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Maine company HEALTH

successfully launches DOCTOR ON DUTY

Oranjestad
prototype rocket Hospital 7:00 pm / 10:00pm
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By PATRICK WHITTLE the Uber to space, where San Nicolas
Associated Press we carry one, two or three
BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) — payloads profitably." Imsan 24 hours
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A Maine company that's Another aspect that makes Women in Difficulties
developing a rocket to bluShift's rocket different is PHARMACY ON DUTY
propel small satellites into its hybrid propulsion system. This Jan. 31, 2021 image provided by bluShift Aerospace shows
space passed its first major It relies on a solid fuel and The Knack Factory in Limestone, Maine, where an unmanned Oranjestad:
test on Sunday. a liquid oxidizer passing ei- rocket lifts off in a test run. Central Tel. 585 1965
San Nicolas:
Brunswick-based bluShift ther through or around the Associated Press Seroe Preto Tel. 584 4833
Aerospace launched a 20- solid fuel; the result is a sim- Women in Difficulties
foot (6-meter) prototype pler, more affordable sys- swear," he said. "So it's very The company has spent OTHER
rocket, hitting an altitude of tem than a liquid fuel-only much nontoxic. It's carbon $800,000 on research and Dental Clinic 587 9850
a little more than 4,000 feet rocket, said spokesperson neutral." development, with some Blood Bank Aruba 587 0002
(1,219 meters) in a first run Seth Lockman. The fuel is The goal is to create a small of the money coming from Urgent Care 586 0448
designed to test the rock- a proprietary biofuel blend rocket that could launch NASA.q Walk-In Doctor’s Clinic
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systems. said. payload into low-Earth or- EMERGENCY
It carried a science project "It's a very nontoxic fuel, I bit, more than 100 miles
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flight metrics such as baro- daughters. Nothing bad said orbit could be possible Sta. Cruz 527 2900
metric pressure, a special would happen to them, I by 2024. San Nicolas 584 5000
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called stroopwafel, in an
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