Sunday, April 11, 2021

Why does Rep. Johnson oppose NASA's commercial human landing system?

Washington Post reporter Christian Davenport reported on Twitter that Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) has sent a letter to the White House demanding that the decision of which companies developing a Human Landing System (HLS) should be funded for the second phase be deferred.

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Democrats Appear To Be Confused About What Infrastructure Is
Greg Gutfeld Muscles in on the Ratings of Late Night Talk Shows

Saturday, April 10, 2021

The PRO Act contains a provision similar to California's disastrous AB 5 labor bill
Bernie Sanders goes after Elon Musk for wanting to explore space
Solar-to-Hydrogen Tech Sees "Remarkable" Efficiency Jump
'Lost golden city' found in Egypt reveals lives of ancient pharaohs
‘Indiana Jones 5’: Phoebe Waller-Bridge Lands Female Lead In Next Installment Opposite Harrison Ford
Amazon Workers Reject a Union
A Brother on the Moon
Monkey plays Pong with brain implant from Elon Musk’s Neuralink
UAE announces the Arab world’s first woman astronaut
General Atomics wins DARPA contract to design nuclear reactor to power missions to the moon

Monday, April 05, 2021

Sneaky New Bacteria on the ISS Could Build a Future on Mars
We finally have a vaccine that works against HIV (in early tests)

Me soon after I received the second shot.

These startups are solving Amazon’s potty problem, helping delivery drivers find relief on the go
The company racing to free US from reliance on China for electric cars, wind turbines, and satellites
Russia continues discussions with China on lunar exploration cooperation
What will rise across toll road from Tesla gigafactory? Sources say a SpaceX facility is planned
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IF ALIENS LANDED TOMORROW, COULD WE COMMUNICATE WITH THEM?
Should Stephen Hawking have won the Nobel Prize?
It Takes Lots of Permits to Save the Planet

Sunday, April 04, 2021

Bernie Sanders goes after Elon Musk for wanting to explore space

Musk triggered Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) with a one sentence tweet about his space ambitions, “I am accumulating resources to help make life multiplanetary & extend the light of consciousness to the stars.”

Musk has become the coolest capitalist alive, not only for his ambition to build a city on Mars, but for creating a rocket company, SpaceX, to give that dream form. Sanders, the “democratic socialist” senator and twice-failed presidential candidate, was not impressed.

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Biden Administration and Iran: Secret Deals and Appeasement Back on the Table?
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Gets Set for Historic First Flight on Another World
The Marine Corps Is About to Reinvent Itself—Drastically