RSS- Open Thread – 28 January 2023
- A good yarn by Electra Rhodes – TTG
- Tanks are on the way… finally – TTG
- A retired FBI agent is charged with crimes along with a former Soviet diplomat, and separately after getting mixed up with men from Albania and Bosnia
- “Civil War general’s remains come back to his hometown” – TTG
- Mick Ryan on Ukrainian tanks – TTG
- VA hospital to drop Confederate name – TTG
- In for maintenance – TTG
- The Santa Fe, New Mexico District Attorney will say on 19 January whether a criminal case will be brought against Alec Baldwin for the shooting death on a movie set
- “Ukraine credits local beavers for unwittingly bolstering its defenses” – TTG
Category Archives: Science
Water and Ocean Topography
https://spacelaunchnow.me/launch/falcon-9-block-5-swot-surface-water-and-ocean-topo
“US Set to Announce Fusion Energy ‘Breakthrough'”
“… the Department of Energy plans to announce on Tuesday, The Washington Post has reported. The milestone was made recently at the government-funded Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California. Despite the breakthrough, the commercial use of such technology is still probably decades … Continue reading
Posted in Science, The economy
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Production of the great Boeing 747 jumbo jet ends after 54 years and 1,574 planes
By Robert Willmann A wonderful airplane designed to carry both passengers and freight emerged from the imagination of designers starting in 1967. Called the Boeing 747, it entered service on 22 January 1970 with Pan American World Airways, because Pan … Continue reading
Posted in History, Science
Tagged Boeing 747, Boeing 747 production ends, The last Boeing 747
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“Watch NASA’s Artemis 1 splashdown here, starting at 11AM ET”
Watch NASA’s Artemis 1 splashdown here, starting at 11AM ET (yahoo.com)
Lunar Flashlight launch
https://spacelaunchnow.me/launch/falcon-9-block-5-hakuto-r-m1-lunar-flashlight
“… Artemis spacecraft reaches the Moon”
“Nasa’s Orion spacecraft reached the Moon’s orbit on Monday, flying over Tranquility Base where Neil Armstrong walked 53 years ago. The Artemis mission launched its test flight last Wednesday, the first time an astronaut-class spacecraft has ventured into lunar orbit since the … Continue reading
Artemis I launch
https://spacelaunchnow.me/launch/sls-block-1-artemis-i
Posted in Science, Space
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Clean energy from space
“Technology capable of collecting solar power in space and beaming it to Earth to provide a global supply of clean and affordable energy was once considered science fiction. Now it is moving closer to reality. Through the Space-based Solar Power … Continue reading
Posted in Science, Space
21 Comments
SLS Block 1 | Artemis-1
SLS Block 1 | Artemis I (spacelaunchnow.me)
Posted in Science, Space
14 Comments
“Idaho National Laboratory ‘leads the way,’ chosen to host new nuclear reactor”
“The U.S. Department of Energy selected Idaho National Laboratory to house a nuclear reactor that could make the country a leader in nuclear technology. The DOE issued a record of decision last month to build a sodium-cooled fast test reactor, … Continue reading
Posted in Science
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