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Good idea, ok then...

And the glare from the blast of the Rutan mothership turned Leela's eyes blue. That, and the fact that Louise Jameson had complained about the contact lenses she had to wear.

Gorgeous chocolate lab best friend... And her other buddy, an ancient Staffy...

Wasn't sure whether to put this in here or 'Motorcycles are brilliant'.

Say hello to Darcey...

That's not "on the roads" though, so it doesn't count.

Yep...

Hmmm, I need to get that changed don't I.

"We came all this way to explore the moon, and the most important thing is that we discovered the Earth." RIP Maj. Gen. William Anders.

Absolutely - and crucial to the success of Apollo.

Hopefully only a month to go until the next launch - ship 30/booster 12.

I completely understand the emotion and exuberance - particularly in view of the blood sweat and tears that have been shed by all the Space X personnel to make this possible, but I'm not keen on the continual hollering, whooping and cheering. As an unmanned test I can see why they channel it into the live feed, but in particular, Artemis 3, during those tense moments as the HLS makes its first powered descent to the moon one would hope that they would exercise some decorum. When this arrives I will find it utterly terrifying. I wish I had been able to hear live Walter Cronkite's commentary in November 1967 during the launch of Apollo 4 and the first test flight of the Saturn V when the makeshift pre-fab studio began to disintegrate around him as the rocket ascended into the Florida sky. They did it so differently back then.

It was nothing short of breathtaking from start to finish. The launch, the multiple angles and the pictures from suborbit were stunning. The view of the plasma, then the flap beginning to disintegrate. Then to see the charred remains of it come back to life for the flip manoeuvre. Incredible. I think this is one of the most memorable spaceflights that I have seen live since the launch of STS-1.

Thesis pending/write up atm. It's actually exploring the conflict between the regulation of digital misinformation and the compromising of free speech from a legal standpoint. We have archaic laws and legislation that are completely unfit for the internet age.

My son-in-law's doctoral thesis research question in a nutshell.

This is a huge accomplishment and was fraught with technical challenges: https://www.space.com/china-change-6-lands-on-moon-far-side-sample-return-mission

Clearing ...to partial cloud cover, if the current forecast is to be believed. Remember that Neptune is not visible to the naked eye, and Uranus only unaided in very dark skies. But both can clearly be seen with 16x70 binoculars, or more sophisticated astral binoculars. However, locating both planets through them can be tricky.

Whilst visiting a factory in Wales last week he asked personnel whether they are looking forward to the Euros.

Far from being happy, I would be very dismayed if you are.