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One common factor of the last two test flights of SpaceX's SN8 and SN9 both resulting in crash landings is really bugging me..Unlike the Falcon boosters' successful return to Earth after going vertical LONG BEFORE LANDING, the 'pitch to vertical' maneuver of the Starship rockets seems to occur TOO LATE IN THE DESCENT and just mere seconds before landing.. WHY IS THIS?My main question is about the latent pitch to vertical before landing. Why does it wait so long to do this? Does it have to do with the tremendous weight involved that is different than the Falcon booster?

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We love him, because he first loved us. ( I John 4:19)The World is heading into a dark night. Daniel chapter 8:23 puts it well, we have arrived at , “… the latter time …when the transgressors are come to the full…” . All of us will be put to the test of our faith and love by circumstances and pressures brought to bear, within and without. I asked the LORD for a teaching to help us prepare for this, and HE gave me a sermon on “Loving God”. I would like to share some of the highlights of what...

ONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- Grocery company Kroger announced on Monday it will be shuttering two of its stores in Long Beach -- a Ralphs location and a Food 4 Less store -- in response to a city ordinance requiring a $4 "hero pay" salary boost for some workers."As a result of the city of Long Beach's decision to pass an ordinance mandating extra pay for grocery workers, we have made the difficult decision to permanently close long-struggling store locations in Long Beach,'' according to a company statement. "This misguided action by the Long Beach City Council oversteps the traditional...

While whisk(e)y is a global spirit, it’s mostly made in the United States, Scotland, Canada, Ireland, and Japan. With new expressions dropping daily, you could spend the rest of your life only enjoying bottles from those dram-loving hotbeds. But you’d be doing yourself a disservice. Because while the “whisk(e)y big five” are historic production hubs for the industry, countries like South Africa, India, Mexico, and even France are all currently producing high-quality whiskeys worth tracking down. Even Sweden is getting in on the action. In an effort to take a trip around the whisk(e)y world without needing to hop on...

PHOENIX — A woman has been arrested after allegedly shooting a Phoenix Ace Hardware employee while attempting to stop two robbery suspects. According to court paperwork, the incident happened around 9:15 a.m. Saturday, at the Ace Hardware near 32nd Street and Indian School Road. Police say 45-year-old Nya Reyes was walking her dog in the area of the Ace Hardware when she saw two people running from the store holding items, followed by employees who were yelling at the two people telling them to stop. Reyes observed the incident and realized the two people looked to be shoplifting. One of...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) latest order, requiring individuals to wear masks when using public transportation or residing in transportation hubs, will be “further enforced by other federal authorities,” the agency announced in its order, which went into effect this week. Under the order, individuals are required to wear masks while using public transportation, which includes “awaiting, boarding, disembarking, or traveling on airplanes, ships, ferries, trains, subways, buses, taxis, and ride-shares as they are traveling into, within, or out of the United States and U.S. territories,” per the CDC.

Education secretary nominee Miguel Cardona appears for confirmation hearing and answers questions from Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. “If you’re confirmed, will you enforce that Office of Civil Rights opinion?” Paul wondered. “I understand that there are a lot of concerns about that. If confirmed, it’s my responsibility and my privilege to make sure that we’re following civil rights of all students, and that includes activities that they may engage in in high school or athletics,” Cardona replied. Paul then asked, “What do you think in general of boys running in girls’ track meets like they’ve been doing in Connecticut?” —...

Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” that former President Donald Trump should “absolutely be charged with premeditated murder” for inciting the deadly riots on Capitol Hill on January 6. Maxine Waters said, “What’s so interesting about all of this is they tried to make themselves the victim when indeed they are following the president of the United States of America who had advance planning about the invasion that took place in our Capitol. Even there’s information that some of the planning came out of individuals working in this campaign. As a matter of fact, he absolutely...

This NYT profile of Dan-el Padilla Peralta, a radical Princeton Classics scholar, epitomizes what is wrong with the academic humanities in this radical era, and how dangerous the radicalization is to all of us. Dan-el Padilla Peralta is a black Dominican Classics scholar at Princeton. He is also the leading figure in a move to tear down the field of Classics, which is the study of Ancient Greece and Rome. He came to this country as a small child when his mother required medical treatment in New York for complications related to the impending birth of his younger brother. After...

There’s a showdown brewing. The establishment is about to come face-to-face with their biggest and most formidable enemy…President Trump, and it’s going to be an epic battle – one for the ages, actually. But the establishment is busy bluffing right now – and Steve Bannon, a swamp slayer himself – just called their bluff and exposed their weakness and their biggest fears. President Trump and his first round of impeachment lawyers parted ways because they did not want to bring up “election fraud.” Once he cut the establishment lawyers loose, President Trump hired a fiery legal team with some big-time...

The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office is considering whether to prosecute Steve Bannon for state crimes. The former senior White House advisor last month received a pardon in a federal criminal case from then-President Donald Trump. The inquiry by District Attorney Cyrus Vance’s office underscores the double-edged sword of presidential pardons, which only apply to federal crimes, not to state cases.

What really happened when Menachem Begin visited Washington during the First Lebanon War? ...snip... The “bitterest exchange,” however, writes the Times, was that between Prime Minister Begin and someone else still around today – Senator Joseph Biden. According to the report, Biden told Begin that he had no specific problems with the way in which the campaign in Lebanon was being fought, but objected to Israel’s policies in the “West Bank.” He claimed that Israel was losing its support in America due to its policy of establishing communities in the “occupied territories,” and, according to Begin himself (in a press...

The next dangerous Covid variant is likely already out there, British scientists say… Rand Paul, in tense exchange, presses Biden’s Education Department… Business Insider logoChina and Russia blocked the UN from condemning Myanmar's military coup a military vehicle on a road: Armored military vehicles in Mandalay, Myanmar, on February 3, 2021. STR/AFP via Getty Images© STR/AFP via Getty Images Armored military vehicles in Mandalay, Myanmar, on February 3, 2021. STR/AFP via Getty Images China and Russia blocked the UN Security Council from condemning the Myanmar coup. Myanmar's military detained politicians and imposed a state of emergency on Monday. China has...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Morgan Wallen has issued an apology after video has surfaced of him using a racial slur outside his Nashville home. Video obtained by TMZ taken Sunday night captured the 27-year-old Wallen returning home after a night out with friends and using the slur to describe someone.

UK police invade this family’s home, physically force this woman face down on the floor and handcuff her, as her terrified children scream in horror. What is her crime? Singing in her garden.

After the Trump Justice Department sued Yale following the results of a 2-year Civil Rights investigation which found “long-standing and ongoing” race-based discrimination, the Biden DOJ just dismissed the case without explanation. In October 2020, Yale was sued by the US after a 2-year Civil Rights investigation revealed “long-standing and ongoing” race-based discrimination. CNN Contributor @AshaRangappa_ deleted records showing Yale’s racism. The Biden DOJ just dismissed the case without explanation pic.twitter.com/h4iYxFflU8 — Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) February 3, 2021 On Wednesday, prosecutors submitted a notice to drop the case in the US District Court in the District of Connecticut, calling the...

Net Zero, Climate Action, Build Back Better, and the Great Reset are some of the names for policies aimed at expediting the transition of the global energy sector from fossil fuel to renewable technology. The goal? Saving the planet from climate apocalypse. But there is a huge hurdle to make this transition a reality. Most of the world’s primary energy comes from coal, oil, and gas. Fossil fuels dominate the global energy sector, and there is a reason for that: they are reliable, abundant, and affordable. Further, with constant innovations, the amounts of pollutants emitted from burning them have been...

Key PointsFlu activity is unusually low at this time but may increase in the coming months.An annual flu vaccine is the best way to protect against flu and its potentially serious complications.If you haven’t gotten your flu vaccine yet, get vaccinated now.There are also flu antiviral drugs that can be used to treat flu illness.U.S. Virologic Surveillance:Clinical LaboratoriesThe results of tests performed by clinical laboratories nationwide are summarized below. Data from clinical laboratories (the percentage of specimens tested that are positive for influenza) are used to monitor whether influenza activity is increasing or decreasing. results of tests from Clinical Laboratories...

At a glance: Gov. Tom Wolf’s budget proposal once again includes a municipal fee that’s expected to raise $168 million for the Pennsylvania State Police. Unlike in previous years, when the proposal failed to pass the Legislature, this fee would be charged to all municipalities based partially on services rather than focusing on a specific group of communities. Across all funds, including a significant one-time infusion of COVID-19 aid via the federal government, the agency’s budget remains relatively flat at $1.38 billion. Over at the Department of Criminal Justice (corrections, probation and parole to us laypeople), total funding decreases slightly...