I think it's too late to try and impress them.
A very space-heavy edition this week. I think I just needed some time off from just how badly humanity is screwing up the ground game these days. Welcome back everyone, it's Net Assessment time.
I am 100% convinced their business plan was just a slide that said “do you remember the end of Spies like Us? It’s just like that, but for science.”
Gee thanks - there goes all my productivity for the week.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkdqjy/you-can-now-easily-download-all-cia-ufo-documents-to-date
Sure - blame the fat kid. Typical.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/01/world/venus-habitable-jupiter-scli-intl-scn/index.html
But just how else do you expect me to get the hockey stick growth I need to raise my Series M, huh?
New Space Suits? Just wait until NASA figures out how much money it can make selling throwbacks.
https://www.freethink.com/articles/spacesuit.amp
You get space-based radar! You get space-based radar! You get space-based radar!
https://spacenews.com/iceye-to-launch-three-more/
In case you are wondering, here’s a feel-good explanation of SAR. Don’t worry, it totally can’t see inside of most buildings. Mostly.
I distinctly remember the disappointment of the Hubble first light, and look how good that turned out in the end. So, it is fair to say I am unreasonably geeked for the James Webb to get to L2 and blow our freaking minds.
SpaceX carved out a swath of polar orbital plane, thoroughly confusing everyone forgetting that the internet is used by people in other countries too.
Totally and completely 100% Unrelated.
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“Defend Forward” reminds me of my USMC father who claimed the Marines never retreated. They just “attacked in a different direction.”
https://www.c4isrnet.com/cyber/2021/01/19/defense-nominee-favors-proactive-cyber-posture
Very simply, 12 freakin’ sweet space videos with severely underrated soundtracks to waste some time with.
https://mashable.com/article/4k-space-videos/
Here’s a sampling. Seriously, I’ve got half a mind to open a spa and keep stuff this on loop.
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