A history of the design changes that brought the Atlas ICBM to the current generation of Atlas V. The first launch was 60 years ago and since then we've seen several iterations on the design leading to the current Atlas V Background Music 'Lost Frontier' by Kevin Macleod - Incompetech.com The video is primarily from US Government sources and as such Public Domain. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeGmIeu0xvI

Star Wars Squadrons is a space combat simulator set in the Star Wars universe, it's a callback to the old X-Wing and TIE Fighter games of the 1990's which many game fans think have never been replicated in modern times. What Squadrons offers is a new, modern game engine with 8 spacecraft to fly, a 14 mission campaign covering both Rebel Alliance and Imperial pilots, and a 10 player Arena battle mode pitching teams of Rebels vs Imperials. And of course all dressed up with modern 3D models and sound effects more or less borrowed from the Star Wars: Battlefront games. And this leaves us with a game that's sold at a bargain price - only $40, probably because a lot of the expensive development is making the assets. I don't think it has the depth of the old X-Wing games, but it's got a more complex flight model than the Rogue Squadron games targetted at games consoles. It certainly looks and sounds great, and offers a fairly good story featuring lots of callbacks to the larger Star Wars universe, but the campaign is a lot shorter than the old games and multiplayer isn't for everyone. If you're interested in buying the game for PC this link will support me, and support charity: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/star-wars-squadrons?partner=szyzyg ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR2v_3qM39U

For March 9th - a round up of space news for the last week and a half, a handful of rocket launches, Astra completes its accident investication, NASA budget gets finalized. And Dimitry Rogozin talks a lot on twitter to cover up the fact that Roscosmos can't do much else right now. Follow me on Twitter for more updates: https://twitter.com/DJSnM I have a discord server where I regularly turn up: https://discord.gg/zStmKbM If you really like what I do you can support me directly through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/scottmanley ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y-SNaGB_Fk

More science and game news - ask questions! Thanks to Sets Chaos and Darius Johnson from http://themittani.com/ Ben from the Lunar Lion Team - http://lunarlion.psu.edu/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOTPsp1aVnw