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A helicopter provides security for the NASA astronauts as they are driven in in their AstroVan to the space shuttle Discovery on launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center as they prepare for lift off May 31, 2008 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Space Shuttle will be carrying the main unit of Japan s Kibo science lab to the International Space Station.
According to Yahoo Finance s latest report, NASA wants to focus on enhancing the modeling tools for future planes that use an EPA system or Electrified Aircraft Propulsion system. The space agency also said that it will soon advance future EAP aircraft design.
EAP electrical systems are being developed to replace or boost fuel-burning aircraft propulsion systems, analogous to how electric or hybrid motors are used in automobiles.The
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