NASA says it expected space station garbage to burn up. The debris smashed into a Florida home instead The impact event defied NASA’s expectations about what can and cannot survive the reentry process — and it could have broader implications for future space debris disposal efforts. 04/17/2024 - 1:30 am | View Link
Humans to Mars: What’s the holdup? – part II By the end of the last decade, NASA had a promising plan in motion. Yet, challenges emerged with a new administration and ongoing budget worries. 04/16/2024 - 10:26 pm | View Link
NASA issues statement regarding 700-Kilogram space object that fell on house In a recent development, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has confirmed that the object which landed on the roof of a house in Florida last month was indeed "space debris" ... 04/16/2024 - 5:01 am | View Link
Do look up – trash thrown from the space station is now landing on people’s homes Nasa has confirmed a piece of space junk that fell through the roof of a man’s house was trash from the International Space Station (ISS). The 10cm piece of metal, which weighed just 0.7kg, smashed ... 04/15/2024 - 8:39 pm | View Link
Don’t Believe What They’re Telling You About Misinformation People may fervently espouse symbolic beliefs, cognitive scientists say, but they don’t treat them the same as factual beliefs. It’s worth keeping track of the difference. 04/14/2024 - 11:00 pm | View Link
“Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel,” by Shahnaz Habib (Catapult, 2023)
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“The Memory of Lavender and Sage,” by Aimie K. Runyan (Harper Muse)
Tempesta’s father is dead. His will leaves the family fortune to her brother. But to everyone’s surprise, the will gives Tempesta money that had belonged to her mother, who died years before. Tempesta has no reason to remain in New York. Her grandmother hates her, her brother is disdainful, and she’s bored with her newspaper job.
So on a whim, Tempesta buys, sight unseen, a house in her mother’s native Sainte-Colombe, France.
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“End of Story,” by A. J. Finn (William Morrow)
“End of Story,” by A. J. Finn (William Morrow)
A. J. Finn’s “The Woman in the Window” was a huge best-seller. “End of Story” is destined to be, too. It’s a mystery more than a thriller, and a tightly crafted page-turner.
Literary critic Nicky Hunter is a huge fan of mystery writer Sebastian Trapp.
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Right now, fans of sci-fi/fantasy films are going ga-ga over “Dune: Part 2” (which certainly is gorgeous).
But I’m here to sing the praises of another space opera.
A young George Lucas talks with Anthony Daniels, who plays the robot C-3PO, for the film “Star Wars: A New Hope,” in 1977.
I was a bit late jumping on the Star Wars bandwagon.
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“Sisters under the Rising Sun,” by Heather Morris (St.