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That ring attire @SirBalon could use the fashion tips. I can't believe Patrick Clark is one of my favourite wrestlers.

absolutely unreal she survived. The speed is almost unfathomable and equally so that she's only got spinal injuries. As @nudge alluded to, engineering of modern racing cars these days is so sophisticated and complicated but safety is always paramount no doubt - certainly helped her here. The other fortunate thing is that she didn't go careering in to a spectator's stand where no doubt we'd be discussing sadder news of possible deaths.

You might like this photo @nudge and anyone else, taken by Opportune in 2010, that was then, imagine the next ones that will be shown tomorrow and onwards, I joined this NASA sight years ago and always try and catch the Astronomy Picture of the Day.

Well apparently the interest in Colombia Hills lies particularly in the hot spring deposits there, but I'm surprised by its inclusion simply because other areas have been evaluated by the scientists themselves as having more potential. That said, it's not surprising considering how conservative and risk-averse NASA are (the area is already surveyed by Spirit; one of the previous rover on Mars) and they probably believe it would be useful to make a follow up on Spirit's collected data there previously and examine the site more thoroughly. Definitely makes sense from a geologist's point of view. Scientists might be extremely capable in their area of expertise, but they are also human... And sadly, politics play a big role in science; particularly in academia and research institutes; the bigger the institution, the more political it gets... At any rate, this is going to be exciting!

Definitely very lucky to still be alive, but it truly is a credit to the engineers of the car as well. She went airborne under speed of almost 280 km/h, backwards, after already being involved in another crash, went through the catch fence and barriers, hit the photographers' bunker HEAD ON and then landed on the ground again. That somebody would somehow survive it seems unbelievable. A lot of luck and great engineering.

This photo from one of the slides above is awesome, Earth > Mars

Next stop, Mars Sarah Kaplan 1 day ago 1/4 SLIDES © NASA/JPL-Caltech/NASA/JPL-Caltech -( See x 4 slides ) This January 10, 2017 artist rendering depicts NASA's Mars 2020 rover, with its robotic arm extended. (NASA/JPL-Caltech) LOS ANGELES —In three years, a new explorer will touch down on the Red Planet. Wheels churning, machinery whirring, the rover will amble across the rusty terrain, looking for rocks to send back to Earth — rocks that could prove there once was life on Mars. It is the first time in history scientists have had a real shot at addressing one of humanity’s deepest questions: Are we alone? But first, they must decide where to look. There are three options: a former hot spring NASA has visited once before, a dried-up river delta that fed into a crater lake, and a network of ancient mesas that may have hidden layers of underground water. In the coming week, after decades of dreaming, years of research and a heated three-day debate at a workshop in Los Angeles last month, NASA’s top science official will choose which spot to explore. The site he selects will set the stage on which generations of scientists probe the mysteries of our existence. This rover, scheduled to launch in 2020, is just the first phase of a multibillion-dollar, four-step sample return process. To put pieces of Mars in the hands of scientists will require a lander to retrieve the samples; a probe to bring them home; and then an ultra-secure storage facility that will keep Earth life from contaminating the Mars rocks — and vice versa. Yet the discovery of fossils in those samples could illuminate the origins of life here on Earth. It could hint at whether someone else is still out there, waiting to be found. “I want to know,” said Matt Golombek, a NASA scientist charged with guiding the search for a landing site. “Don’t you? I want to know what’s there. I want to know how big an accident we are.” That hunger for knowledge is what drew hundreds of people to the recent workshop — veteran space explorers and aspiring PhDs, an 18-year-old college freshman and an 80-year-old retired accountant — to assess which plan was best. For days they debated, fueled by curiosity and weak coffee, conscious that the outcome of their meeting could influence NASA and shape history, acutely aware of what they still didn’t know. So much about Mars remains a mystery. The very notion of alien life is barely more than an educated guess buoyed by wild hope. They are hopeful. A search on a failed planet

Undergoing surgery tomorrow; posted an update on her Twitter:

The droid wars incoming.

According to her father she shows no paralysis symptoms though, so that's good news.

It did provide a huge amount of new data; over 2600+ exoplanets found during its time of operation I believe... Kepler's follow up mission called TESS has already been launched though, it will explore and analyse an area almost 400 times larger than the one covered by Keppler, and will identify primary targets for James Webb Space Telescope which will hopefully launch in two years. I wish stuff like this was given more attention by media...

Nothing official yet, only that she is conscious and has been hospitalised for further examination. Same about the other driver (Tsuboi) involved in the crash that sent her flying, and a marshall and two photographers all appear to have survived the accident. There might be serious injuries (in fact I'd be surprised if there aren't), but the fact that all five are alive and conscious is a good sign for sure... Big props for the car engineers; to keep the driver alive in a huge crash like that is a big feat. The roll hoop seem intact and the whole cockpit looks better than one would expect, and it's not really design to survive an impact like that... EDIT: spinal fracture officially confirmed just as I was typing this. this is awful hope she makes a full recovery. This and Wickens' crash are easily the worst in recent years.

Robot soldiers and 'invisible' jets to fight future US wars amid China WW3 fears Rachel Endley 5 hrs ago © Ghost Robotics/Youtube The Minitaur robot could one day be on the battlefield A war battled out with robot soldiers, 'invisible' jets and lasers that shoot missiles from the sky may sound like something out of a sci-fi film - but this is already becoming a reality. At a sprawling high-security army research base dedicated to reshaping the US military over the next 50 years, scientists are preparing for high-tech wars of the future over fears of an impending World War 3 with China. The US Army Research Laboratory (ARL), based at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, is creating emerging tactical offensive warfare in cyber and electronics, with the tagline of "making today’s army and the next army obsolete."

My god what a horrible crash in the main race. It's Sophia Floersch going airborne and landing into the barriers/photographers hut. This is awful Early reports say she's ok but at least two people critically injured. @Tommy