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NASA’s $248 million project to take supersonic jets from ‘boom’ to ‘thump’

Despite the fact that supersonic air travel has been around for decades, the time it takes to fly from New York to Los Angeles has changed little since the early days of commercial flight. U.S. regulators don’t allow supersonic flight over land because of the ear-shattering sonic booms that come with it. Economics is an obstacle, too: a European-made supersonic business jet called the Concorde…

Russia’s Gazprom to sell gas to Ukraine’s Naftogaz at $248 per 1,000 cubic meters

KIEV: Russia’s Gazprom has agreed to sell gas to Ukraine’s Naftogaz at a price of $248 per 1,000 cubic meters. The deal is for the next three months, and represents a 25 percent discount on the price during the first quarter of the year.

Ukraine has signed a new agreement to buy Russian gas, the Ukrainian energy ministry said. In the first quarter of 2015, Ukraine paid Russia $329 per 1,000 cubic…