Between the social distancing needs during the pandemic and a mental health crisis quite possibly unlike anything we've ever seen before affecting everyone from kids to workers, America's need for mental telehealth services has never been more imminent. Mental health has never been taken as seriously as it needs to be in this country, and it's not even limited to the kinds of cases that make the news.
Move over princesses, the Disney villains are here and hotter than ever. The Disney Villain collection at Hot Topic has something for every villain lover just in time for the beginning of the school year.
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In a surprise move in May of 2020, NASA announced that it planned to send actor Tom Cruise and Director Doug Liman to the ISS to shoot a movie. Jim Bridenstine was the NASA administrator when the plan was announced. He said, “We need popular media to inspire a new generation of engineers and scientists.”
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One year later, Roscosmos completed its investigation of the hole in the hull of the Soyuz capsule. However, the Russians refused to say publicly what they had discovered. Rogozin at Roscosmos told a science conference that “We know exactly what happened, but we will not tell you anything.”
Last week, I wrote about a problem with the launch of a Russian module to the International Space Station (ISS). They had engine/computer problems, but they managed to solve them and successfully rendezvoused with the ISS. Three hours after docking the new module suddenly fired its thrusters and sent the entire ISS spinning off course.
Russia launched its Nauka module into orbit yesterday to rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS). Unfortunately, a computer glitch prevented it from firing its main engines. When Nauka was unable to execute its first orbit-raising burn, there were concerns that the mission would fail.
The U.S. and other spacefaring nations including Russia are engaged in a new space race to establish manned bases on the Moon and Mars in the near future. Russia is planning to launch a nuclear-powered space tug on a trip to Mars. A nuclear power plant will be sent to Mars to supply power for a manned base that they are planning.
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I have been posts a lot of articles lately about the race to create commercial nuclear fusion. A lot of companies and institutions are taking part in the research. Last year, I posted about a spin-off from M.I.T.’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center called Commonwealth Fusion Systems. Today I am posting an update on their research.
Energy sources are a major topic of discussion for U.S. municipalities. Critics of many proposed projects believe that when it comes to the use of public funds, taxpayers and communities of states such as Utah should not act as venture capitalists for risky bets on untried energy systems. The Utah Associate Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) is recruiting towns and communities around the western U.S.