I'd never heard of it, but it appears to be real. Jessica Meir, currently up on the Space Station, has a masters degree from it. (Along with a bachelors from Brown and a PhD from UCSD.) https://twitter.com/Astro_Jessica?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
something is wrong . . . and it's getting worse https://www.livescience.com/hubble-constant-universe-expansion-not-make-sense.html
"You see, to be quite frank, Kevin, the fabric of the universe is far from perfect. It was a bit of botched job, you see. We only had seven days to make it. And that's where this comes in. This is the only map of all the holes. Well, why repair them? Why not use them to get stinking rich?"
It seems that this mysterious substance could be a gel-like substance composed of a kind of crushed glass https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mbm4px/finally-a-clear-look-at-the-weird-substance-china-found-on-the-moon
Virgin Galactic takes off https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/28/virgin-galactic-stock-trading-debut-on-nyse-under-the-ticker-spce.html
More posters are now available https://www.cnn.com/style/article/nasa-exoplanet-posters-scn-trnd/index.html
In an attempt at a crossover with the Conspiracy Theory thread, the Air Force X37B Space Plane returns to earth after spending 2 years in orbit. No one knows what it was doing up there all this time. Let me imagine . . . https://www.tweaktown.com/news/68434/air-force-space-plane-37b-lands-baffling-780-day-orbit/index.html
It's the only time I've ever imagined becoming a tow-truck driver https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/space-tow-truck-will-clean-up-earth-s-orbit-and-remove-defunct-satellites/ar-BBY19j8?q=3
To put a different spin on "Mars will kill you", if you're enjoying this thread and aren't watching The Expanse (or reading the books on which it's based), you're seriously missing out. I just binged Season Four, and it was great stuff.
This is a sort of "Does art imitate life or does life imitate art?" story https://digg.com/2020/space-force-new-logo-looks-like-star-trek
Here's your opportunity people!! You've all wanted to build spaceships. (Like on some old Amazing Stories cover, or an old 1950's Science-fiction movie...) Well, here it is... Doing this will change your life. Elon says that they want to go to around-the-clock, 7 days a week Starship construction in Boca and need more rocket-shipyard workers. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1224623398460018688
https://www.slashgear.com/why-the-space-force-logo-looks-like-star-trek-and-star-trek-looks-like-nasa-24607686/ The Space Force is the former US Air Force Space Command and the new Space Force just adapted its logo. Here's the Space Command's logo (they've used it since 1982): The Space Force logo: The Air Force and Star Trek were both inspired by NASA's logo. While the original star trek series used a Star Fleet logo, it was rather different, more of a boomerang shape. The one that looked like this didn't appear until DS9.
I like SpaceX. And Blue Horizons and Orbital Sciences and all the other private space companies. I also like NASA and so I'm happy that NASA is one of the beneficiaries of the Trump presidency. https://www.engadget.com/2020/02/07/trump-budget-nasa-windfall/
...a space hotel...can you make reservations on Orbitz? https://futurism.com/the-byte/plans-moving-ahead-space-hotel-iss
Christina Koch is home and her dog is really happy https://www.space.com/nasa-astronaut-christina-koch-dog-reunion.html