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Aircruise Hotel Concept

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Seymourpowell's Aircruise concept presents an alternative take on the future, suggesting 'slow is the new fastOn Aircruise, it is the very abundance of time and space that defines the luxury experience. In a world where speed is an almost universal obsession, the idea of making a leisurely journey in comfort is a welcome contrast. Talbot explains, "The physics of the airship requires a gigantic volume of lifting gas, yet simultaneously demands a relatively limited amount of weight. This allows for a potentially large amount of space with relatively few people onboard - a luxury for any traveller." 

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Shanghai 2010 World Expo - 40 Days To Go

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Shanghai gets ready for biggest world's fair
Shanghai's World Expo opens on May 1, and is expected to be the largest world's fair ever with 70-100 million visitors.

The huge international show-and-tell will showcase China's status as a world industrial power, giving Shanghai -- its biggest city -- a long-awaited chance to show off its stunning transformation from crumbling factory town into modern global metropolis.

In this age of virtual reality and round-the-clock information overload, visitors to the Shanghai World Expo are unlikely to find here the kinds of brand new technologies, such as television, that debuted at world's fairs decades ago.

But governments, groups and corporate sponsors, spread over 2 square miles (5.28 square kilometers) along both sides of the concrete banks of the Huangpu River, will be offering myriad ideas for sustainable urban living.

In Pudong, on the east side of the river, where the national pavilions and most big facilities are located, giant white funnels will provide shade, channel sunlight to underground walkways and collect rainwater for recycling.

In Puxi, on the west side, a collection of local and corporate pavilions will demonstrate "urban best practices" focused on sustainable urban technologies and heritage preservation.

Solar panels installed in various Expo buildings will create a 5-megawatt solar power system -- China's largest. Zero-emission electric vehicles will be used within the Expo grounds.

Expo organizers say most of the materials used to make the pavilions will be recycled, and they have pledged to eventually end with a "carbon-neutral" impact.


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Air Show Le Bourget: 100 Years!

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The 48th International Air Show Le Bourget, takes place 15-18 June 2009 for trade visitors and 19-21 June 2009 for the general public. This year "Le Bourget Air Show" celebrates it's 100th birthday! Men and women of many governments and  army industry are there. The Show will mark a hundred years of technological innovation in aeronautics and space conquest with an event that continues to look to the future of the industry.


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EADS Astrium Space Tourism Project

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The launch of a new era un space travel


The business jet sized craft is designed to carry four passengers 100 km up into space giving more than three minutes of "zero G" or weightlessness.

The objective of a first flight is in 2011 from Tunisian Spaceport.

After takeoff the plane reaches an altitude of 12 km. This classical aeronautical phase can last for 45 minutes. The pilot shuts down the jets and starts the methane oxygen rocket engine at the rear of the vehicle. The plane then raises along a vertical trajectory. For 90 seconds of flight with a top speed of Mach 3, the plane is rocketed upwards. The maximum acceleration is 3 g. At an altitude of 60 km, the rocket engine is shut down and the plane continues to climb up to a maximum altitude of 100 km.


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Encounter with the Berber Families - Ourika Valley - Morocco

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