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Mojave Journey: Part 7By the time the 'evacuation' bus delivered Rand Simberg and I to the parking lot of the Mariah Hotel, the wind was far worse. 'They call the Hotel, Mariah', Rand quipped on the bus. The wind, however, was more like raging beast. The car was just around back and... |
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Mojave Journey: Part 6As I headed back for the very relative warmth of the main tent I was drawn to the life size replica of SpaceShipOne, the vehicle I watched blasting into space above Mojave in the first half of this decade. It now seemed so small, so primitive, a Mercury to SpaceShipTwo's Apollo. I could ... |
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Mojave Desert may be off-limits for solar projectsCalifornia’s Mojave Desert, some of the most coveted land for companies looking to build solar arrays capable of powering thousands if not millions of homes, may now be off-limits. Senator Dianne Feinstein has proposed the creation of two monuments on the land that would protect the natural... |
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Feinstein to Snatch Another Million Acres in Mojave DesertYesterday California's Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein introduced legislation that would ensure another million acres in a remote area of the Mojave Desert would not be available for OHV use, and would also not be available for previously proposed wind and solar farms to help produce energy t... |
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Mojave journey: Part 5After the speeches finished I headed up to the stage to take a photo or two. We were supposed to wait for the speakers and the press to go outside first so I intended to put my wait to good use To my surprise, I was nearly run down by the group of very very important persons and had to squish bac... |
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Mojave Journey: Part 4The period of speeches and such are an unavoidable but necessary part of the game and the team present for this event was quite high powered. First in the batters box was Will Whitehorn, the President of Virgin Galactic. I first met Will when he joined in a small circle of New Space entrepreneurs... |
