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Urban Spacemen - Manhattan to Mars in a Coke can

Preface

New York has become an unlikely space-exploration hub. Hi-tech firm Honeybee, which is headquartered in the city, is currently making the first extreme- temperature motors, capable of functioning at 460c, for missions to Venus (previous missions have had to be aborted because of the intense heat). In August, Honeybee will also launch the Icy Soil Aquisition Device, a scoop for digging trenches on Mars.



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