Cool science stuff

'Miraculously' Well-Preserved Ceremonial Chariot Found at Villa Outside of Pompeii | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine

 

GOOD: Starship SN10 completed its landing after a 10KM test flight today.

NOT AS GOOD: Followed by an unintended disassembly.

 

Oops

 

Next big hurdle for the program is to stick the landing.

Had a static fire test this morning.

 

They have until 8:30 p.m. to launch according to Eric Mack of CNet, but since he Tweeted at 1:30 saying it was 2-3 hours away ... he just posted again thinking they are still hours from a possible launch.
Zzzzzz LOL

 

Been meaning to post this for a couple weeks now but hadn't gotten around to it.

The headline to the Telegraph story is a bit overstated (BBC's is more accurate), but it is a very big deal in the world of physics and potentially could launch some major discoveries in how the universe works.

Key to how universe works may have been discovered

Machine finds tantalising hints of new physics

 

Overstated British headlines?

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...you don't say!

 

Sixty years ago today:

 

An achievement that will probably get lost in the news cycle today.

 

Remember the golden records placed on Voyager 1 and 2? A new prediction has them lasting for up to 5 billion years, and the probes for trillions of years -- perhaps to the end of the universe as we forecast it.

(Still the greatest achievement of our civilization, in my opinion. Building spacecraft that carry the history of humanity to the stars, long after Earth is reduced to stardust.)

Scientists' predictions for the long-term future of the Voyager Golden Records will blow your mind | Space

 

There’s a new airport in town: Wright Brothers Field. You’ll need a luggage tag designated JZRO when you travel there.
Ingenuity Mars helicopter gets official international call-sign

 

Odds are they’ll get scratched.