion system for the Orion spacecraft on Nasa's Artemis II mission.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026
Scared ’em so much they agreed to put propulsion in our own little separate category.”
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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