An audit from the agency’s Office of Inspector General said NASA is on track to spend more than $1 billion on space suit development by the time its first two suits are ready, which would be “April 2025 at the earliest,” the report said. “Given these anticipated delays in spacesuit development, a lunar landing in … Read moreNASA’s new space suits are delayed, making a 2024 Moon landing ‘not feasible’
Overall, it found that the Moderna vaccine was 86% effective against infection over the study period, and Pfizer’s was 76%. Moderna’s vaccine was 92% effective against hospitalization and Pfizer’s was 85%. But the vaccines’ effectiveness against infection dropped sharply in July, when the Delta variant’s prevalence in Minnesota had risen to over 70%. Moderna was … Read moreNew data on coronavirus vaccine effectiveness against Delta raises concern among Biden administration
A new book is revealing information that Dick Cheney came much closer to being killed in 2007 than ever previously reported.. In an excerpt from “The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War,” Craig Whitlock details how the Bush administration hid the truth about an attack targeting Dick Cheney, amid fears it was losing … Read moreBush administration hid truth on 2007 Taliban attack targeting Cheney: ‘Afghanistan Papers’ book excerpt
Bam Margera is suing Paramount Pictures, MTV Networks, Johnny Knoxville, Jeff Tremaine, Spike Jonze and others, alleging he was discriminated against and unfairly fired from “Jackass Forever” so that the studios and producers could steal the movie franchise, his attorneys said Monday. Margera also wants an injunction against the film’s release. “Jackass Forever,” which is … Read moreBam Margera sues ‘Jackass Forever’ team over his firing
This reporting from DNYUZ: President Biden’s top aides were told on Friday that experts studying the mysterious illnesses affecting scores of diplomats, spies and their family members were still struggling to find evidence to back up the leading theory, that microwave attacks are being launched by Russian agents. The report came in an unusual, classified … Read moreMore reporting on mysterious Havana syndrome
Mississippi’s top health official warned Monday that the state’s top-level hospitals have no ICU beds left, and things are going to get worse. Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs cited the latest stats on the growing number of COVID-19 cases, stating there were 6,912 new cases and 28 deaths recorded. Developing
Gov. Greg Abbott appealed for out-of-state help Monday to fight the third wave of COVID-19 in Texas. The request came as a county-owned hospital in Houston raised tents to accommodate their COVID-19 overflow. Private hospitals in the county already were requiring their staff to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. Meantime, the Dallas school district announced … Read moreTexas crisis: Abbott appeals for out-of-state help against COVID-19
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will conduct a nationwide emergency test alert this week. FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will test its emergency alert system (EAS) on Wednesday, Aug. 11, at 2:20 p.m. The test will include both EAS systems — radio and television, and the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) for those … Read moreFEMA to test nationwide emergency alert on August 11 at 2:20 pm
Excitement has not raged … as a matter of fact it was almost like there was no point to doing the Olympics this year.. NBC and Japan could have benefited highly from postponing until 2022.. And now as the games come to and end, it appears no one cared! There has been a significant decline … Read moreThe silent Olympics: They missed the target