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How Engineers Created a Flying Star Wars X-Wing
Seeing a Star Wars X-wing starfighter won’t require a trip to a galaxy far, far away. This year, just in time for May 4—Star Wars Day—the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum has ...
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Not quite jumping to hyperspace, but Star Wars-esque spacecraft propulsion isn't all sci-fi
The laws of physics may not apply in the Star Wars universe. But just because it's highly unlikely we'll ever make the jump ...
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‘Star Wars’ holds clues to making speedier spacecraft in the real world
A spacecraft traveling at one-tenth of the speed of light could shave the trip down to a quick 40 years. Future engineers could use nuclear power to achieve that, says Scott Bailey, an engineer at ...