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Saudi Arabia wants to build skyscrapers that will run for dozens of miles
The event will take place in a man-made city with a year-round winter sports complex. Can you make snow in the desert? It seems you can, as Saudi Arabia will be hosting the 2029 Asian Winter Games, according to a report published by the South China Morning Post on Tuesday.
Saudi Arabia plans to build the world’s largest buildings as part of its $500 billion development plan called NEOM, as the country looks to steer away from its heavy dependence on oil, Bloomberg reported.
At 10.8 million barrels a day, Saudi Arabia contributes 11 percent of the global oil production and is the largest exporter of crude oil. As the world looks towards a future that is powered by cleaner sources of energy, Saudi Arabia wants to diversify its income sources and has been looking at building destinations where it can attract industries and businesses in the future.
After a three-year wait, SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy could launch again later this month
The massive launch system will carry a mysterious U.S. Space Force payload to a high-altitude geosynchronous orbit.
It’s been a while since SpaceX launched Falcon Heavy to orbit.
A string of payload delays has stopped the heavy-duty rocket from hitting the launch pad since the summer of 2019.
1373km long undersea cable will bring Egypt’s ‘green energy’ to Europe
The project will take 7–8 years. An 853-mile-long (1,373 km) undersea electricity cable connecting Egypt with Europe has been touted to help Europe’s impending energy crisis amidst Russia’s war with Ukraine.
Greece is in embarking on one of Europe’s most ambitious energy projects by linking up its electricity grid with Egypt’s.
An underwater cable will carry 3,000 MW of electricity — enough to power up to 450,000 households — and will run from northern Egypt directly to Attica in Greece.
The project is being undertaken by the Copelouzos Group, whose management met last week with the Egyptian leaders to speed up the process.
Crew-5 takes off on time, with a hair’s breadth scare just for good measure
Crew-5 includes a Russian astronaut and the first Native American woman in space.
SpaceX’s latest crewed launch has reached the International Space Station (ISS).
The Crew-5 astronaut mission launched at noon local time on Wednesday, October 5, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Chernobyl — A Timeline of The Worst Nuclear Accident in History
The new system uses molten salts instead of traditional fuel rods.
The world is rethinking nuclear power plants in the face of climate change.
Your average plant produces 8,000 times more power than fossil fuels and is environmentally friendly. There’s one massive caveat, though, in the form of nuclear disasters, such as the 1986 Chernobyl incident and the 2011 Fukushima disaster.