SpaceX to return NASA 'nauts to Earth with a splash

Plus: Minotaurs are from MARS, ANASIS-II awaits, and a cool half billion for Skynet

In brief NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine confirmed last week that the intrepid SpaceX duo, astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, would be departing the International Space Station (ISS) on 1 August, with a splashdown of the Crew Dragon capsule targeted for 2 August....