“If you look at hot pavement or asphalt at two o’clock in the afternoon in direct sunlight, the temperature is usually somewhere around 170 to 180 degrees Fahrenheit.”
– Some doctor
In case you haven’t heard, it’s hot out there. Damned hot. Hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk?
Yeah.
Unconfirmed reports state this is possible. So, I may have to try it myself.
Film at eleven.
Perhaps I’ll make coffee as well.
Source: Doctors warn of burns from asphalt as heat wave hits US West
Russia has announced that – due to recent U.S. technology embargoes – Roscosmos may be unable to launch its Soyuz-MS spacecraft to service the International Space Station.
“We have more than enough rockets but nothing to launch them with,” Rogozin said, in a rare admission by a senior Russian official that Western sanctions are seriously impeding the development of a given industry.
Since the retirement of America’s Space Shuttle, the Russian capsule was the only man-rated means of transport to and from the space station. Only in the last year has SpaceX begun testing a U.S.-based alternative.
The Soyuz vehicle is also used to intermittently boost Station Alpha’s altitude, as its orbit gradually decays due to the thin layer of earth’s atmosphere.
If this is an attempt at bargaining, it’s poorly-timed: SpaceX Dragon capsule seems to be shaping up as an effective alternative.
Source: Russia to U.S. -Lift sanctions on space sector or we’ll exit space station | Reuters
Wow. I didn’t know you could get a DUI on a scooter.
The crash occurred at 9:45 p.m. Saturday on Lincoln Boulevard at East Marco Court, according to a desk officer at the Los Angeles Police Department’s West Traffic Division.
— Read on abc7.com/amp/venice-scooter-death-man-killed-lincoln-boulevard-dui/10723480/
I doubt this was the first time.
The drone, which can be directed to detonate on impact, was operating in a “highly effective” autonomous mode that required no human controller, the New York Post said.
Some weird mix of “follow me” and “failsafe” modes. Oh, and the put a claymore on the drone.
Source: A rogue killer drone ‘hunted down’ a human target without being instructed to, UN report says
Player Two has tagged in!
Burry, one of the first investors to call and profit from the subprime mortgage crisis, is long puts against 800,100 shares of Tesla or $534 million by the end of the first quarter, according to the filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
How interesting! He threw in an option on an extra 100 shares on top of the 800,000. I doubt this was a capricious decision. Why would he do that?
Source: Michael Burry of ‘The Big Short’ reveals a $530 million bet against Tesla
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