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 | | But, cautions Ballhaus, president of an aerospace company that operates a research center for the Defense Department, "The infrastructure costs, safety and unanticipated consequences of new ideas" have to be considered. |
 | | Antonio Trani, a Virginia Tech professor of civil and environmental engineering and an academy member, says Starry's ideas "are interesting and, perhaps, could be studied." His terminal configuration is "good" but costly, he says. |
 | | Earlier this year, Ezra Rapport, a transportation consultant for the California Senate, asked the Port of Oakland to consider Starry's design for airport expansion plans. |
| www.usatoday.com /travel/news/2004-01-12-starry_x.htm (1425 words) |
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