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Such measurements have become increasingly important for providing information on the initial conditions from which the large-scale structure of the Universe has evolved. The detailed measurement phase promises quantitative answers to some of the fundamental questions of structure evolution in our Universe: How did matter first distribute itself to eventually form the bubbles, voids and galaxy clusters that we observe? What is the amplitude of the quantum fluctuations which existed before the Universe entered the `inflationary' | Such measurements have become increasingly important for providing information on the initial conditions from which the large-scale structure of the Universe has evolved. The detailed measurement phase promises quantitative answers to some of the fundamental questions of structure evolution in our Universe: How did matter first distribute itself to eventually form the bubbles, voids and galaxy clusters that we observe? What is the amplitude of the quantum fluctuations which existed before the Universe entered the `inflationary' | ||
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+ | NASA's Dryden Flight Research center Photo Collection. | ||
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+ | The Helios Prototype wing is shown over the Pacific Ocean during its first testflight on solar-power. | ||
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Dr. Graham Dorrington, as he explores above the treetops of the rainforest canopy with a novel flying device � the dangerous, helium-filled Jungle Airship.\\ | Dr. Graham Dorrington, as he explores above the treetops of the rainforest canopy with a novel flying device � the dangerous, helium-filled Jungle Airship.\\ | ||
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- | British inventiveness stimulated an inflatable wing aircraft, produced by ML Aviation Ltd in the mid-1950s as the Utility. Twelve wings were tested and three aircraft were built (XK776, XK781 and XK784). Conceived at the Research and Development Establishment, | + | {{: |
Prospective Concepts, a Swiss company developed the Flying Stingray an ultralight lifting body in the shape of a stingray but still using propellers as propulsion.\\ | Prospective Concepts, a Swiss company developed the Flying Stingray an ultralight lifting body in the shape of a stingray but still using propellers as propulsion.\\ | ||
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- | An example of solar-powered flight, NASA's Helios aircraft flew almost one hundred years after the Wright brothers' | + | |