2021

Introduction of Space Industry Bill shows UK’s commitment to commercial spaceflight From: Department for Transport, UK Space Agency, and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Published: 28 June 2017 The Space Industry Bill has been introduced into the House of Lords, marking...

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-55933958 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_Kilometre_Array https://www.skatelescope.org/

Suspected Iranian loitering SAM powered by Dutch minijet https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/suspected-iranian-loitering-sam-powered-by-dutch-minijet?utm_campaign=Newsroom&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_term=cf

Placed here rather than the bar, since it seems that the US Military will be now buying a fair few examples (hopefully at least some bit properly militarised) as part of the Biden administration's government vehicle fleet EV initiative (though I'm a fair bit sceptical myself on how well it will...

Via Slashdot: https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/navistar-gm-oneh2-long-haul-hydrogen-electric-trucks/

Between one thing and another, I hadn't heard about this until a short while ago: http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=45563 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mira_Furlan :(

Google translated blurb Very long article in the Italian navy official magazine about their various work on space issues (other interesting stuff in there), pg47+ they talk about the Garibaldi plan...it's in Italian so beware...

Hi, The CEO of the Egyptian Space Agency, Dr. Muhammad Al-Qousi, said that Egypt is the first country in Africa and the Middle East to have a "camera" space payload to be installed on the International Space Station. This confirms the scientific and practical ability of Egyptian scientists...

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55497353 https://games.slashdot.org/story/21/01/01/029259/its-game-over-for-farmville-as-flash-also-buys-the-farm https://tech.slashdot.org/story/20/12/31/0217256/adobe-now-shows-alerts-in-windows-10-to-uninstall-flash-player

http://www.hisutton.com/SNLE-3G.html https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2018/october-2018-navy-naval-defense-news/6538-here-is-the-first-image-of-the-french-navy-next-generation-ssbn-snle-3g.html Expected into service in ~2032. 16 SLBMs, 14,500 tons surfaced.