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martyb writes:[UPDATE (20200107_023514 UTC): Launch went off smoothly and on time. Booster landed safely on the drone ship. Second stage is in proper orbit and currently in coast phase leading up to satellite deployment.]With Monday night launch, SpaceX to become world's largest satellite operator:
An Anonymous Coward writes:Sander Huijen has an interesting couple of posts detailing how he solved the dilemma of whether he closed the garage door when he left using an ESP32 and a Raspberry-Pi.
upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Anonymous_Coward:Model beats Wall Street analysts in forecasting business financials: Using limited data, this automated system predicts a company's quarterly sales:
RandomFactor writes:In a telemedicine case that would have been handled routinely on Earth, but a first for space medicine, an astronaut two months into a six month stint on the International Space Station was diagnosed and treated for a blood clot in the jugular vein.According to Dr. Maja Zaric, a cardiologist familiar with the case, "The size and proximity of the...clot to the heart could have easily put [the crew member] into harm's way."
upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Anonymous_Coward:First identified comet to visit our solar system from another star: Interstellar comet 2I -- Borisov swings past sun: