By Jewel Eldora: Why do you believe/disbelieve Christine Ford or Brett Kavanaugh? Half of the people in the United States now know that Brett Kavanaugh is guilty of being in a teenaged country club rape gang. If you don’t believe his accusers, you’re probably one of those angry men who believe that “rule of law”, “due process” and “presumption of innocence” are more important than taking women’s allegations of sexual misconduct seriously.
Max and Stacy discuss the helicopter money being promised to rescue stock markets for the next crash and the helicopter rescue of reserve currency status as more and more nations - including Germany - reject the hubris of a hegemon which rejects competition.
A shot of the surface of Ryugu, taken by Rover-1B on September 23, 2018.Image: JAXA
By George Dvorsky: Japan’s MINERVA-II rovers have sent back a batch of new photos from Ryugu, including a stunning new video taken from the asteroid’s rocky surface. The 15-frame video was captured by MINERVA-II2, also known as Rover 1B, on September 23, the same day that it and its companion, MINERVA-II1, landed on Ryugu, an asteroid located 174 million miles (280 million kilometers) from Earth.
The rovers were dispatched by Japan’s Hayabusa2 space probe, which arrived in orbit around the asteroid back in June. Artist’s conception of the MINERVA-II rovers. Illustration: JAXA MINERVA-II, in case you were wondering, stands for “MIcro Nano Experimental Robot Vehicle for Asteroid, the second generation,” the first generation being MINERVA from JAXA’s first Hayabusa mission.
