Open thread - April 2014

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Hey everyone hope your having a great day  

This is an open-discussion-thread and you can talk about any non-offensive subject or post comments, videos or pictures, etc..... or whatever is on your mind. 


Not working today so I'm just kickingback, chillin, and listening to some music
and was diggin this Foo tune ...




If you have any thoughts, info, news or good music vids to share please post.

Cheers   

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Yikes this probably ain't good ...

New EU sanctions target separatists and their Russian military sponsors as Moscow threatens American astronauts on ISS

Following the announcement, Mr Rogozin said that fresh US sanctions against Moscow could compromise US astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS).

"If their aim is to deliver a blow to Russia's rocket-building sector, then by default, they would be exposing their astronauts on the ISS," the Interfax news agency quoted Mr Rogozin as saying in Crimea.

Link - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/10795372/Ukraine-crisis-EU-sanctions-target-separatists-and-Russian-spies.html

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On a brighter note, here's some interesting space news ...

A newly released Cassini image of Saturn ...

Me and My Shadow
April 28, 2014


http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA17162.jpg

This view looks toward the unilluminated side of the rings from about 28 degrees below the ringplane. The image was taken with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on Dec. 2, 2013 using a spectral filter which preferentially admits wavelengths of near-infrared light centered at 752 nanometers.

Link - http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/imagedetails/index.cfm?imageId=5022

Curiosity rover gets ready for some drillin ...

MSL Curiosity ‏@MSL_101 20m

#Curiosity Rover ready for Drilling at the Kimberley Waypoint - http://bit.ly/1ersesE  | Photo: JPL/Caltech/MSSS pic.twitter.com/LcgoYOydht

Link - https://twitter.com/MSL_101/status/461184471283138560/photo/1


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BmZ01UtCAAATEWR.jpg:large

And ... NASA peeps contemplate visiting Mars ...

NASA's Path to Mars

Published on Apr 29, 2014

Get an inside look at NASA's next steps in deep space exploration -- from the space station, to an asteroid and on to the human exploration of Mars.

Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noEod29Tr6c

 

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