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The July/August issue of Aerospace America is live. Don't miss the featured story: "One Very Bad Day" by Mike Gruss. The United States believes Russia is developing a nuclear weapon that could be put into orbit and detonated to knock out satellites. If that happened, what would you and I experience, and what would happen at a granular level to the satellites that are so central to modern life? Mike Gruss set out to find out. Full Story 
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You'll also want to check out "4 Reasons to Root for Quantum Computing,” by Jon Kelvey. How close are researchers to building quantum computers that are practical outside the lab and can reliably perform their promised calculation miracles? Jon Kelvey looks at the state of the technology and potential applications that have engineers and scientists excited. Full Story 

In the issues's Editor's Notebook, “What the Age of Nuclear Testing Can Teach Us,” Aerospace America Editor Ben Iannotta writes, “We live in promising and sometimes frightening times, but the history pointed to in our cover story reminds me that we’ve been here before and survived.” Full Story 

In Flight Path, readers can “Meet the New AIAA Diversity Working Group Chair, Sonya Smith.” Sonya Smith is Professor and Director of the Atmospheric Sciences Program in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Howard University. She was recently appointed as the executive director of the university’s Research Institute for Tactical Autonomy (RITA). In this role, she will be responsible for leading the center in pioneering transformative research and innovations in autonomy that bridge theoretical exploration with practical applications. She became chair of the AIAA Diversity Working Group (DWG) in May. Full Story 

The July/August issue also includes a Q&A: “NASA’s AI Czar, featuring David Salvagnini, NASA's chief AI officer, in an interview by Aerospace America Associate Editor Cat Hofacker.  Full Story 

Also, see if you can solve the July/August AeroPuzzler, “Mystery Rumble.” Send a response of up to 250 words that someone in any field could understand to aeropuzzler@aerospaceamerica.org by noon Eastern August 12 for a chance to have it published in the next issue. Full Story 

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