“ These microbes may have hitched a ride on a lunar lander and are now living on the moon.”
Lucky microbes.
This is why we can’t have good things.
There is a lot of difference between the onebox that says “microbial life hiding” and the title that says “could be microbial life hiding”. Sure, maybe. There is a big difference between withstanding and growing in extreme conditions though.
… gonna be my new go-to excuse for everything
“Sorry I fucked up, I’ve got astronaut brain”
Gamma rays, eh? Aimed at our whole planet? If comics have taught me anything that could have some pretty dramatic effects.
Puny planet.
Also…
POSSIBLE GLANCING-BLOW CME: NOAA forecasters say that a CME might hit Earth’s magnetic field on June 13th . It was hurled into space by an M2.5-class explosion (movie) on June 9th. The glancing blow could cause, at most, G1-class geomagnetic storms. )
Space orcas attacking the ISS! Hollywood here I come!
Family-owned aerospace biz throws a wrench in Boeing IP lawsuit
Boeing is being sued for allegedly stealing IP and ripping off tools built by family-owned company Wilson Aerospace to assemble components used for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and the International Space Station.
The 74-page complaint [PDF] filed with the Western District Court of Washington accused Boeing of stealing Wilson Aerospace’s flagship product, the Fluid Fitting Torque Device (FFTD).
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