An anonymous reader writes: The U.S. military’s Space Force branch celebrated its one-year anniversary Friday by announcing that its members would now be known as “guardians”. But the name was not universally greeted with respect and appreciation. Gizmodo announced the news with a headline which read “Space Force Personnel Will Be Called ‘Guardians’ Because Sure, Whatever,” in an article which jokingly…
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Capella Space Defends High-Resolution Satellite Photos Described as ‘Eerily Observant’
“A new satellite from Capella Space was described as “pretty creepy” by Bustle’s technology site Input: Like other hunks of metal currently orbiting Earth, the Capella-2 satellite’s onboard radar system makes it capable of producing ludicrously high-resolution visuals from its data. More unconventional is the service Capella has launched to match: the government or private customers can, at any time, request…
US Space Force Members Are Now Called ‘Guardians’
Slashdot reader destinyland writes: The U.S. Space Force celebrated its one-year anniversary Friday with a new announcement: that members of this branch of the military will be referred to as “guardians.” They’re describing it as “A name chosen by space professionals, for space professionals.” The site Space.com notes that the phrase is a nod to the original long-standing “Space Command” branch…
See how these learners landed new jobs after earning their Google IT Support Professional Certificates through Merit America
The ongoing partnership between Google and Coursera has been an immensely impactful one for learners across the globe. Through our united efforts, we are able to expand opportunity and make learning programs available to more learners—often through expanded partnerships. As an example, the Google IT Support Professional Certificate is offered through Merit America, an organization […]
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AI Just Controlled a Military Plane For the First Time Ever
On December 15, the United States Air Force successfully flew an AI copilot on a U-2 spy plane in California, marking the first time AI has controlled a U.S. military system. Dr. Will Roper, the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, reveals how he and his team made history: With call sign ARTUu, we trained uZero…
Is that a UFO?! There’s probably an explanation
Most Unidentified Flying Objects aren’t actually unidentified. Here’s a list of phenomena, either natural or human-made, that people often mistake for UFOs. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/if-its-not-a-ufo-what-is-it…
World’s largest iceberg still barreling toward penguin habitat, new footage confirms
Iceberg A-68a is just a few hundred miles from crashing into South Georgia island, new photos from the Royal Air Force reveal. Source: https://www.livescience.com/worlds-largest-iceberg-aerial-photos.html
Aiming for the moon with NASA’s Artemis I
Artemis I is the first in a series of NASA missions that will enable human exploration on the moon again, and ultimately Mars, scheduled to launch in 2021. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/all-about-nasa-artemis-1-mission…
Chuck Yeager, Test Pilot Who Broke the Sound Barrier, Dies At 97
jowifi shares a report from NPR: One of the world’s most famous aviators has died: Chuck Yeager — best known as the first to break the sound barrier — has died at the age of 97. Yeager started from humble beginnings in Myra, W.Va., and many people didn’t really learn about him until decades after he broke the sound barrier –…
Chuck Yeager, 1st to break sound barrier, dies at 97
Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles “Chuck” Yeager, the World War II fighter pilot ace and quintessential test pilot who showed he had the “right stuff” when in 1947 he became the first person to fly faster than sound, has died. He was 97. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-12-chuck-yeager-1st-barrier-dies.html…