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Monthly Archives: August 2024
“NASA Composite Booms Deploy, Mission Sets Sail in Space”
NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System is now fully deployed in space after a successful test of its sail-hoisting boom system. Mission operators confirmed success at 1:33 p.m. EDT (10:33 a.m. PDT) on Thursday, Aug. 29, after receiving data from the … Continue reading
Posted in Space, Technology, TTG
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Open Thread – 30 August 2024
Share your thoughts about Trump’s wild Arlington Cemetery ride and Harris’ very safe CNN interview… or whatever else tickles your fancy. TTG
Posted in Open Thread, TTG
97 Comments
“Putin’s alternative pipeline flops quietly”
The strategically important Russian pipeline project “Power of Siberia 2” is on hold for the time being. The project, which is intended to bring gas from the western Russian Yamal gas field to China, is of strategic importance for Russia … Continue reading
Posted in China, Russia, Technology, TTG
73 Comments
SpaceX is about to send four people on a wild — and risky — mission into the radiation belts.
On Monday, Isaacman and three crewmates — including his close friend and former Air Force pilot, Scott “Kidd” Poteet, as well as two SpaceX engineers, Anna Menon and Sarah Gillis — will arrive at Kennedy Space Center in Florida to … Continue reading
Posted in Space, TTG
15 Comments
“Taking inventory of national scenic trail”
Conservancy team hikes Appalachian Trail to log views LUKE WEIR, The Roanoke Times CATAWBA — Legwork, and plenty of it, is required to catalogue scenic views along the Appalachian Trail in Virginia, a team of conservationists said. To be precise, Pam … Continue reading
Posted in Local News, Nature, TTG
19 Comments
“Russia offers safe haven for people trying to escape Western liberal ideals”
MOSCOW, August 19. /TASS/. Moscow will provide assistance to any foreigners who want to escape the neoliberal ideals being put forward in their countries and move to Russia, where traditional values reign supreme, according to a decree signed by President … Continue reading
Posted in Russia, TTG
133 Comments
The Democratic Party’s convention is to happen this week, or it has already happened, or something has happened
By Robert Willmann An eerie similarity is emerging between what has happened to the Democratic Party in this year’s presidential election season and what occurred in 2022 when Xi Jinping became the president of China for a third term, which … Continue reading
Open Thread – 18 August 2024
There are plenty of issues, big and small, to discuss. Have at it. TTG
Posted in Open Thread, TTG
84 Comments
“Genes are not the blueprint for life”
The vast majority of people believe that there are only two alternative ways to explain the origins of biological diversity. One way is Creationism that depends upon intervention by a divine Creator. That is clearly unscientific because it brings an … Continue reading
Posted in Science, TTG
18 Comments
Ukraine seeks retired F-16 pilots to fly its jets
Ukraine plans to hire retired foreign pilots to fly Western fighter jets and fight against Russia. American politician Lindsey Graham stated this after a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky. The government will look for retired pilots from NATO countries to … Continue reading
Posted in The Military Art, TTG, Ukraine Crisis
104 Comments