Tag: mars
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#MorningMonarchy: June 7, 2016
Secret channels, usage caps and traffic apps + this day in history w/Operation Opera and our song of the day by Goodbye Heart on your Morning Monarchy for June 7, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: May 31, 2016
Floppy nukes, professional trolls and phone jamming + this day in history w/”The Karnival Kid” and our song of the day by Capyac on your Morning Monarchy for May 31, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: May 17, 2016
Internet abandon, scary memories & security holes + this day in history w/Watergate TV and our song of the day by Nothing on your Morning Monarchy for May 17, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: May 10, 2016
‘E.T. Candidate’, selective leaks and Lego hacks + this day in history w/the Astor Place Riot and our song of the day by Land Of Leland on your Morning Monarchy for May 10, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: February 23, 2016
Space music, dumb phones and the ‘Mobile World’ order + this day in history w/Gitmo and our song of the day by Mavis Staples on your Morning Monarchy for February 23, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: February 2, 2016
Red dawn, death by robot and celebrity messaging apps + this day in history w/G.I. Joe and our song of the day by Esperanza Spalding on your Morning Monarchy for February 2, 2016.
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Red Planet Shows Signs of Life
from Press TV: NASA’s Curiosity rover has sent back scientific data suggesting new evidence of water on Mars. The rover released pictures indicating that the Gale Crater on Mars used to be a huge lake of water far back in history. With the new evidence of water, the Red Planet must have been suitable for…
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#NASA to Conduct Mars ‘Flying Saucer’ Test on Earth Read Latest
from newsmax.com: NASA is getting ready to launch a “flying saucer” into Earth’s atmosphere to test technology that could be used to land on Mars. For decades, NASA has depended on the same parachute design to slow spacecraft after they enter the Martian atmosphere. But it needs a larger and stronger parachute if it wants…
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Japan Eyes Early Manned Mission to Mars
from houseofjapan.com: Japan, with the help of the international community, is working on plans to send a manned mission to Mars. Science ministry officials, citing the staggering costs and technological difficulties, said such an undertaking could only be accomplished with participation of other countries. In a May 30 meeting with an advisory council to discuss…
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Curiosity Snaps First Asteroid Photo from Red Planet
from sciencerecorder.com: According to a statement from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, the Curiosity Mars rover captured the first-ever image from the Red Planet’s surface to show an asteroid. The bonus? The image shows two, known as Ceres – which is a dwarf planet and an asteroid – and Vesta. Ceres and Vesta…
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Sun Sets, Mars Rises In Cosmic Alignment
from guardianlv.com: Night sky gawkers are preparing for an uncommon occurrence coming this Tuesday evening on April 8. That is when three entities within the solar system will be in a near perfect queue. The Sun, Earth and Mars will all be lined up in a stunning cosmic alignment, and Mars will also be visible…
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No Evidence of ‘Coffee Break’ on Mars
from nytimes.com: Scientists did not find a Dunkin’ Donuts on Mars, but they did figure out where a rock that looks like a small jelly doughnut came from. Last month, the rock, about an inch and a half wide, showed up in one of the photographs taken by the NASA’s Opportunity rover. In addition to…
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NASA, France Sign Mars Lander Deal for 2016
from smh.com.au: The United States and France plan to collaborate on a new Mars mission, two years after NASA withdrew from a European partnership to send a probe and lander to the Red Planet. The project aims to send an unmanned lander to study the deep interior of the dry, dusty planet, and will be…
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Over 1,000 chosen for one-way #Mars reality-TV mission
from channelnewsasia.com: More than 1,000 candidates — from 200,000 hopefuls — have been chosen to train for a private Mars colonisation mission to be partly funded by a reality-TV show following their training and subsequent steps, organisers said Thursday. They are to be whittled down to just 24, who will be sent over six launches…
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Mars Inc. to Libertarians Thwart Food Stamp Health Limits
from bloomberg.com: Nicole Blakey says she can’t stand watching other people buy junk food with the government-issued food-stamp debit cards she’s used to raise three children while earning $9 an hour at a dry cleaner… That view is being defied by an unusual alliance of food producers, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, libertarians and advocates…