#Latin America looks to space, despite limitations on ground

#Latin America looks to space, despite limitations on ground

“#Latin America looks to space, despite limitations on ground” MEXICO CITY — Mars missions, astronauts coming and going at the International Space Station, China’s increasingly ambitious space program. Space-related news is flowing, and not just from the world’s richest, biggest nations. Take Latin America. On Feb. 17, the congress in Nicaragua, one of the region’s poorest, most conflict-prone nations, approved…

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#Minneapolis is becoming ‘Murderapolis’ again and other commentary

#Minneapolis is becoming ‘Murderapolis’ again and other commentary

“#Minneapolis is becoming ‘Murderapolis’ again and other commentary” Minneapolis update: Back to ‘Murderapolis’ “With the gigantic outpouring of global attention” to the George Floyd case, Michael Tracey argues at his Substack newsletter, “it would be foolish to not also notice the comparatively minuscule attention that other instances of unjust killings receive.” Violence in Minneapolis has…

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#SpaceX capsule departs ISS with 4 astronauts, heads home

#SpaceX capsule departs ISS with 4 astronauts, heads home

“#SpaceX capsule departs ISS with 4 astronauts, heads home” CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts departed the International Space Station late Saturday, aiming for a rare nighttime splashdown to end the company’s second crew flight. It would be the first U.S. splashdown in darkness since Apollo 8′s crew returned from the…

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#Europe starts tests for automated asteroid spotters

#Europe starts tests for automated asteroid spotters

“#Europe starts tests for automated asteroid spotters” BERLIN — Scientists said Tuesday they have switched on a new telescope at the European Southern Observatory as part of an effort to create an automated network for spotting asteroids that might pose a risk to Earth. The 56-centimeter telescope that’s now seen “first light” at the La…

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# Russian space agency uses blockchain to protect intellectual property

# Russian space agency uses blockchain to protect intellectual property

“# Russian space agency uses blockchain to protect intellectual property ” Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, aims to fight intellectual property infringement in the space industry wit blockchain technology. Roscosmos started testing an IP protection solution based on the Waves Enterprise blockchain platform, a hybrid blockchain platform developed by the eponymous local blockchain firm. Dubbed IP…

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