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Why don't passengers parachute to escape when a civil plane crashes?
Before designing passenger planes, parachutes were not considered for passengers, and even the crew did not have parachutes.
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A series of photos depicting the real appearances of civil and military officials at the end of the Qing Dynasty, very different from those in movies.
This series of photos was taken during Prince Thuan's patrol trip.
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What is that bright, moving star in the night sky that you see?
There are nights when the sky is clear and cloudless, and you look up and see countless sparkling lights, some of which are moving. What are they?
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The supersonic plane flies faster than Concorde
The US Air Force's 3,218 km/h XB-70 Valkyrie aircraft inspired the design of later civil supersonic aircraft Concorde and Tupolev Tu-144.
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China's 100km/h speed balloon aircraft
AS700, a manned civil balloon aircraft developed by China, successfully performed its first delivery flight on March 30.
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Admire the inside of the 'Made in China' plane that first arrived in Vietnam
China Commercial Aircraft Corporation (Comac) allowed viewers to freely visit the two aircraft C919 and ARJ21-700 parked at Van Don airport (Quang Ninh).
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World's fastest civil aircraft launched in 2025
The Boom Supersonic company has set a goal of producing the world's fastest civil aircraft by 2024 and will launch it a year later.
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The story of the largest civil aircraft in the world that has never taken off from Russia
The plane was supposed to be able to carry 860 people around the world at once, but fell into oblivion due to the economic crisis of the 1990s.
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Unbelievable images more than half a century ago of a beautiful and modern Afghanistan
Before falling into the darkness of war and violence, Afghanistan was a country that flourished in culture, education, fashion and infrastructure.
AI - Artificial intelligence
The first robot with citizenship that once said 'destroy humanity' is about to have more 'em'
Perhaps in the future, the appearance of robots living with humans will no longer be just in fiction movies.
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The original Vietnamese girl made the world's first cheap bulletproof fashion jacket
The vests look stylish and youthful, but the fact that bulletproof vests are revolutionizing the civil protection industry.
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Why do so many international flights go round and round?
Passengers still think that the flight from one country to another is simply as straight as a bird's flight. The truth is not so.
Archeology
Build a house, shudder to hit 42 bizarre ancient tombs
A construction of houses for retirees in the UK has transformed into an archaeological site when, in turn, excavating 42 ancient tombs that may have existed in the 5-11…
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Why don't commercial planes fly higher into space?
The higher the flight, the more fuel-efficient the aircraft is, the faster and quieter it flies. But they can't fly into space because of some design limitations.
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What helped Ceasar to become the most powerful dictator in Rome?
Historians have recently made a comment about the motive of the Roman dictator Gaius Julius Caesar's pursuit of all power.