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Launch of private US moon lander postponed by glitch
Reuters, Published on 14/02/2024
» CAPE CANAVERAL - The planned launch of a robotic moon lander built by Houston-based aerospace company Intuitive Machines was called off less than two hours before Wednesday's liftoff time and postponed for at least a day, launch contractor SpaceX said on Tuesday night.
IEAT, Japanese firms eye green project
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 09/02/2024
» The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) has joined hands with two Japanese firms to conduct a feasibility study on a green utility project at Smart Park Industrial Estate in Rayong, part of efforts to promote eco-friendly manufacturing.
Are electric cars driving into a dead end?
Oped, Published on 02/02/2024
» In the early 1990s, every self-respecting American yuppie and retired suburban couple bought an electric bread maker, with sales hitting four million units. But the fad soon faded as these amateur bakers discovered that stuffing a precise quantity and ratio of flour, eggs, butter, yeast, and salt into a metal box takes time and costs much more than strolling to the corner bakery. Are plug-in electric vehicles (EVs) the breadmakers of our day?
NASA unveils images of Japan's SLIM moon probe after landing success
Kyodo News, Published on 27/01/2024
» The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on Friday unveiled images taken by one of its satellites of Japan's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon on the lunar surface after it succeeded in making a pinpoint landing.
Honda-GM fuel cell venture ramps up
Published on 25/01/2024
» BROWNSTOWN, Michigan - General Motors and Honda have begun shipping fuel cell power systems to customers from a factory near Detroit, in a new test of whether hydrogen power technology for cars can achieve mass-market success.
Toyota chief says battery EV potential limited
Published on 23/01/2024
» Toyota Motor Corp chairman Akio Toyoda believes the market share of battery electric vehicles will reach 30% at most, with the rest taken up by hybrids, hydrogen fuel cell and fuel-burning cars.
Joined at the hip
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 22/01/2024
» The Thai tourism industry posted a disappointing result in terms of arrivals from China last year, recording only 3.5 million visitors, falling far short of the original goal of 5-7 million.
Japan celebrates successful lunar landing
Published on 20/01/2024
» TOKYO - Japan on Saturday became the fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon, but solar power issues threatened to cut short the mission to prove “precision” landing technology and revitalise a space programme that has suffered setbacks.
Better jobs for youths
Oped, Postbag, Published on 20/01/2024
» Re: "Strategy to achieve tourism targets revealed", (Business, Jan 18).
US economist weighs in on globalisation
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 19/01/2024
» Globalisation may have been viewed as a powerful force for worldwide economic growth. However, according to Eric S Maskin, Adams University Professor at Harvard's Department of Economics in Cambridge, Massachusetts, its evolvement has also brought several economic challenges, especially a rise in income inequality and market failures due to carbon emissions.