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Dec 4, 2018
SpaceX is attempting to launch 64 small satellites into orbit
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: satellites
WATCH LIVE: SpaceX is attempting to launch 64 small satellites into orbit. Launching so many satellites at once is not easy. Each one has to deploy without hitting the rocket or one another.
Dec 4, 2018
US life expectancy drops again as opioid deaths and suicide rates rise
Posted by Derick Lee in category: biotech/medical
An American born in 2017 is expected to live to be 78.6 years old, according to data from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. That’s one-tenth of a year lower than the previous year, or, put another way, it shaves 1.2 months off the life expectancy of a baby born in 2016. Life expectancy dropped from 2014 to 2015, then held steady in 2016, the CDC said.
The decline is a troubling sign for the United States, which already usually ranks lowest among other wealthy countries for life expectancy.
The top three causes of death, unchanged from previous years, were heart disease, cancer and unintentional injuries. The report attributed the drop in life expectancy to increases in mortality from unintentional injuries, which includes most fatal drug overdoses, among other factors.
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Dec 4, 2018
Geminids meteor shower in PH skies from Dec. 14 to Dec. 17, says PAGASA
Posted by Michael Lance in category: futurism
By Ellalyn de Vear-Ruiz
Amazing streaks of light from the Geminids meteor shower will be dazzling the Philippine night skies until December 17.
Dec 4, 2018
Microsoft is building its own Chrome browser to replace Edge
Posted by Michael Lance in category: internet
This is a massive change for Microsoft and Windows 10.
Redmond makes a big change to compete on the web.
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission flew over two billion miles through space to meet you. Here, the spacecraft’s camera captures a full rotation of the asteroid from only about 50 miles away: https://go.nasa.gov/2rhr6a3&h=AT1i_D7IINmmgUy-jZJD7S-NBK6d4F…dBHOk_2iFA OSIRIS-REx will study Bennu for almost a year and eventually select a location to collect a sample to return to Earth. #WelcomeToBennu
Dec 3, 2018
NASA expert says alien life may have ALREADY visited Earth
Posted by Michael Lance in category: alien life
Dec 3, 2018
FAI Considers Lowering Boundary of Space
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space travel
Well, there’s some great news for Virgin Galactic as it prepares for an attempt to send SpaceShipTwo to space. The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), which maintains records for aviation and spaceflight, is considering lowering the boundary of space from 100 to 80 km (62.1 to 47.7 miles).
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo probably can’t reach the 100 km boundary, which is also known as the Karman line.
FAI issued the following statement last week:
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