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  • USN Aircraft carrier to be scrapped

    06/17/2014 9:44:15 PM PDT · by smokingfrog · 34 replies
    Brownsville Herald ^ | 6-16-14 | Steve Clark
    Yet another decommissioned “supercarrier” is coming to the Port of Brownsville for scrapping, and it’s the biggest one yet. In fact, the dismantling of the former aircraft carrier USS Constellation by International Shipbreaking Ltd. will be the largest ship-recycling job to take place in the United States. Until the Constellation contract, the former USS Forrestal and the former USS Saratoga were the largest ships slated for salvaging by a U.S. ship breaker. The Forrestal arrived in Brownsville to much fanfare in February after being towed from Philadelphia, and is now being dismantled by All Star Metals. The Saratoga, decommissioned in...
  • Details Emerge on SpaceX’s Proposed Texas Launch Site

    04/11/2012 5:27:51 PM PDT · by KevinDavis · 11 replies
    Space News ^ | 04/09/12 | Dan Leone
    WASHINGTON — Details about a launch facility Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) is considering building in Texas emerged April 9 in a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) document detailing an environmental review that must precede construction.