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‘The math doesn’t make sense’: Why venture capital firms are wary of defense-focused investments
The Pentagon is working hard to entice small technology companies to work on defense projects, but investors that could prop up these businesses seem wary of putting forth the cash.
By Aaron Mehta
NASA Langley's new computer lab ushers age of computation
NASA Langley Research Center is officially opening the Katherine G. Johnson Computational Research Facility — a $23 million consolidated computer center with so much firepower it’ll be used on brain-busters like running entry, descent and landing simulations for the 2020 Mars rover, performing computational fluid dynamics tests to simulate wind tunnels, and developing and modeling new polymers before ever trying them out in a lab.
By Tamara Dietrich, Daily Press
Hurricane Harvey lowers odds of government shutdown, for now
Hurricane Harvey may help Congress delay a possible government shutdown and put off a fight over the federal budget.
By Joe Gould