This museum held the oldest human skeleton found in the Americas, along with one of the biggest collections of Egyptian artefacts in the world. This is an indescribable loss.
Sadly, the username checks out.
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to bob-loblaw For This Useful Post:
That's because the hole was made from the inside of the spacecraft, and appears to have been made by a drill.
The reports quote Rogozin's televised comments that there were several attempts at drilling, the drill had been held by a wavering or faltering hand, and there were traces of the drill sliding along the surface.
Meanwhile, the same news agency reported that a Russian federal politician, former cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, says he doesn't rule out the possibility that the hole was drilled by a "mentally unstable member of the ISS crew."
I didn't read the article - How many people are on the station? They must have an idea of who wouldn't do this. I wonder if the culprit will get floated?
There are 6 people on the station. I'm sure they were all vetted 10 times over before they got to go up. Strange situation though, that is for sure.
^^
So, they hope to reach out and combat lack of engagement with science and scientific thinking by holding an event in which scientists speak along with a symphony orchestra? I mean, it seems like a cool event but I don't imagine it would do anything but preach to the converted.
__________________
"If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?"
This is Part II. Dr. Pascal Lee is a planetary scientist with the SETI Institute. He’s also Chairman of the Mars Institute, and Director of the NASA Haughton-Mars Project at NASA Ames Research Center. His research includes the history of water on Mars and planning future human exploration of Mars. Pascal has a Ph.D. in Astronomy and Space Sciences from Cornell University.
In Part I, we chatted about his background and how he became a planetary scientist. We had just started discussing the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), when an internet outage stopped us cold. So I invited Pascal to return for Part II and discuss his analysis of the Drake Equation and its implications for the existence of other advanced, intelligent life in our galaxy.
Hey, I'm just continuing this thread's proud tradition of posting news in an obscure way so that the people who realize what it means feels smart and people who don't feel stupid.
Anyway, if it wakes up and gets running after that dust storm, that would be amazing.