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    Star Trek: Voyager' at 30: why it was the right show at the wrong time

    Actually the show was way ahead of it's time because one of the creators was also its show runner, Jeri Taylor. But this caused the one big story issue with the writing. Too many of the plots were about how only women could solve the issues and the men were only contributors, exactly a...
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    How SpaceX built a new spacesuit for Polaris Dawn's private spacewalk (video)

    Perhaps there is a reason they went so high to do the EVA in those suits. Current LEO is littered with high energy space junk. A simple fleck of paint traveling 12,000 mph struck and cracked a Space Shuttle windshield once. (NASA thickened it after). So how much kinetic energy can those suits...
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    SpaceX Starship launch under FAA investigation after raining potentially hazardous debris on homes and beaches

    The article is misleading. *ALL* failed launches are investigated. Even the failed Falcon 1 launch at Kwajalein was investigated by the FAA and NASA. And they always look at everything. When the Falcon 9 blew its top on the pad during fueling, they also looked at the debri field. The media is...
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    'Star Trek: Picard' Season 3 premiere is pure 'Next Generation' nostalgia, for better or worse

    If this is "evolved" script writing then it needs to go back to school and get revolved. A Bunch of actors who used to work together 30 years ago, decide to work together again quoting Trek lingo isn't promoting the craft and its something marginal as sci-fi goes. It's a last stab at relevance...