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NASA’s “Bold Breakthrough” Divides Experts as Supersonic Parachutes Get $15 Million Upgrade in High-Stakes Flight Tests

NASA’s “Bold Breakthrough” Divides Experts as Supersonic Parachutes Get  Million Upgrade in High-Stakes Flight Tests

IN A NUTSHELL 🚀 NASA is conducting tests on advanced supersonic parachutes equipped with innovative sensors to improve Mars missions. 📡 The EPIC team successfully deployed a sensor-equipped parachute using a drone, providing crucial data for future tests. 🔧 Collaboration between NASA’s research centers led to the development of commercially available sensors for these parachutes. 🤝 Potential partnerships with the …

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Ex-NBA star Gilbert Arenas arrested; ‘high-stakes illegal poker’ alleged

Ex-NBA star Gilbert Arenas arrested; ‘high-stakes illegal poker’ alleged

Former NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas was arrested Wednesday alongside five other men on conspiracy charges for allegedly running an illegal “high-stakes” poker game in Encino that included hiring women to provide “companionship” for gamblers, court records show. Arenas, 43, rented out an Encino mansion that he owned between September 2021 and July 2022 “for the purposes of hosting high-stakes illegal …

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