MOUNTAIN VIEW, California — Planet and Spire, operators of the two largest commercial cubesat constellations in orbit, say they manage their fleets to prevent retired spacecraft from lingering in space beyond internationally accepted guidelines. Speaking at the SmallSat Symposium here Feb. 7, officials from Planet and Spire said the companies […]
Daily Archives: February 9, 2018
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Get the Think newsletter. SUBSCRIBE When Netflix announced they had signed a multi-year deal with Shonda Rimes in the summer of 2017, critics overreacted as if this was the end of her deal with ABC. Last month, Rimes declared that nothing could be further from the truth. At the Television […]
For all their official hostility toward each other, Iran and the United States now have at least one thing in common. Each is home to a campaign by Muslim women demanding the freedom to wear the clothes of their choice. In Iran, the campaign started in December when dozens of […]
A California lawmaker announced on Friday that she will place herself on unpaid leave while accusations of sexual misconduct against her are investigated. California Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia, a Democrat, came to national prominence as an advocate for the #MeToo movement, and appeared on Time magazine’s December cover of its Persons […]
Hollywood will gather in a few short weeks to fete itself. The 90th Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, March 4 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Who’s hosting? Jimmy Kimmel returns as host. Kimmel hosted last year, which ended in the most memorable fashion when Warren Beatty and […]
Michigan State University is taking steps to fire doctor Larry Nassar’s former boss on Friday in the latest fallout from the sex-abuse scandal roiling the campus and the gymnastics world. William Strampel was the dean of the College of Osteopathic Medicine at MSU, where Nassar had his sports medicine practice […]
Best Buy offers the Play-Doh Shape and Learn Colors and Shapes Set for $3.99. Choose in-store pickup to avoid the $5.99 shipping fee. That’s the lowest price we could find by $2, although most stores charge $10. It includes eight cans of Play-Doh, eight shape cutters, two double-sided playmats, and […]
ITV Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh are currently being held in Syria Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh are currently being held in Syria after being captured by Kurdish militia fighters in January and a US Department of Defence (DoD) spokesman said they are “still considering options” for the […]