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Hmmm hard to choose when it comes to albums but I'd say Mutter and Reise, Reise are my most favourite ones... Even harder to chose favourite songs Mutter, Seemann, Spiel Mit Mir, Du Riechst So Gut, Sonne, Ohne Dich, Stein Um Stein, Feuer und Wasser, Mein Herz Brennt, Moskau, Reise Reise, Engel are probably the ones I like the most...

I've been to their concert once, best show I've ever seen... Don't think anyone can ever top that!

Rammstein, provocation and the shock factor simply belong together There's been way too much overreacting based on a 10 second teaser before the music video was even released... It pretty much takes a critical view at the highs and lows of the history of the nation and mixed feelings about its past as a result. I don't even think the song is very good. But the visual quality and production of that video... it's a completely new level, looks even better than some movies. I wonder how much did the production cost them haha.

New Rammstein video Provocative as usual but damn just how good is the cinematography??? Amazing work.

Alonso testing Toyota's Dakar Rally car

Well to be fair, that is not the full quote of what di Montezemolo said and cutting that sentence short takes a lot out of context and makes it look a bit like inflammatory clickbait... Full quote: "He was Alonso, not Alonso-Ferrari. When he wins, he’s happy. When he doesn’t win, it’s the problem of the team, he’s unhappy. In other words, he’s less close to the team than Michael and Niki, particularly in the difficult moments. To be close to the team in the good moments is easy. In terms of performance, Fernando was very good. For me, Alonso is with Hamilton and Vettel and in the race, he's very close to Michael. In the race, Alonso was and is a fantastic driver. He lost the championship not for his mistakes. If he won one championship, today we are talking about something different. We are talking that Alonso, despite many years he didn't have the best car, he was able to win the championship. Alonso is very strong."

Your space programme is still shaping up nicely. The Chandrayaan lunar exploration programme has been fielding good results in particular, as the probe released by the orbiter has discovered water ice on the Moon a decade ago and now the second phase of the programme is coming up where you'll land a rover there... Really looking forward to it. Then the next step with the crewed orbital spacecraft into low Earth orbit should happen in just two years. Exciting times and you're surely doing well.

You sound like a great boss/superior/whatever. It can make such a big difference.

Can surely relate to that... Some of the best people I met were my colleagues at some point; have gotten much closer to them than I expected to and we still keep in touch years later. I'm going to attend the wedding of one of them late this summer, should be great fun.

Reading this I thought someone died at first Glad it turned out to be a career change instead

I'm four episodes in and love it... really well done without silly "reality show" gimmicks.

Praise Marcus Ericsson!

You might really enjoy this article then: https://interestingengineering.com/why-didnt-jupiter-become-a-hot-jupiter It goes much deeper into detail of why Jupiter is where it is now and how our whole solar system is the way it is as a result. Very interesting and really makes you think!

That might be a bit too ambitious; it's 4 years ahead of their original schedule and for me that also sounds suspiciously like a stunt before the elections... Not sure they are going to pull it off even if they manage to get large additional funding needed. SLS is not going to be ready, the only way I could see this happening is if they went full-commercial but that is probably not feasible. This will be interesting to follow for sure... It's funny though how the US politicians suddenly became so restless once they finally found out that their "adversaries" are way ahead of them

India joins the elite space power club by successfully testing the completely indigenous Anti-Satellite (A-SAT) missile today. Becomes only the fourth country in the world to have demonstrated such capability after the US, Russia and China. @Mel81x @IgnisExcubitor @AMG

Immediately thought of you when I saw the trailer I got interested because Michael Emerson is in it too so I will give it a go as well!

@Eco you might want to check it out.

In this case? Sure. Max is overly self-confident and a bit arrogant, just like most of the best F1 drivers before him. The question is, why is Rosberg all over the media again with pointless comments? Complaining about how Mercedes treated Schumi "better" than him (geez I wonder why), claiming that Toto Wolff and Niki Lauda were clueless when they first joined Mercedes. For someone who couldn't handle the heat he surely seems to crave attention now.

Mimimimimi. I see Nico Rosberg is turning into a Jacques Villeneuve. For someone who retired to keep away from F1 media circus he surely tries to attract attention way too much lately with his "controversial" remarks on Schumi, Lauda, Wolff, and now Verstappen.

Lada was class affordable, reliable, easy to maintain and modify. First car I ever driven as a child. They were pretty much a carbon copy of old Fiats at that time, just with an updated inline four engine with an overhead camshaft. Not that slow for what it was either; you could go up to 150 km/h with ours and with a 1.3 l engine it's not even that bad... The modified rally Ladas are the best though

I'd absolutely love to see Porsche in F1 as an engine supplier but I really don't see it happening now that they are fully committed to GT racing and will be making their debut as a factory team in Formula E. Cosworth making their F1 return would be fantastic as well!

New study: The giant planet Jupiter was formed four times further from the sun than its current orbit, and migrated inwards in the solar system over a period of 700 000 years. Researchers found proof of this incredible journey thanks to a group of asteroids close to Jupiter. https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/jupiters-unknown-journey-revealed An interesting read.

Longest uninterrupted flight was 10-11 hours from Helsinki to Bangkok. Longest with one stop in between was over 24 hours from Phnom Penh to Berlin via Doha (including long time in transit). Add to that time additional bus and taxi rides to get where I had to and the total trip time was about 50 hours and I went to work afterwards... Never again haha.

For me it's mainly two factors; namely the budget available and the fact that I prefer staying in one place for longer time, especially when going overseas... Travelling Europe as a European is easy due to good and affordable transport links. I did a lot of it with my dad and went on countless road trips with friends; we also hitchhiked a few times when we were teens. Going to other continents requires way more time and money, and since Southeast Asia has always been my priority, I never really considered South America although I'd love to visit it one day. I want to properly explore China and Central Asia first though. Hate long-haul flights as well I'm due one in a few months time and the thought of spending almost 20 hours on a plane again is unnerving.