Elite: Dangerous released a massive update to its beta program yesterday, with 500 star systems, new stations, new maps, new UI, new spaceships. Basically a whole lot of new. So Here'a a quick skimming over the surface of some of the new stuff. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a91Hh4Pk88
Laythe is really easy to get to, but it's mostly covered with water to landing and returning can be quite difficult, so I built a lander and return vehicle specifically designed to land on water and liftoff again.
Kerbal Space Program is a game developed by Squad, download it from http://www.kerbalspaceprogram.com
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m7oyrbNH58
The surface of Venus is one of the least habitable places in the solar system but astronomers studying the planet have found a chemical in the upper atmosphere which they've been unable to explain by regular chemical processes.
This is a long way from proof that life exists on Venus, but, the astronomers have worked hard over the last 3 years to rule out more mundane explanations.
I won't be surprised if someone else finds a less exciting explanation, but equally, I wouldn't be entirely unsurprised if life found a way to persist in the atmosphere of Venus and remains there today.
Papers:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-020-1174-4
https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/ast.2020.2244
https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1910/1910.05224.pdf
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWj85r02Oiw
Update on the Road!
Fanfest presentation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=13450&v=ri6eTeCBUww&feature=youtu.be
Currently staying in Hafnarfjörður
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Glpz90RhegM
NASA investigated controlling rockets by having astronauts leaning and adjusting the center of mass. They built a simulator for this and built the predecessor to the balance board used by Wii Fit and other games. With Kerbal Space Program confirmed for the Wii-U, Xbox One and PS4 I thought it was time to try flying a rocket this way.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qn6favgiyg