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Still working through the Journey to the West (starting Volume II). Also almost done with the first book in the new Thrawn trilogy.

It's quite good... Nothing exceptional and a bit cheesy at times but the mystery part of it is intriguing.

Have you managed to watch it then??? First episode of Season 2 is out now; I'm about to watch it...

I have a train to catch in 3 hours.

Anakin is resurrected and is now Baby Yoda.

Maybe maybe not Just go watch the movie already...

All of us fall to the dark side eventually.

I know; outrageous.

Binged all 10 episodes of Messiah in one sitting... Very enjoyable series; hope there will be Season 2. @Bluewolf

About to watch this now... Hopefully it's good.

If I could manage with watching (near) naked Tom Hardy in Taboo then I'm sure you'll be able to deal with this as well!

A new TV, nice! Yeah; it came out in 2018. I quite liked it but also thought it got a bit crappy towards the end... still an enjoyable series for sure! Talking about the gap, you're probably way ahead of me when it comes to Lost in Space. I tried watching it again and barely got through Episode 1... and then turned it off in the middle of the next one. Sadly it's a big disappointment to me.

In this case, almost two years behind But I appreciate the thought!

I did indeed... hehe

Have been playing Planetbase for the past few days; not sure how it slipped off my radar given that it was released almost four years ago but I'm glad I discovered it accidentally now. A space colony building/management game by Madruga Works with some survival elements. I'm quite enjoying it.

I'd love to but I'm moving apartments again in less than a month

They also cost a fortune around 700USD apparently...

That was my intention...now I fully expect to get a Lego star destroyer from you next Christmas!

Which part?

As much as I like the innovative nature of solar and electric ion propulsion, both have by far more limitations (at current) than nuclear thermal propulsion and I hope governments finally start pumping serious money into nuclear technology again (and not just limited to space). We entertained the idea of nuclear thermal rockets and even experimented with it in the 60s already; they were proven to work as expected back then already but then got shafted due to change in policies. With advances in technology in the last 50 years this should be the right time and the next logical step in spaceflight if we want to make manned expeditions to other planets a feasible option in the near future. A few times better efficiency, significantly shorter transit time, more flexible launch windows - imagine being able to get to Mars in 3-4 months instead of 9 months? And maybe we can move from fission to fusion and derivative technologies in a few decades after that (hopefully even earlier); that would start a new age of opportunities in space exploration. Back to more realistic things, 2020 is promising to be very exciting in terms of Mars exploration. NASA, ESA/Roscosmos and China are launching their rovers during the launch window next summer. Given that the launches are successful, we can expect the landing in early 2021 (February - March). However the European one seems to be racing against time and could be delayed until 2022.

A year in space exploration: https://interestingengineering.com/12-of-the-most-exciting-space-moments-of-2019

They found Chtulhu Looks a bit like Alien rip-off but underwater instead of space.

I love how he still keeps the six pack safe