The Designers and Builders of Space Exploration
TEXT BY NANCY MANN JACKSON
October 2016, Business Alabama
NASA is building the most powerful rocket in the world to fulfill its “Journey to Mars” mission. And the space agency is relying on the people of Alabama to get it done.
The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket is being designed, tested and built at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, and a number of companies from throughout the state are playing important roles.
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A Jet Engine So Large It Could Swallow A Subway Train Just Powered Through First Set Of Tests
by Mark Egan, GE Reports
Thu, 10/27/2016 – 10:56 am
The deep woods around Peebles, Ohio, are hiding a secret so big that it could write the next chapter in the history of aviation. At one of many test sites spread over a secluded valley, GE Aviation just completed initial ground testing of the GE9X – the largest jet engine ever built.
Designed exclusively for Boeing’s next-generation 777X passenger jet, the engine is so large you could almost run a London tube train through its front end.
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MollerTech plans $46M Alabama auto parts plant with 222 jobs
Made In Alabama NewsCenter
October 17, 2016
CENTREVILLE, Alabama – German automotive supplier MollerTech announced today that it will invest $46.3 million to build a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Bibb County, creating 222 jobs in Alabama’s growing auto sector.
“Attracting investment and new jobs to Alabama’s rural counties is a key priority in our overall economic development strategy, and MollerTech’s manufacturing facility in Bibb County represents the kind of project that we have been targeting,” Governor Robert Bentley said.
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