https://freerepublic.com/tag/lucianofsamosata/ en-us Sat, 29 Aug 2026 13:54:20 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4393540/posts SpaceX is pushing toward Starship Flight 14 with Ship 41 and Booster 21 completing major testing, including a spectacular 33-engine Super Heavy static fire. Meanwhile, SpaceX's Starship Plans Just Got Much Bigger, the colossal new Starbase Louisiana plans for at least ten Starship launch pads and thousands of future launches. Ship 40 has also finally been loaded aboard the massive FORTE recovery vessel for its long journey back to Texas after Flight 13. We also look at the final Falcon 9 Starlink launch from Florida, the upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launch on Falcon Heavy, Ariane 6, the latest... YouTube https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4393540/posts#comment Sat, 29 Aug 2026 13:54:20 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4046017/posts The Absurd 2nd Century Space Opera You'll Never Read | February 25, 2022 | AustinMcConnell YouTube https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4046017/posts#comment Sat, 12 Mar 2022 06:02:57 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1392667/posts Classical Greek and Roman literature is being read for the first time in 2,000 years thanks to new technology. The previously illegible texts are among a hoard of papyrus manuscripts. Scholars say the rediscovered writings will provide a fascinating new window into the ancient world. Salvaged from an ancient garbage dump in Egypt, the collection is kept at Oxford University in England. Known as the Oxyrhynchus Papyri, the collection includes writings by great classical Greek authors such as Homer, Sophocles, and Euripides. Using a technique called multi-spectral imaging, researchers have uncovered texts that include • parts of a lost tragedy... National Geographic News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1392667/posts#comment Thu, 28 Apr 2005 07:55:52 GMT