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I'll keep you updated!

Haha, I'll consider it but it's a bit of a detour to be fair... Going to Switzerland on my way back for a few days most likely as well, so will see how much flexibility I have, both financially and timewise... Could do with an Alt and a proper Currywurst though!

I'm going to Europe in May/June, maybe I should fly via Düsseldorf then

A long time ago haha. Left Europe almost 5 years ago, last time in Germany probably 7 years ago.

Geschmackssache... both are nice, I personally prefer Köln. Better beer in Düsseldorf though. I personally prefer Eifel region over everything else in Germany anyway; but that's because I'm just not into cities.

It's probably more like 3-4 hours by train, Chris. I'd go to Köln instead if I were you. Or Eifel for nature.

It's just pointless. Competing in a women-only F3 equivalent series will not help talented female drivers to get into F1. They need to compete with the best and most talented drivers starting from young age (karting) in order to develop their skills and not at a gender-segregation series; you don't get to the top by beating a field of lower-skilled drivers...

I'm surprised (positively) that she's recovering so fast! I mean she's already starting with light training Van Amersfoort Racing missed out on the new F3 series, but that's probably a positive for Sophia as she can continue where she left of. Would have loved to see her in HWA though.

Pretty much hehe

It's just a rebranded FIA Formula 3 European Championship... or rather a successor to it, to be precise, as FIA F3 Europe merges with GP3 in 2019 to form a new FIA Formula 3 Championship which will be an official feeder series to F1 and F2. So the "new" Formula European Masters is still a DTM-supporting Formula 3 category with the same Dallara car.

@Tommy

Hihi

Is this from the Iron Sky?

Secret Nazi moon base for sure

Roscosmos, the company INVITRO and 3D Bioprinting Solutions announced the successful completion of the first phase of the experiment "3D-Magnetic Bioprinter", performed on board ISS. For the first time, human cartilage and rodent thyroid tissues were printed in space. The Russian bioprinter Organ.Avt was delivered to the ISS on December 3, 2018 on a manned spacecraft Soyuz MS-11. Preparation for the project continued for two years. It was important for scientists to analyze how space microgravity affects the efficiency of the process of creating living tissues and organ constructs. The joint project of INVITRO, 3D Bioprinting Solutions and the Roscosmos State Corporation, with the support of the Skolkovo Foundation, was the first ever orbit experiment initiated by a Russian private company. In addition to technical and scientific innovations, a whole range of new organizational approaches was applied to the experiment, which will be further translated to other companies working with the public sector in the space technology and innovation segment. According to Andrey Divaev, head of research and development at the Department of Business Systems of Roscosmos State Corporation, partnership with a private company in this format has become a unique experience for the State Corporation, which will help in further projects with commercial companies. Biological material printed in space, will return to Earth on December 20 at the Union MS-09. In the first half of 2019, 3D Bioprinting Solutions will summarize the results of the space experiment and publish its results. A similar American experiment is scheduled for February 2019. https://www.roscosmos.ru/25849/

So you basically mean terraforming planets to make them habitable and able to support (human) life? Theoretically, it should be possible; you'd basically need to modify (or create) atmosphere, warm up the planet, and then throw biomass (probably genetically engineered to withstand harsh conditions) at it. Mars is a fairly realistic target for terraforming and there are quite a few proposed hypothetical strategies for it; but there are some pretty serious issues such as lack of magnetic field and low gravity that make global planetary engineering difficult...not to mention that the costs would be enormous and the whole process would take centuries at the very least... I think we'll start constructing large space habitats and settlements with materials acquired from asteroid mining long before we even attempt to terraform a planet. EDIT: Just found an infographic that deals with the process, the costs, and the timeline of terraforming of Mars; a pretty interesting overview:

Boston Dynamics is ready for Christmas

Yeah, the ones here (giant centipedes) are also venomous; I know quite a few people who got bit and had nasty infection as a result...

What I really hate is those nasty fuckers:

Well thanks for that, I suddenly don't feel like sleeping anymore

Why delete, it's ok, two sources are always better than just one

Haha beat you to it

So they live deep down under the Earth's crust for incredibly long time and they eat rock and their own dead proteins??? Weird stuff

The Spacewalk is live now; watching it makes me kinda anxious