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a joint ESA and NASA mission launched by Space-X, the European international mission is now on its way to get an up-close look at an asteroid that NASA deliberately crashed into. The first part of the mission was called 'DART', a Johns Hopkins Redirection impact 'Test'
Hera spacecraft launched to investigate asteroid that was deliberately hit by NASA mission
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/hera-spacecra … 00008.html
Asteroid Deck and instruments
https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Hera/H … nstruments
Two Asteroids, One Dinosaur Extinction: Second Crater Bolsters Double Impact Theory
https://gizmodo.com/two-asteroids-one-d … 2000507085
The 5.3-mile-wide crater is now confirmed to be 66 million years old, suggesting that the impact of at least two giant space rocks preceded the mass extinction of dinosaurs.
A team of researchers recently imaged the 5.28-mile-wide (8.5-kilometer-wide) depression off the African coast, giving the team a much better characterization of the crater’s features. Based on its analysis, the team confirmed the crater’s age and ruminated on the immediate aftermath of the impact.
Nadir crater a buried impact crater on the Guinea Plateau in the Atlantic Ocean, 248 mi (400 km) off the coast of Guinea off Africa, République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Côte d'Ivoire to the southeast, and Sierra Leone and Liberia to the south a country which began in the early 19th century as a project of the American Colonization Society, it is now believed the impact in the Atlantic near Africa happened at the same time as the Chicxulub crater, it would have released the power of 5000 megatons or 100 of the 'Tsar Bomba' the largest device ever exploded by mankind, a very large earthquake would have also been produced. It is now thought the Dinosaur killer was a two-strike attack and was a Binary Asteroid.
'There was more than one asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs, scientists say'
https://metro.co.uk/2024/10/04/one-aste … -21737261/
the Italian LICIACube was also a part of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test
Planetary defense test mission
Elon Musk’s SpaceX will rescue astronauts after NASA bails on Boeing’s Starliner
https://thehill.com/video/elon-musk%e2% … r/9985794/
The Boeing Starliner Astronauts Will Come Home on SpaceX's Dragon Next Year
https://www.wired.com/story/starliner-r … oeing-iss/
Russian Soyuz brings cargo spacecraft into orbit
https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/274 … into-orbit
Chinese Scientists Extract Water From Lunar Soil
https://news.yahoo.com/news/chinese-sci … 50344.html
China to launch “Earth 2.0” exoplanet observatory in 2028
https://spacenews.com/china-to-launch-e … y-in-2028/
See Mars Like Never Before With Tianwen-1’s High-Resolution Global Map
https://scitechdaily.com/see-mars-like- … lobal-map/
Nasa: 'New plan needed to return rocks from Mars'
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68819153
But Nasa now acknowledges the way it's going about achieving the samples' return is simply unrealistic in the present fiscal environment.
"The bottom line is that $11bn is too expensive, and not returning samples until 2040 is unacceptably too long," Nasa administrator Bill Nelson told reporters
Starliner crew set to return in 2025
https://www.yahoo.com/news/starliner-cr … 23820.html
'will return from the space station without two astronauts on board'
https://spacenews.com/starliner-to-retu … -on-board/
Watch: Supplies get delivered to astronauts stranded in space
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c9v8gpddnmxo
Polls were somewhat correct in British politics, the SNP dying, Farage and the Reform party seem to have done ok but not as good as expectred, the old Traditional Conservatives beaten, British Labour Party very strong, the Liberal Democrats or 'LibDems' on the rise.
Opinion polls expected a shift to Nationalism or 'The Right' in EU elections
Trudeau still rules Canada despite his unpopularity
Erdogan still holds power despite a political loss
Polls say France will change and Macron is in trouble...again...
or maybe not maybe he still holds power an unliked leader of France continues to rule despite his lack of popularity?
India Hindu culture it was predicted to be a Superpower by magazines while they predicted a China Collapse, people selling clownish entertainment books a new idea to sell you on geopolitics, more globe trotters selling political smoke strategy and another publishing company founded, the self claimed 'experts' who said it was possible to Americanize Afghanistan their own 8-Ball that reaches into the fantasy delusional dreamy future. Brazil and South Africa will not join sanctions after a Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The Indians Nationalist Hindus have exploded across the web, lots of scams and yet fighting for their position, giving sometimes articles and broadcasts in English their opinions, they are for themselves and they will report on things like Brics or report 'Live From Moscow'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCilHg1NhVU
In India the people still poop on streets despite been given flushing toilets
These are not junkies on the streets of California who have lost control of their bowels because of drug use, India just is 'dirty' and dirty habits arrived even on the Canadian beaches by way of cultural immigration.
They might not be just Hindu Indian they could be other cultures from all over the world
People pooping on Port Colborne’s Pleasant Beach a ‘sanitary concern’
https://www.niagarathisweek.com/news/pe … 560be.html
'City looking at partnership with nearby property owner to solve sanitation problems'
How Trudeau culturally changed Canada
questions have been asked
'Why do millions of Indians defecate in the open?'
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-27775327
It can be even more hazardous for women since each time a woman uses the outdoors to relieve herself, she faces a danger of sexual assault.
a lot of the West seems to be in cultural decline, South Korean tv and Japan cartoons outsell Hollywood, smaller independent studios, the small productions from the USA or Europe make money, a product like 'Sound of Freedom' sells. Sometimes studios are angry that an entertainment product wins, or a video game horror brand Five Nights at Freddy's makes studios money despite tinseltown culture hating them for political reasons and wanting their own products to fail because of political factions
it would seem culturally the West has entered a period of decline and self sabotage. Some of the political elite of New York, Chicago and California continue to take-a-knee for BLM Antifa factions, they want to take money off people and pay for 'reparations'.
AI has come on the entertainment scene, it does poetry, can do music better than modern pop songs, Artificial Intelligence has helped robots move like Dogs or Humans, it is know copying the painting style of artists and is successfully Mimicking Art.
For some reason the Left moved away from the Traditional Democrat position, it joined the the islamics, "Theo" van Gogh a Dutch film director friends with Somali writer and politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali was killed on the streets of Europe, Geert Wilders is still hated as the EU wants an open border policy, this is while multiple shootings, vehicle attacks and bombings happened after waves and waves of immigration from Sharia Law 'cultures'. The world is almost in chaos, Venezuela willing to expand and invade other territory, alien cultures of Warship and Submarines in the Gulf looking for friends who share values with Soviets or Putinism, Yemen missiles and drones attacking shipping, a Palestinian terror attack on Israel while Israel responds bombing the heck out of Palestine, a war in Ukraine a bloody stalemate with no end, mass murders in Africa. Rushdie was attacked in the USA and the islamo jihadi accused of Stabbing Salman Rushdie as it was recorded live on film, this islamo jihadi 'Rejects Plea Deal' the USA has a terrible issue at the US Mexico-Border, who knows how many problems have crossed into the USA.
Biden seems old, Democrats admit he might not be physically and mentally well after a Trump debate.
a very long term prediction beyond a person's life time, an idea of using Ceres to transform Mars over the next thousand years
The presence of water on Ceres makes this sort of thing much more achievable.
In fact, Ceres may be key to terraforming Mars, as it is 10% water by mass. Suppose we mount mass drivers on the surface of Ceres. We launch packages of water ice in the opposite direction to Ceres orbital travel, so a portion of the orbital speed is cancelled out. They are given just enough velocity to reduce ther perogee such that it crosses Mars orbit. Eventually, these ice packages will collide with Mars exploding in its upper atmosphere. This will supersaturate the upper atmosphere with water vapour. In addition to creating a strong greenhouse effect, solar UV will break the water into hydrogen and oxygen. The former would rapidly escape Mars, with the oxygen being trapped and accumulating within the atmosphere.
We would need to deliver 7.2E17kg of water to the Martian atmosphere to produce a minimal breathable surface oxygen concentration. That is 82 million tonnes per hour, for 1000 years.
The stone-age Medieval era mindset of religious madness has grown, in a new Melenium not really a growth of science but sometimes we see we growth of 'Flat Earth'
unfortunately the Taliban is still in power, women's rights back to the lynch mob and stone age and that concept of 'Democracy' never came to Afghanistan.
Some Republicans were not always stuck on the old tradition, the new ideas of USA Republican embraced 'Tech' the rise of TruthSocial media platform and Breitbart media, a lot of old 'BigTech' the reddits, the you tubes, the face-books, the twitters had banned Trump tried to remove the voice of Donald Trump from the web, within the Republican party lots of infighting, within the Democrat party they see Joe Biden is old and more infighting, RFK won't be speaking at a debate. Rumors say Democrats want someone to replace Joe.
'Saturn’s moon Titan has shorelines that appear to be shaped by waves'
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/06 … ve-action/
The liquid hydrocarbon waves would likely reach a height of a meter.
Palermo’s simulations showed that wave erosion resulted in coastline shapes closely matching those actually observed on Titan.
The team validated its model using data from closer to home. “We compared using the same statistical analysis to lakes on Earth, where we know what the erosion processes are. With certainty greater than 77.5 percent, we were able to predict those known processes with our modeling,” Palermo says.
The key limit on the size and strength of any waves on Titan is that most of its seas are roughly the size of the Great Lakes in the US. The largest of them, the Kraken Mare, is roughly as large as the Caspian Sea on Earth. There is no such thing as a global ocean on Titan, and this means the fetch, the distance over which the wind can blow and grow the waves, is limited to tens of kilometers instead of over 1,500 kilometers on Earth. “Still, some models show that the waves on Titan be as high as one meter. I’d say that’s a surfable wave,” Palermo concluded.
Exact spot alien life might be lurking on ‘ocean world’ in our Solar System found – but there’s a reason we can’t see it
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/28744150/ … rothermal/
Hydrothermal vents on seafloors of ‘ocean worlds’ could support life, new study says
https://news.ucsc.edu/2024/06/ocean-worlds.html
Before manned colonization the robots will explore far away worlds and regions, the Gallileo and Martian Rovers and Voyager and Cassini have already explored or are already doing things which mankind can not, robots and humans working together will be part of human colonization.
As of now only the NASA / JPl and Chinese can successfully explore the surface of Mars with Robots, nobody else has achieved this and it is possible it would be followed by Private US Companies or semi-Private semi-State Privatized Chinese companies, other people might explore with people like the Europeans, the Japanese, there might be an arrival of Hindu cultures of Indians and Brazilian dialects and art and music but for now it is China and the USA which are the dominant force, Russia is in decline under sanction after the invasion of Ukraine and has not been able to match its old Soviet Robot feats from the time of the USSR. Other types of people and culture such as islamic Sharia Law jihadi mohammedans might seek to expand to space by having a ride on other people's rockets but for now it is the USA and China that have set the path and lead in spaceflight.
Helicopters Flying, Sub surface vessels to travel inside liquid mediums, a Balloon flight or a Boat on the Surface...something the Moon will not offer but could be done on Mars, Europa or Titan.
a dangerous radioactive volcanic world a very interesting Moon
'NASA’s Juno Gets a Close-Up Look at Lava Lakes on Jupiter’s Moon Io'
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasamarshall/53822042034/
Two missions coming from NASA and ESA, there was going to be a joint Nuclear Powered mission but it was cancelled so now we have 2 separate missions, Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer or 'Juice' an interplanetary spacecraft on its way to orbit and study three icy moons of Jupiter: Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa also NASA's Europa Clipper is a space probe in development by NASA.
'Why Does NASA Want To Explore Jupiter's Ocean Moon'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXMA-04CADw
Preparing to build ESA's Jupiter mission
https://sci.esa.int/web/juice/-/56165-p … er-mission
2015
With the release of the president’s fiscal year 2025 budget request, Dragonfly is confirmed with a total lifecycle cost of $3.35 billion and a launch date of July 2028. This reflects a cost increase of about two times the proposed cost and a delay of more than two years from when the mission was originally selected in 2019. Following that selection, NASA had to direct the project to replan multiple times due to funding constraints in fiscal years 2020 through 2022. The project incurred additional costs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain increases, and the results of an in-depth design iteration. To compensate for the delayed arrival at Titan, NASA also provided additional funding for a heavy-lift launch vehicle to shorten the mission’s cruise phase.
https://science.nasa.gov/missions/drago … confirmed/
The rotorcraft, targeted to arrive at Titan in 2034, will fly to dozens of promising locations on the moon, looking for prebiotic chemical processes common on both Titan and the early Earth before life developed. Dragonfly marks the first time NASA will fly a vehicle for science on another planetary body. The rotorcraft has eight rotors and flies like a large drone.
For now Space-X is building the rockets, although Elon Musk has other companies running a car company, trying to get 'free speech' on twitter, his ideas for AI in robotics and art and music, the rail boring tunnel project he has not expanded into space, other car motor companies might arrive into space first. Elon Musk had even suggested Submarines in an era of bad PR, the failed idea for a Thai cave rescue which had to be done by men with better experience, a tale of good intentions and bad public comments.
When men get emotional because of their robots
Musk wonders if he could help with the Thai cave rescue effort
A job for people with knowledge and history of Caving and Spelunking they don't like to be called a 'sport' but a passion which covers the exploration of caves. Elon Musk's Bid was strange but maybe he had genuine concern to Save Thailand's Cave Boys
Musk said
'Nonetheless, his actions against me do not justify my actions against him, and for that I apologize to Mr. Unsworth and to the companies I represent as leader. The fault is mine and mine alone.'
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1019472152796381185
Musk at least admitted when he was dead wrong
The Solar power thing is interesting, will they have Solar power within a dome and perhaps also during a Solar Storm plant or animal might sit on a type of automated platform and move behind a Solar Panel using it as a shield
I know Elon Musk had 'SolarCity' at Mars and beyond Mars other forms of energy might be of better use, Thorium perhaps or the possibility of future tech like 'Fusion'
the other players less Democratic and less concerned with PR
China quietly used NASA’s Jupiter probe to test its deep space network
https://spacenews.com/china-quietly-use … e-network/
China used signals sent from NASA’s Juno probe orbiting Jupiter to test the capabilities of ground stations vital to its deep space ambitions.
China Unveils Plans to Send Spacecraft to Jupiter and Uranus
https://time.com/6216133/china-aims-for … nd-uranus/
on Earth possible military use or will the same tech be one day used for peaceful exploration?
Dozens upon dozens of nations or kingdoms or countries operate military submarines, even Ukraine invaded by Russia might be operating a Drone type of Submarine, there is also Brazil, Australia, Egypt, Cuba, France, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Norway, Venezuela, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Vietnam, Greece and North Korea, they can all engage in Submarine warfare, there are attack submarines in Naval military operations, Cruise-missile submarines, Nuclear powered Subs, Ballistic missile submarine, both North and South Korea operate AIP based ballistic missile submarine, there are also private Submarines. The Private Sector got a bad reputation in news media reports of people cutting corners and ignoring safety after the Titan Disaster a submersible implosion by the Stockton Rush company OceanGate, imploded during an expedition to view the wreck of the Titanic in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland.
Reports from 2005 to 2007
The smallest submarine made built by Pierre Poulin, a Canadian native, and the submarine weighs 620 kilograms, or 1,366.9 pounds.
https://recordsoftechnology.blogspot.co … arine.html
'America Readies a Deep Dive, Long-Range Underwater Drone Called Manta Ray, This Is It'
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/amer … 32108.html
The first use case of the Manta Ray will, of course, be military, but as it happened so many times in the past, civilian applications could easily be envisioned for the technology.
Northrop Grumman Releases First 360° Video Of Giant Manta Ray Underwater Drone Testing
https://theaviationist.com/2024/06/12/manta-ray-video/
quote
'Manta Ray is an extra-large glider designed to undertake extended-duration, long-range, and payload-capable undersea missions independently, without requiring on-site human logistics.'
Northrop Grumman’s Manta Ray drone completes testing as it is seen gliding in the ocean
https://eandt.theiet.org/2024/06/14/nor … ng-through
In 2020, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), a military research and development agency, released a request for proposals on a new class of UUV that is capable of performing long-duration, long-range and payload-capable undersea missions without human supervision.
DARPA's autonomous 'Manta Ray' drone can glide through ocean depths undetected
https://www.livescience.com/technology/ … undetected
Pictured: US tests futuristic new Manta Ray underwater drone
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/202 … -military/
Prototype autonomous craft is able to hibernate on the sea bed and move through the ocean unsupervised for ‘very long periods of time’
Dragonfly would be the first aircraft on Titan and is intended to make the first powered and fully controlled atmospheric flight on any moon, with the intention of studying prebiotic chemistry and extraterrestrial habitability. It would then use its vertical takeoffs and landings (VTOL) capability to move between exploration sites
https://www.planetary.org/articles/jupi … to-landing
IAC vid, Tianwen-4 portion starts at 41 min : 30 sec and some of them take questions from the audience on the manned space flight ambition and previous Tianwen-1 and Mars missions, Tianwen-2 is a planned Chinese asteroid sample return and comet exploration mission, Chang'e 6 was the sixth robotic lunar exploration mission and a sample return from the Moon's far side, Tianwen-3 is an expected Mars sample-return mission by China.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kfsjKW4FS0
Tianwen-4 formerly known as Gan De a planned Chinese interplanetary mission to study the Jovian system, possibly sharing a launch with a spacecraft which will make a flyby of Uranus.
https://www.space.com/china-probes-jupi … ame-launch
'The Great Red Spot Probably Formed in the Early 1800s'
If someone from UAE goes to space they are expected to be aware of mohammedan islamist jihadi public events and religion dates or ritual
North Korea and Russia have behaved in ways that have drew criticism of their nation's crimes and brutality
religion broadcasts and communist broadcasts perhaps are types of mind control
On the topic of space stations, questions if are to be exported to Mars and other offworld location. There have been debates on cultures, religion ritual in space.
while some are behind on technology and while Russia's space program seems to stagnate maybe watching this 'religion' thing is important
a warning!
about links DOT RU or .ru domain name is the internet country code top-level domain for websites based in Russia
Visit to Church of Life-Giving Trinity in Pyongyang
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/74338
On a website rumble.com/
Following talks with Kim Jong-un, Putin visited the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity in Pyongyang.
maybe mirror this link before you click on anything, the website literally says 'Kremlin'
This is an Eastern Orthodox church in Pyongyang, North Korea., there is a rift in the Orthodox church but this is the first and only Orthodox church in the country, and one of only a handful of Christian allowed churches there overall.
Archive link, the church has a parish of its own and is under the Patriarchate of Moscow and All Russia the Korean Orthodox Church has made another statement and claims Eastern Orthodox Church in North Korea are part of the Korean Orthodox Church.
https://web.archive.org/web/20160804195 … -pyongyang
RT has been banned on some social media, RT is a Russian state-controlled propaganda news, an international news television network it is Putin-Apologist and funded by the Russian government, a social media site 'Rumble' did not ban them.
https://rumble.com/v52ir3i-putin-visits … gyang.html
RT was banned in Ukraine in 2014 after Russia's annexation of Crimea;Latvia and Lithuania implemented similar bans in 2020. Germany banned RT DE in February 2022. During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Union and Canada formally banned RT and independent service providers in over 10 countries suspended broadcasts of RT.
While it as a news propaganda notification site posts lies, I believe this footage is real news and it is important for people to be aware of this mix of Russia-Religion propaganda and North Korea Communist propaganda.
A Reuters article, Rumble is 'better-funded' and 'more mainstream' than its competitors BitChute and Odysee, it is described in media as "alt-tech" and it could take on the big you-tubes, facebooks or twitter aka 'X'. In year 2017, Twitter banned both RT and Sputnik from advertising on their social networking service. Reuters states that all three platforms 'include misinformation and conspiracy theories', with Rumble 'moderating more content' than the other two. Rumble was blocked in France, after their refusal to comply with the country's demand for the removal of Russian state media accounts. Rumble is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, with its U.S. headquarters in Longboat Key, Florida, it was founded in 2013 by Chris Pavlovski. In early 2023, Rumble began hosting live broadcasts for sports leagues owned by Thrill One Sports & Entertainment such as Nitrocross, Street League Skateboarding, and Power Slap.
Now it has a channel and videos to expand both Communists propaganda and Russia's religion propaganda events.
There might be a mix of Communism and Emperor and Religious worship of family with the North Korean cult of personality surrounding the Kim family. This religion of sorts has been in North Korea for decades, paintings and songs and 'culture' items Stalineque and like an Emperor King rule. Not stated as an official cult or faith by the North Korean government, many defectors and Western visitors state however there are often stiff penalties for those who criticize or do not show "proper" respect for the former leaders of the country, Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, officially referred to as "eternal leaders of Korea". Writers and historians say the personality cult began soon after Kim Il Sung took power in 1948, the Communist Workers' Party of Korea Kim Il Sung coming to power after the end of Japanese rule, Noerth Korea established as a totalitarian socialist cult personality dictatorship. 'But for Koreans from both North and South, Cheonji and the 9,029-foot-tall Baekdusan are much more than natural wonders. They are viewed with a near-religious reverence and are considered the spiritual home of their respective nations.'
https://archive.fo/tjiYW
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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/27/world … ishan.html
'On the border between China and North Korea, Baekdusan is revered by North and South Koreans. South Koreans have to take a detour through China to be able to climb its slopes.' Kim dynasty, also known as the Mount Paektu bloodline, the Mountain is mentioned in both national anthems and depicted on the national emblem of North Korea..
a very old topic but new developments in space in recent years
War something beyond a fight and murder, it is intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or terrorist theocracy paramilitary groups, there is also Cold War, the War on Drugs and the topic of Proxy Wars.
SpaceX Starship Vs Boeing Starliner: A Head-To-Head Look At Future Space Travel
https://hothardware.com/news/difference … x-starship
some people want Space to be multi-cultural and even export Religions of Earth and Mohammedanism to Space.
Buzz Aldrin, performed a Christian communion service for himself while in space. On Christmas Eve, 1968, the crew of Apollo 8, the first humans to travel to the Moon, read from the Book of Genesis during a television broadcast. Madalyn Murray O'Hair, founder of American Atheists, responded by suing the United States government, alleging violations of the First Amendment.
https://archive.org/details/manonmoonvoyages00chai
According to her son William, a Baptist minister, she twice sought to defect to the Soviet Union, applying first in 1959 through the Soviet Embassy in Washington, D.C., and again at the Soviet Embassy in Paris, travelling there for the express purpose in 1960; on both occasions, the Soviets denied her entry. In 1995, O'Hair, her son Jon Garth Murray, and her granddaughter Robin Murray O'Hair disappeared from their home and office. Bones dug up at a remote ranch were those of Ms. O'Hair and two of her family members.
https://web.archive.org/web/20100913072 … d-kin.html
Murder of Madalyn Murray O'Hair: America's Most Hated Woman?
https://web.archive.org/web/20071012112 … /ohair.htm
Atheists, she explained, believed in the rational powers of mankind, not in some superstitious mumbo-jumbo that taught people to be content with the status quo. An atheist, O’Hair said, "accepts that a hospital should be built instead of a church. An atheist accepts that a deed must be done instead of a prayer said." She knew the Bible better than many Christians and enjoyed pointing out the cruelty and caprices of the Old Testament Jehovah, as well as the sideshow carnival nature of Jesus’ supposed miracles. Why did the Christian God, she asked, merit anyone’s respect or reverence?
But Madalyn, always combative, didn’t stop there. She delighted in insulting Christians and Christianity and preaching free love and open sexuality for all. She described nuns, for example, as "poor old dried-up women lying there on their solitary pallets yearning for Christ to come to them in a vision some night and take their maidenheads.
Of the many ironies involved in the O’Hair story, one is that Madalyn O’Hair battled the government all her life and conscientiously avoided paying taxes. She was especially suspicious of the FBI, believing Hoover’s organization to be the malevolent agent of the evil theocracy that was the United States.
But it was the FBI and the IRS who finally avenged her murder. And some of those agents involved in the case, those who searched for her, found her, and attended her burial, expressed the deepest sorrow over the horrors that she and her family had endured at the hands of David Waters, Gary Karr and Danny Fry.
American astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman took multiple Jewish objects to space on his space flights from 1985 to 1996: a miniature Torah scroll, a yad, a Torah breastplate, mezuzot, menorahs, a dreidel, hand-woven tallit, and kiddush cups.
In January 2003, a microfilm Torah, a handwritten copy of the Shabbat kiddush, and a miniature Torah scroll rescued from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp were taken to space by Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia.
American astronaut Sunita Williams took a copy of the Bhagavad Gita to the International Space Station.
Soviet Russia was Communist but maybe in post Soviet Russia Cosmonauts sometimes at the request of Russian Orthodox church carry religious icons to space, which upon return to Earth are distributed to churches
https://web.archive.org/web/20211221123 … rt-market/
'If the growth in space tourism promoted by companies such as Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic continues, space-flown art may become commonplace rather than a rarity. '
SLS is perhaps too expensive but it has delivered payload
SpaceX has stated its ambition to facilitate the colonization of Mars, Elon Musk states that 'Starship' is necessary for the long-term survival of the human species. Musk plans to get there and maybe a mix of government and private step in, the company hopes that once infrastructure is established on Mars and launch cost is reduced, colonization can begin.
Musk's timeline for the colonization of Mars involves a crewed mission as early as 2029 and the development of a self-sustaining colony by 2050
https://web.archive.org/web/20220608022 … -mars-2029
the other big player are the Chinese
China's far-side Moon mission begins journey back
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3gg32nn9p4o
ISRO gears up for 6 launches per year of its largest rocket LVM3
https://www.wionews.com/india-news/isro … vm3-729187
Musk plans 1,000-ship fleets to colonize Mars
https://newatlas.com/space/musk-mars-co … an-update/
U.S. claims recently launched Russian satellite is an ASAT
https://spacenews.com/u-s-claims-recent … s-an-asat/
an old topic
MSR a little lost, NASA and JPL, 530 employees are set to be laid off
maybe a 'March on The Capitol' no longer politically correct?
Many Senate Republicans were done with Trump after Jan. 6. Now they want him back in the White House
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireSto … -111145697
Biden Vs. Trump 2024 Election Polls: Trump Leads As Most Voters Unmoved By His Conviction, New Poll Shows
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2 … oll-shows/
Could This RFK Jr. Gambit Cause Biden a Battleground Nightmare?
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/could-rfk-jr- … 25143.html
SpaceX’s Starship Rocket Splashes Down For First Time In Key Test Flight
https://go.forbes.com/c/1iSz
Starliner flight is one big step for Boeing's space capsule, but many hurdles remain
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/starliner-fli … 57637.html
other elections
Prime Minister Modi’s coalition clinches parliamentary majority in India’s election
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/20 … -election/
Why Are So Many Mexican Election Candidates Getting Killed?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/25/worl … illed.html
Across Europe, Macron's move to call snap elections worries some and delights others
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international … 822_4.html
Italy’s Giorgia Meloni emerges stronger from EU elections
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/ … -elections
Review of European election results
https://euroweeklynews.com/2024/06/13/r … n-results/
counting close numbers of votes
Voting machine contract under scrutiny following discrepancies in Puerto Rico's primaries
https://apnews.com/article/puerto-rico- … 3fde623a4b
Six swing states set to decide the US election
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c511pyn3xw3o.amp
Experts believe there are only a handful of states that could plausibly be won by either Democratic President Joe Biden or his Republican predecessor, Donald Trump.
not only is Earth flat they claim but it Nuked Itself some 3,700 years ago
MIT Sloan School of Management
He also believes in hidden math codes within the Bible that give secret knowledge
blabbing about some dreamy story of an Atlantis Nuclear War or Wakanda Nuclear War or the plot from some Hoagland or Erich von Däniken book? Billy Carson, also a conspiracy theorist, appeared on Joe Rogan's podcast where he claimed that some of the skeletons at Pakistan’s Mohenjo-Daro archeological dig contained abnormally high levels of radiation.
“Their bones would have been splattered apart and broken up into pieces,” he reasoned.
“They don't have any evidence of any injury of any kind of attack or any cutting from swords or anything,” he reiterated.
Carson then speaks of “an evil wind” that blew over the city as recorded on the tablets of the ancient Sumerian texts, to support his theory of a nuclear war.
He referred to a megalithic structure in South Africa and claimed that the carvings on this stone allegedly tell of how these (alien beings) went to war.
He says that the aliens were on Earth from the beginning of time and that they manipulated humans into being subservient before enslaving them to mine gold.
Stars blabbing about a Gods Worship Gene and Tinfoil hats?
“It can be turned off in a laboratory setting, and it can also be turned off with a magnetic field around your head.”
Mysterious ‘radioactive’ skeletons ‘suggest nuclear blast destroyed ancient city 3,700 years ago’, bonkers theory claims
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/28344843/ … ient-city/
ONE of the world’s earliest cities was destroyed 3,700 years ago in a nuclear war
Kazan, a nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine of the Russian Navy.
a small part of Russia's Navy arrives in Cuba
however they also sent a Tugboat for their ships, submarine, frigate arriving
Canadian warship sharing an anchorage with Russian vessels in Cuba
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/canadian-wars … 00110.html
The Royal Canadian Navy now finds itself in the unusual position of both shadowing Russian warships as a threat in the Caribbean and sharing an anchorage with them as a guest in the port of Havana — because Canada accepted an invitation to send a patrol ship to Cuba while the Russian navy is in town.
The Russian ships are expected to leave Cuba and head for Venezuela, where the Nicolas Maduro government is another major backer of Putin and the war in Ukraine.
"The Canadian Armed Forces will continue to track the movements and activities of the Russian naval flotilla" after it departs Havana, Kened Sadiku of DND told CBC News.
Donald Trump Criticizes Biden Over Russian Naval Presence Near Cuba
https://www.cubaheadlines.com/articles/283623
'Strategic Calculations Behind Russia’s Kazan Nuclear Submarine’s Upcoming Visit to Cuba'
https://theaviationist.com/2024/06/08/s … t-to-cuba/
"Russian Frigate Sails To The Atlantic With Hypersonic Missiles".
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 … -missiles/
Cuba welcomes Russian military ships to Havana
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c722m823612o
'part of a military drill in the Caribbean.'
Analysis: Taliban leader Sirajuddin Haqqani becomes a statesman
https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives … tesman.php
After meeting the ruler of the UAE, Sirajuddin Haqqani traveled to Saudi Arabia to attend the Hajj.
UAE building the door on the Gateway
politics, accused of swindling investors?
also screeching about Joe Biden's border 'betrayal' executive order
Omar campaign denies involvement in husband’s business deals
https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/oma … ess-deals/
Trial postponed for jihad man accused of terror attacking and stabbing Rushdie
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threa … 923/page-4
the trial is on hold, since Matar’s lawyer argued Tuesday that the defendant is entitled by law to see the manuscript, due out in April 2024, and related material before standing trial. Written or recorded statements about the attack made by any witness are considered potential evidence, attorneys said.
Salman Rushdie Documentary Set Based on His Memoir ‘Knife,’ With Alex Gibney Directing
https://variety.com/2024/film/news/salm … 236021567/
deals?
Salman Rushdie’s alleged assailant seeks plea deal with US
https://www.yahoo.com/news/salman-rushd … 28538.html
Hadi Matar, the man accused of nearly fatally stabbing British-American writer Salman Rushdie, is negotiating a plea agreement with both US state and federal prosecutors that could shed light on whether a foreign government or terrorist organization was involved in the attack, officials involved in the case told Semafor.
Matar is scheduled to go on trial for attempted murder this September in a western New York courthouse not far from the Chautauqua Institution where Rushdie was assaulted while giving a speech in August 2022 at a summer cultural festival. But federal prosecutors from the US Attorney’s Office are separately investigating whether Matar, 26, was part of a broader conspiracy to assassinate the writer, according to lawyers and US officials involved in the case. The revolutionary founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomenei, issued a fatwa
“I’m not sure where he’s at. I think, you know, it’s obviously very emotional,” Schmidt said of Rushdie. “He’s sort of considering his options.” A representative for Rushdie didn’t respond to Semafor’s request for comment.
Schmidt said it’s unclear what Matar could provide federal prosecutors as part of an agreement. He pleaded innocent in 2022 to the charge of attempted murder in the second degree. Neither the DoJ or FBI have commented on the result of the federal investigation or if they’ve found ties between the attack on Rushdie and foreign actors.
Court records and press reports portray Matar as a disgruntled youth who hated school, worked at a discount store, and failed in his efforts at becoming a professional boxer. His Lebanese-American father left for Lebanon when Matar was young. People who met Matar described him as a recluse who could simply have taken inspiration from the teachings of Khomenei and his fatwa against Rushdie.
But the picture Matar’s mother painted of her son reads like the textbook case of radicalization. Silvana Fardos told the New York Times that Matar traveled to Lebanon in 2018 — presumably to stay with his father in the southern town of Yaroun — and came back a totally changed person, deeply religious in the Shiite Muslim faith and a supporter of Iran’s Islamic revolution. “I have nothing to say to him,” Fardos told the paper.
Hadi Matar, Rushdie Stabbing Suspect: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
https://heavy.com/news/hadi-matar/
Matar Was Born in the U.S. to Lebanese Parents, Reports Say
Matar, 24, is from Fairview, New Jersey.
Authorties “found images of Iranian commander Qassem Solemani, who was assassinated in 2020, in a cell phone messaging app belonging to Matar,” reported NDTV-com.
http://web.archive.org/web/202208132358 … adi-matar/
Law enforcement sources told NBC New York that review of Matar’s social media accounts “shows he is sympathetic to Shia extremism and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps causes.”
The AP reported that “flags of Iran-backed Shia militant group Hezbollah and portraits of leader Hassan Nasrallah, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, his late predecessor Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and slain Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani are visible across the village.
‘Ploy to disturb the Amarnath Yatra’: Jammu ADGP on the Kathua terror attack
https://www.opindia.com/2024/06/jammu-a … ath-yatra/
On Thuesday evening, terrorists opened fire on a house in the Hiranagar area of Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir
Salvage?
On Earth salvage, in international water and sea law, the rescue of a ship or its cargo in waters from a peril that, except for the rescuer’s assistance, would have led to the loss or destruction of the property. Under some jurisdictions, certain nations, aircraft may also be salved but what about off-world would a similar philosophy apply?
The Outer space Treaty, part of it has the Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts, the Return of Astronauts and the Return of Objects Launched into Outer Space, also referred to as the Rescue Agreement is an international agreement setting forth rights and obligations of states concerning the rescue of persons in space. The Outer Space Treaty of 1967 states simply that astronauts are to be rendered all possible assistance by state parties to the treaty. The Outer Space Treaty does not provide a definition for the term "astronaut", and as a result it is unclear whether this provision applies to, for example, a space tourist—a person who clearly has not received the training of a traditional astronaut. Shifts in attitudes toward in-orbit rescues also came as a result of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, after which NASA took steps to prepare the STS-3xx or Launch on Need missions to provide for rescue in certain scenarios
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/ap … 50321.html
The Outer Space Treaty is the first and most foundational legal instrument of space law
https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/ … index.html
Space Debris Removal, Salvage, and Use: Maritime Lessons
http://web.archive.org/web/202010292326 … l-2019.pdf
Introduction
The National Space Society (NSS) foresees that that over the next couple of decades there will be a significant expansion into space. In the longer term NSS vision, much industry will eventually move off-Earth and millions of people will someday be living and working in space in thriving communities for the benefit of all humans, including those on Earth. Given that level of expansion of space industries and activities in both the near and longer term, advanced space projects would greatly benefit from the ability to salvage and re-purpose derelict spacecraft.
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Beyond the maritime tradition and lawBecause myriad unclaimed/undesignated orbital debris objects exist, even the best written liability and compensation agreements would be inadequate for dealing with the orbital debris remediation problem without some voluntary mechanism or system for facilitating the adoption (jurisdiction and control) of debris objects.
International Law and Search and Rescue
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.10 … -72718-9_7
False Reports
bad claims of news reported online by social media news channels?
Fact Check: What to Know About 'Otherworldly Wreckage' on Mars Spotted by NASA
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/fact-check-kn … 00760.html
Therefore, while the photograph is genuine, it shows the NASA lander's aeroshell – initially launched from Earth – and not "otherwordly wreckage," as some posts on social media misleadingly claimed.
https://web.archive.org/web/20100909060 … ncept.html
The Concept of Peril
It is well settled that the peril necessary to constitute a salvage service need not be one of "imminent and absolute danger." It is enough that the property is in danger, either presently or to be reasonably apprehended. It is important to note that it is not the degree of peril which makes for salvage service. If distress or peril is present then, accompanied by voluntary service and success, a valid salvage service has been performed, entitling the salvor to a salvage award. The degree of peril, whether slight, moderate, or severe, affects only the amount of the award, but not the entitlement of the salvor to a salvage award.
It is also the well settled admiralty law of the United States that a vessel driven aground, on rocks, on shoals, or on reefs, must be considered to be in a state of peril. In such a situation, the vessel is exposed to the vagaries of wind, weather and waves, and it does not require extensive seagoing experience or contemplation to consider that so long as the vessel remains in that helpless situation, without further assistance, she is subject to further damage and eventual breaking up or sinking. This proposition was well-stated by the court in De Aldamiz v. Thomas Skogland & Sons , to the effect that "it is idle to argue that a ship aground in shallow water on a sea beach, exposed to wind and waves in the hurricane season, is in a safe place."
If there are borders in Mars?
The law of salvage is a principle of maritime law whereby any person who helps recover another person's ship or cargo in peril at sea is entitled to a reward commensurate with the value of the property saved.
Maritime law is inherently international, and although salvage laws vary from one country to another, generally there are established conditions to be met to allow a claim of salvage
Danger needs to be real but not necessarily immediate or absolute. The subject of salvage must be in real danger, which means the property is exposed to damage or destruction.
http://www.safesea.com/salvage/law/ande … ncept.html
During the British Empire a Merchant Shipping Act 1854 was passed introduced the keeping of official numbers for registered ships, Receiver of Wreck is an official who administers law dealing with maritime wrecks and salvage on behalf of the Royal Monarchies.
Police crack down on scavengers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/6290887.stm
The "despicable" behaviour of scavengers has forced the authorities to invoke ancient legislation to stop raids on cargo on a Devon beach.
Finders Keepers? maybe not for the British subjects
Mark Rodaway, the Acting Receiver of Wreck, said the "despicable" behaviour of scavengers had persuaded him that special powers dating back to the Merchant Shipping Act 1854 were needed to force people to return goods.
"Personal belongings, not goods for sale, were being rifled through and strewn on the beach.
"I would ask anyone to reflect quietly on how they would feel if that was their belongings.
Brussels Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules with Respect to Assistance and Salvage at Sea 'règles en matiere assistance et de sauvetage maritimes' is a treaty on marine salvage from Brussels, Belgium. As of 2013, the convention remains in force in over 70 states. The states that have denounced the convention after accepting it are Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Iran, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, and Sweden.
https://web.archive.org/web/20140913012 … -79745.pdf
International Convention on Salvage is a treaty that was concluded in London on 28 April 1989 that replaced the Brussels Convention on Assistance and Salvage at Sea as the principal multilateral document. The Nagasaki Spirit an English admiralty law case on marine salvage and on the provisions of Article 13 and 14 of the 1989 Salvage Convention. Following on from the innovations of the LOF 1980, the 1989 International Salvage Convention permitted salvage rewards to be made to salvors who acted to limit damage to the coastal environment after oil spills. Articles 13 & 14 of the convention made provision for "special compensation", but The Nagasaki Spirit revealed that the convention had been poorly drafted, thereby limiting the amount that environmental salvors could be paid to mere out-of-pocket expenses, with no allowance for any profit margin.
Ships collide in Malacca Strait
https://web.archive.org/web/20180226091 … 008_6.html
One body has been found and two survivors picked up after an oil tanker and a container ship collided and burst into flames in the Malacca Strait, a US Embassy spokeswoman said yesterday.
The two vessels had crews numbering 46.
The US Navy cargo ship Niagara Falls was at the scene conducting search and rescue operations with the help of two helicopters
Robberies and violence by hit-and-run pirates on commercial vessels around Singapore, the world's busiest port, have been reported with increasing frequency in recent years.
Lloyd's earlier reported that three oil tanks aboard the Nagasaki Spirit were ablaze and that it was leaking oil into the sea.
The accident occurred at latitude four degrees 27 minutes north and longitude 98 degrees 42.3 minutes east, about 10 nautical miles off Indonesia's Sumatra Island.
In Jakarta, Indonesian authorities were coordinating rescue efforts from the port of Medan on Sumatra's northeast coast.
Three people were killed and six are missing, presumed dead after a Bahamas-registered luxury liner was in collision with a Taiwanese fishing boat there late last month.
In June a US destroyer collided with a Singapore merchant vessel, causing extensive damage but no injuries. In July two supertankers collided, killing one crewman but spilling no oil.
an update on that collapsed bridge story
As Baltimore shipping channel reopens, DOT estimates at least $1.7 billion to rebuild bridge
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/baltimore-shi … 30320.html
The preliminary costs to rebuild the bridge as quoted by the Department of Transportation are between $1.7 billion and $1.9 billion, officials said.
Buttigieg reiterated President Joe Biden's intention to secure federal funding for rebuilding the bridge and added that the Maryland delegation is leading a process in Congress to make that happen.
Could tugboats have helped avert the bridge collapse tragedy in Baltimore?
https://web.archive.org/web/20240403124 … 2ffdaa6220
Baltimore bridge collapse reveals a gap in federal government port protection powers
https://web.archive.org/web/20240402152 … owers.html
Maryland officials have said they plan to replace the bridge in 2028
The economic impact of the closure of the waterway was been estimated at $15 million per day.
Blue Origin Joins SpaceX, ULA In Winning Bids For $5.6 Billion Pentagon Rocket Program
Cosmic Revelations: AI and NASA Swift Map the Universe’s Farthest Gamma-Ray Bursts
https://scitechdaily.com/cosmic-revelat … ay-bursts/
CEOs of China's AI startups hail rapid development in domestic market
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202406/1314160.shtml
Vast Networks of 'Ghost Roads'
So-called “ghost roads” may be laid down by miners, loggers, poachers, drug traffickers, and land grabbers
and a strange AI Generated Representative Image, a site which might link to industrial city in Hindu area the Sonipat district of Haryana state of India
AI Unveils 'Ghost Roads' Threatening Asian Rainforests
https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/sc … ainforests
Art?
Full videos now and How far it has already come since 2022 from simple pixelated picture generators making an image but kind of abstract so you were not sure what it is?
Technology showcase: Compilation of 50 videos generated by Luma Dream Machine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gYT1of3cFI
Dream Machine a major milestone in the democratization of AI-powered video generation. Rival systems like OpenAI’s Sora and Kuaishou’s Kling have showcased impressive capabilities, they remain accessible only to a select group of partners. In contrast, Luma AI has made Dream Machine available for anyone to experiment with for free on its website.
It can also do Dystopia and Horror the Gothic Horror, Lovecraftian Horror, Comicbook style Scary stories and images and video, Psychological Horror, Zombie Apocalypse is it mimicry a 'copy' of each style.
They will sometimes had high pitched violin, the old music box or musical box sound of the 18th century or carillons à musique French for "chimes of music" and Deep Cello sounds or distorted rock style guitar to give it that spooky atmosphere.
'I've asked AI to generate the most creepy images...'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StaSuG5NTC0
and video games
Showcase video for the "Alternative Player Voices" mod for Fallout 4, made with xVASynth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP1sNB1IlIg
There are videos game that combines aspects of acting fantasy a role-playing video game and a online social media, a multiplayer online chatroom game setting. MMORPG stands for "massively multiplayer online role-playing game" this is a genre of MMOs focused on role-playing elements inside a fictional universe a virtual world. These often have complex story, collecting ammo, or materials and chemicals, leveling and item systems, elaborate worldbuilding, and questing, they are usually set in fantasy or science-fiction universes, they might combine 3D simulation video games are a diverse super-category of video games, generally designed to closely simulate real world activities such designing a park, activity as finding and reading old maps, hunting or driving a car with visual perspective similar to real-life.
Non-playable character the 'NPC' abbreviation for non-playable character, it is a character in a computer game that is not controlled by someone, it is not a real human playing the game but a type of AI. The term has also entered politics with use of the NPC meme in internet slang and Reactionary subcultural, a Leftwing person brainwashed by Leftist 'Marxism' might be called an 'NPC' similarly rightwing or Rightwinger followers of the Q-Anon Cult? have also been branded 'NPC' brainwashed people with no human minds of their own, it might have originated as an Internet meme that represents people who do not think for themselves or do not make their own decisions on 4chan then spreading to tik-tok and other social media. In the world of video games the NPCs are virtual characters controlled by software, AI or game logic, not human player input.
'You won't believe how ChatGPT AI changed Skyrim forever!'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wCjosz1vOA
Top 10 Horror Games – Experience AI-Driven Thrills
https://creepyhq.com/ai-horror-games/
In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed the gaming industry, pushing boundaries and creating immersive experiences that are more lifelike than ever before. The horror genre, in particular, has benefited immensely from these advancements, producing some of the most spine-chilling and intense gaming experiences available today. For horror fans, game lovers, and gaming enthusiasts, this list of AI horror games will provide the ultimate fright fest. Buckle up and prepare to be terrified!
A futuristic horror tale.
https://creator.nightcafe.studio/creati … NieGAwHR4M
Nightmare Machine
http://nightmare.mit.edu/
Horror imagery generated by artificial intelligence.
Proba-3 is ESA’s – and the world’s – first precision formation flying mission. A pair of satellites will fly together relative to the Sun so that one casts a precisely-controlled shadow onto the other, to create a prolonged solar eclipse in orbit. In the process the mission will open up the Sun’s faint surrounding coronal atmosphere for sustained study. Normally this corona is rendered invisible by the brilliant face of the Sun, like a firefly next to a bonfire.
India's heat wave is the longest ever to hit the country, the government's top weather expert said as he warned people will face increasingly oppressive temperatures.
US Federal Law to protect the public and Restrictions on the Possession of Firearms
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, also enforces federal gun laws
banning of people convicted of serious crimes from owning guns
politics
GREG GUTFELD: Hunter Biden conviction gives Trump a 'golden opportunity' to condemn it
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/greg-gu … ty-condemn
a live event with drugs alcohol
'Did Atlanta Police Shoot Too Many Time - I Say No & Shooting Was Justified'
https://www.bitchute.com/video/xkchTHtMCmg/
social media channel Think Like A Cop
Will humanoid robots take off?
https://www.humanityredefined.com/p/wil … s-take-off
The sci-fi dream of humanoid robots working among us seems to be just around the corner. But will it come true?
Work starts on claimed world's largest cryogenic compressed air storage facility
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crgg81j2xdpo
Work has begun on a £300m energy plant which will store surplus electricity from wind and solar farms in the form of liquid air.
The facility at Carrington near Manchester, designed by Highview Power, will create more than 700 jobs in the north-west of England, the firm said.
The energy stored at the site, which is expected to be operational by 2028, will then be put back into the grid at times of high demand.
Rail freight growth 'won't happen on its own', warns industry group
https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2024/06 … appen.html
Semi-Government, somewhat public somewhat private service?
The Australian Government Airline 'QANTAS 'and Britain's Imperial Airways, a forerunner of British Airways, formed a new company, Qantas Empire Airways, it would become Qantas Airways Limited the flag carrier of Australia. It is the largest airline by fleet size, international flights, and international destinations in Australia and Oceania. Qantas aims to eliminate the "tyranny of distance" by developing non-stop flight routes connecting Australian cities to New York City, and to London.
https://www.businesstraveller.com/busin … k-service/
In 2008, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission fined the airline $20 million for breaches of the acts associated with protecting consumers
https://web.archive.org/web/20191012095 … ing/185142
Australia
https://www.qld.gov.au/disability/out-a … -transport
Public transport
Buses, CityCat and ferries, Short distance trains
Palma calls for limits on cruise ship arrivals, rental cars and a ban on party boats
https://www.majorcadailybulletin.com/ne … boats.html
a forum discussion
How much does a freight train cost to run?
https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/ho … un.224665/
What is Freight?
https://octi.ca/what-is-the-cheapest-wa … t-freight/
Before jumping into modes of transport it is important to understand what is meant by “freight.” Freight is a shipment that is at least 150 lbs. Depending on the mode of transportation there will also be an upper limit of what is allowed in a single shipment. For example, shipping an FTL (full truckload) has a maximum allowable weight of 80,000 pounds. Special permits are needed if a shipment is heavier than this.
For shipments less than 150 lbs, a carrier such as United Parcel Service (UPS) is often the most logical and cost-effective option. When you send a smaller shipment like this, you will be able to decide between shipping speed options like next day vs 3-day select. The carrier will determine all other logistics in order to fulfill the request.
Parcel shipping of smaller items also differs from freight shipping in these ways:
Freight shipping provides an estimated arrival while parcel delivery is usually an exact date.
Freight shipping requires a full and accurate disclosure of what is being shipped while parcel shipping is less specific.
In parcel shipping, lighter packages always ship for less than heavier. With freight, the dimensions and durability are factored into the cost versus just the weight alone.
video
Unbelievable Technology: See the Magic Behind Maglev Trains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8os4A4li674
speed
TGV Atlantique (TGV-A) is a class of high-speed trains used in France by SNCF
http://web.archive.org/web/201505300956 … ch0510.pdf
CRH3 Hexie a version of the Siemens Velaro high-speed train used in China on the Beijing–Tianjin intercity railway
https://web.archive.org/web/20100322213 … shape.html
Renfe Class 103 is a high-speed train used for the AVE service, operated in Spain by the state-run railway company RENFE.
http://www.listadotren.es/motor/ficha.p … b7270f40b6
CR400AF Fuxing a Chinese electric high-speed train developed by CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles
http://www.china-railway.com.cn/en/Serv … 52870.html
Frecciarossa 1000, a high-speed train operated by Italian state railway operator Trenitalia and the private Spanish high-speed rail operator Iryo
https://web.archive.org/web/20200806190 … tract.html
Bombardier announced an order for eighty Zefiro 380 high-speed trains by the Chinese Ministry of Railways (MOR)
http://www.bombardier.com/en/transporta … technology
ICE 3, known as Intercity-Express 3, is a family of high-speed electric multiple unit trains operated by Deutsche Bahn.
https://inside.bahn.de/ice-3-redesign/
CRH380A a Chinese electric high-speed train that was developed by CSR Corporation Limited (CSR) and is currently manufactured by CRRC Qingdao Sifang, a continuation of the CRH2-380 program it both replaces foreign (Japanese) technology in the CRH2 with Chinese developments and increases its top speed.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001 … 53496.html
Five fastest bullet trains - including one that goes a mind bending 286 mph
https://www.express.co.uk/travel/articl … rains-list
It is no exaggeration to say that the world's transport landscape has been changed beyond recognition by the development of high-speed rail.
quote
Bullet trains are offering viable alternatives to planes, promoting economic growth, reducing travel times and offering a greener option.
Bill Gates Moves Ahead With Nuclear Project Aimed At Revolutionizing Power Generation
‘Lunar railroad’ concept to put trains on Moon gets backing from US government
https://www.independent.co.uk/space/moo … 16248.html
Network could transport humans, supplies and resources across the lunar surface
The future of travel is near: Europe’s longest tunnel for testing hyperloop technology opens in the Netherlands
https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/articl … etherlands
NASA steadily expands AI and autonomy for Mars exploration
https://spacenews.com/nasa-steadily-exp … ploration/
FLOAT
https://www.nasa.gov/general/float-flex … n-a-track/
The FLOAT system employs unpowered magnetic robots that levitate over a 3-layer flexible film track: a graphite layer enables robots to passively float over tracks using diamagnetic levitation, a flex-circuit layer generates electromagnetic thrust to controllably propel robots along tracks, and an optional thin-film solar panel layer generates power for the base when in sunlight. FLOAT robots have no moving parts and levitate over the track to minimize lunar dust abrasion / wear, unlike lunar robots with wheels, legs, or tracks.
an old topic on Robotics on the Moon
this thread is 19 years old and at this time there was skepticism over how much work a Robot can do, these days it is accepted Robots can also explore Europa and Titan.
Robots can perhaps grow plants or Farm on the Moon.
AI Robotic Blacksmiths roboforming sheet metal in groundbreaking new process
https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/ai-robotic-blacksmiths/
ISRO’s Chandrayaan-4 to bring back Moon rocks and soil to Earth
https://www.india.com/video-gallery/isr … h-6929065/
The Mobile Base System a movable work platform for the Canadarm2 the first Canadarm or Canadarm1 officially Shuttle Remote Manipulator System or SRMS, also SSRMS was a series of robotic arms that were used on the Space Shuttle to deploy, manoeuvre, and capture payloads, there have been Soviet Russian ideas for a crane, European Robotic Arm (ERA) on the Russian section of the ISS, Dextre the Dexterous Manipulator or SPDM, the Arm on the Japan section of the ISS or Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) and Robot Arms on the new Chinese Station, the Gateway station will have a robotic arm called Canadarm3 (CSA).
perhaps confused media reports
https://x.com/AJ_FI/status/1477377799346339844
Again: this is mixing up launching the 8-tonne Chang'e-8 mission in 2027 with a plan to complete a whole-ass, 5-mission lunar base using a huge, ~140tn to LEO rocket that doesn't exist across 2030-35.
Road Map
https://x.com/SegerYu/status/1708792564109963686
Queqiao-2
International Cooperation Prospects on China Lunar & Deep Space Exploration Program
https://www.iafastro.org/events/iac/iac … ogram.html
"Where is the Sun, the Moon and those stars?" - the question is from the poem “Tian Wen” by Qu Yuan, one of Chinese most distinguished and famous poets born 2,300 years ago.
The Chinese nation has never stopped the exploration of the universe for thousands of years. China's Lunar Exploration Program, officially started in 2004, till in 2020 with 1731g lunar samples returned, has successfully accomplished the Three-Step Plan of ‘Orbiting, Landing and Sample Return’.
In May 2021, the first mission of China's Planetary Exploration Program, Tianwen-1, achieved orbiting, landing and roving on Mars by one mission, making China a great leap being able to explore from Earth-Moon system to interplanetary space. In the future, China will take the International Lunar Research Station as the long-term goal of following-up lunar exploration, and will continue carrying out planetary exploration programs, including asteroid sampling, main belt comet exploration, Mars sample return, Jupiter system exploration and etc.
news on Tiny robots?
That mysterious tiny rover let loose by China’s Chang’e-6 Moon lander has finally been spotlighted.
https://www.leonarddavid.com/smile-dont … -moonshot/
What to Know About Lunar Gateway, NASA’s Future Moon-Orbiting Space Station
https://gizmodo.com/nasa-lunar-gateway- … 1849194753
Humanity’s first lunar space station will offer new ways to explore space and do science, but it will also present unprecedented health and safety risks.
maybe one day a craft of hybrid design that can re-boost itself, talk of also using ion engines
Next Generation Satellites Might Skim the Atmosphere, Using Air as a Propellant
https://www.universetoday.com/167366/ne … ropellant/
Satellites in orbit use rocket propulsion to maintain their altitude. These engines require fuel to power their chemical or ion engines but when the fuel runs out, the orbit slowly erodes with the satellite re-entering the atmosphere. A new type of electrical propulsion has been developed that has no need for onboard fuel. Instead it syphons air particles out of the atmosphere and accelerates them to provide thrust. Much like an ion engine but this time, the fuel source is air making it ideal for low Earth orbits.
Skylon project spacecraft
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/2 … sa_report/
Producing a robust technical design for SABRE (Synergetic Air Breathing Rocket Engine), a new class of engine, for propelling high-speed aircraft and spacecraft.
https://reactionengines.co.uk/about/sabre/