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“We have basically a Cold War race with technology, and we cannot allow the premier company at the forefront of this to, in some way, be irresponsible,” he added.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026
“Everything is modular. It is almost entirely built in factory and then you basically plug it in on site,” said Poradek.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
"That's basically the reason you do proof-of-concept testing. There are a lot of differences in the space environment compared to down on Earth," Suh explains.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
“Voters basically did not feel that they were better off than they could have been or should have been.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026
Decades later, the great Michelangelo runs into Leonardo in Florence and basically says exactly that.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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