the astronauts landed safely.
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The bad news of the day (from Wired):why expensive weapons systems fail:
Air Force Lt. Col. Dan Ward provides a nerdy-but-accurate examination of the Empire’s acquisition flaws in building the moon-sized death ray:
--------------------------In the Star Wars universe, robots are self-aware, every ship has its own gravity, Jedi Knights use the Force, tiny green Muppets are formidable warriors and a piece of junk like the Millennium Falcon can make the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs. But even the florid imagination of George Lucas could not envision a project like the Death Star coming in on time, on budget.
The Empire’s answer to Ash Carter should have seen it coming. It’s embarrassing enough that the galaxy’s supposedly most fearsome weapon was felled by crappy duct work.
Good news of the day: The anti mosquito pill.
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who built the Stone Circles in the Middle East?
Giant stone structures in the Azraq Oasis in Jordan (David D. Boyer APAAME_20080925_DDB-0237)
(headsup HistoryNewsNet)
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Inside the Great Pyramid, from Smithsonian magazine.
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except for scurvy, syphilis, amputated limbs, life in the Navy of Nelson's era was fine...
and women on board UK Navy ships is not new: More HERE.
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