2021

Saw this article earlier. The USS Johnston DD-557, has been discovered at a depth of over 21,000 feet. As many know, she was part of Taffy 3 during the Battle of Samar. Her officers and crew showed insane amounts of courage in fighting off Kurita's much larger force before being sunk.

https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2021/0331/1207150-volkswagen-corrects-early-april-fools-joke/ https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56582567

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/28/catalan-separatists-spend-154-million-independent-space-programme/

https://www.wpafb.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2550248/tinker-completes-b-52-restoration-as-wise-guy-re-enters-arsenal/

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/coffee-trade-reeling-virus-faces-180243966.html Oh joy. That's all we need right now, a global outbreak of Coffee Zombies on top of everything else. Fortunately, us tea drinkers tend to keep more of a stiff upper lip (and our sanity).

https://gcaptain.com/grounded-mega-ship-blocking-suez-canal-in-both-directions/

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XffkqfymSXc

https://www.euronews.com/living/2021/03/19/plans-for-the-first-sustainable-city-on-mars-unveiled https://sonet-hub.com/ https://sonet-hub.org/vision/ https://sonet-hub.com/mars-city-state-design-contest/ https://player.vimeo.com/video/468344643 https://player.vimeo.com/video/471126291

https://www.naval-technology.com/news/austal-delivers-ninth-guardian-class-vessel-to-australian-dod/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardian-class_patrol_boat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific-class_patrol_boat

Hal and DRDO (/ADO) are developing a "5th generation" fighter. Takes off where the Naval Tejas failed. See https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/03/indias-new-aircraft-carrier-vikrant-may-get-5th-generation-fighter/ Unofficial artist's impression but based directly on DRDO materials...

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210308-rubber-the-wonder-material-we-are-running-out-of

https://news.netcraft.com/archives/2021/03/10/ovh-fire.html A fire at a major datacentre site in Europe took 3.6 million websites offline, with one datacentre totally destroyed, one damaged, and two others shut down. Of course, 4 datacentres all next to each other is.... Paralay's Russian...

This is very sad, RIP to a man who was immensely entertaining on SG-1. https://bleedingcool.com/tv/stargate-sg-1-veteran-tv-actor-cliff-simon-passes-away-age-58/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9345693/Ark-Scientists-want-store-animal-sperm-egg-samples-MOON.html https://aeroconf.org/

First flight of the Dassault Falcon 6X https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2021-03-10/first-flight-dassault-falcon-6x

Surprised this hasn't been posted . . . French MP and billionaire Olivier Dassault dies in helicopter crash https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56313271 cheers, Robin.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA_3sG7LSl8

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/02/26/russian-diplomats-forced-leave-north-korea-pushing-way-home/?li_source=LI&li_medium=liftigniter-rhr View: https://youtu.be/8-asVHTPFBw https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2021/0226/1199492-russia-north-korea/ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-56206033...

https://www.ukri.org/our-work/our-main-funds/industrial-strategy-challenge-fund/future-of-mobility/future-flight-challenge/ https://www.aero-mag.com/gkn-aerospace-to-accelerate-sustainable-technologies-in-future-flight-challenge/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-56112310