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Grows up to be really fit as well

Never question a lady.

For what exactly? Commercial Space Stations are being developed and financed by private companies and corporations, potentially in cooperation with various governmental agencies. Deep Space Gateway is being developed by the International Space Exploration Coordination Group which consists of numerous governmental and intergovernmental space agencies (led by NASA, ESA, Roscosmos, CSA, JAXA) in cooperation with some commercial partners. Various missions to Moon and Mars are being planned by numerous countries, state-owned enterprises and private companies alike. Asteroid mining is currently at a very early staged and is mostly being tested (as a concept) by private startups. So basically space exploration is a joint (inter)governmental and commercial venture, financed both by taxpayers of the countries involved and investments of various private entities.

Just read something pretty interesting. Apparently, Lexus shot an ad using a script written by AI which learned from 15 years' worth of TV ads that won Cannes Lions International awards for creativity and was fed with emotional response information to car ads from a MindX experiment. The script it came up with is surprisingly coherent and a bit eerie.

Musk on holiday on the moon

The more private companies cooperate with governmental agencies to contribute to space exploration, the better. SpaceX have a crazy idea with a crazy schedule for its realisation, not sure it will work without accidents but I sure appreciate the effort and any attempt to promote spaceflight. But damn I can't stand Musk... Also BIG FUCKING ROCKET (BFR) was a way better name; there was no need to change it to the generic "Starship"...

Found a nice infographic on the Orion spacecraft which might be used for a manned Mars mission in the future (click on the image to enlarge to full size!):

I’m flying home tomorrow and I can’t fucking wait

A recent survey revealed that 90% of men don't know how to turn the dishwasher on. I find that licking her nipples and a light fingering usually does the trick.

So that interview process with the firm in Edinburgh went well right enough - they've offered me a job! I start in 2020, so I'll be a fully qualified solicitor in 2022. They do have an office in Glasgow, but their corporate law team is in Edinburgh, which I'd be more interested in. I have a spare year in 2019-20 to work/travel which is also nice. Right now I'm just absolutely buzzing that I don't need to spend hours and hours out of my week making applications and prepping for interviews anymore.

Have found similar observations myself. Last time I was in England was shocked that not too far north of London no one spoke English.

Now you made me feel bad. I must admit didn't read your post at all, i just asked a smart question

At the rate this tech is moving along I think this isn't very far plus its economically a no-brainer for any nation considering you don't have to really feed or take care of these kinds of weapons. Fun times ahead. My bet is on the next step to be an exo-skeletal system for deployment purposes that is 100% unmanned and has multi-terrain maneuverability with sight clearance options because ... why would you want to leave anyone or anything alive anyways when the risk factor is so low.