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  • Shocking revelation woke Biden administration scientists spent millions turning monkeys and mice transgender

    02/10/2025 11:36:59 AM PST · by Morgana · 12 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | February 10, 2025 | CASSIDY MORRISON
    South Carolina Republican Nancy Mace slammed the Biden administration for using more than $10million in taxpayer money to fund ‘painful and deadly transgender experiments' on mice. According to Ms Mace, the experiments 'forced lab animals to undergo invasive surgeries and hormone therapies.’ In a hearing last week, she detailed findings from the White Coat Waste Project, which revealed the NIH had issued over $240 million grants for transgender animal experiments, including $26 million in active funding to support studies into the effects of feminizing and masculinizing hormones in mice. Ms Mace said in her opening statement: ‘The Biden-Harris Administration was...
  • Skynet-1A: Military Spacecraft Launched 55 Years Ago Has Been Moved By Persons Unknown...The dead satellite should be in a geostationary arc at a longitude of around 40 East. But it isn't.

    11/12/2024 1:19:13 PM PST · by Red Badger · 70 replies
    IFL Science ^ | November 11, 2024 | James Felton
    Skynet-1A being launched in 1969. Image Credit: NASA, Image ID: KSC-69P-0941 via Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain, Modified by IFLScience Amilitary spacecraft launched 55 years ago was moved from its orbit – and nobody is quite sure who did it, or why. In 1969 the UK launched Skynet-1A, a military communications satellite placed in orbit above the east coast of Africa in order to relay information to British armed forces. It stopped working due to hardware issues around 18 months after it started operating, and the spacecraft was left to the laws of physics to orbit the Earth – it is...
  • Somebody moved UK's oldest satellite, and no-one knows who or why

    11/10/2024 4:04:26 PM PST · by BenLurkin · 26 replies
    BBC ^ | 11/08/2024 | Jonathan Amos
    Someone moved the UK's oldest satellite and there appears to be no record of exactly who, when or why. Launched in 1969, just a few months after humans first set foot on the Moon, Skynet-1A was put high above Africa's east coast to relay communications for British forces. When the spacecraft ceased working a few years later, gravity might have been expected to pull it even further to the east, out over the Indian Ocean. But today, curiously, Skynet-1A is actually half a planet away, in a position 22,369 miles (36,000km) above the Americas. Orbital mechanics mean it's unlikely the...
  • Watch the Sun Erupt: Stunning First Images From NOAA’s New Solar Telescope

    11/06/2024 5:59:39 AM PST · by Red Badger · 4 replies
    Scitech Daily ^ | November 06, 2024 | NOAA
    NOAA’s GOES-19, equipped with the world’s first operational space-based coronagraph, is beginning to monitor solar activity and space weather. CCOR-1 observations will soon aid in warning systems for solar disruptions that affect Earth. Credit: NOAA/NASA NOAA’s new Compact Coronagraph, CCOR-1, onboard the GOES-19 satellite, has begun transmitting its first images, revealing solar activities like coronal mass ejections (CMEs). NOAA has released the first images from the Compact Coronagraph (CCOR-1), a powerful solar telescope aboard the new GOES-19 satellite. CCOR-1, the world’s first operational space-based coronagraph, began observing the sun’s corona—the faint, outermost layer of the solar atmosphere—on September 19, 2024....
  • Boeing-made satellite explodes in space after experiencing an "anomaly"

    10/23/2024 12:53:17 PM PDT · by rdl6989 · 71 replies
    CBS News ^ | October 23, 2024 | Kerry Breen
    The U.S. Space Force is tracking debris in space after a satellite manufactured by Boeing exploded earlier this week, the satellite's operator said. The Intelsat 33e satellite, which was launched in 2016 and provides communications across Europe, Asia and Africa, experienced "an anomaly" on Saturday, Intelsat said in a news release. Attempts were made to work with Boeing and repair the satellite, but on Monday, the U.S. Space Force confirmed that the satellite had exploded.
  • SpaceX Pulls Employees From Brazil, Discourages Travel There, as Musk Battles Court Over X

    09/04/2024 12:03:45 PM PDT · by george76 · 14 replies
    Wall Street Journal ^ | Sept. 4, 2024 | Becky Peterson
    The moves show how Musk’s legal dispute about X is affecting SpaceX and its Starlink satellite-internet service.. SpaceX has moved to evacuate employees from Brazil and warned others against traveling to the country, a sign of how Elon Musk’s ongoing battle against Brazil’s highest court over his social-media company X is spilling out to affect some of his other businesses.
  • SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites; fourth liftoff in week

    08/02/2024 6:04:22 PM PDT · by george76 · 28 replies
    UPI ^ | Aug. 2, 2021 | Clyde Hughes
    SpaceX launched 23 Starlink satellites into orbit early Friday morning from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 1 a.m., EDT, with the first stage returning to Earth to stick its Atlantic Ocean landing on the drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas. SpaceX moved back the launch for nearly an hour into the launch window, which opened at 12:19 a.m. The company did not explain the delay. Factors that could have played a factor in the delay include weather and the position of the drone ship. Friday's launch was the 12th for the booster...
  • Odd Activity At Chinese Submarine Shipyard Draws Interest

    07/21/2024 6:33:29 AM PDT · by MAGA2017 · 31 replies
    THE WARZONE ^ | 7/18/24 | JOSEPH TREVITHICK
    The sudden appearance of four crane barges where a submarine had been parked has prompted questions about the possibility of an accident. Satellite imagery shows unusual activity last month, including the sudden appearance of four crane barges, at a shipyard in China that builds submarines and other naval vessels, which might potentially be a sign of an accident of some kind. Tom Shugart, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) think tank and a retired U.S. Navy submarine warfare officer, was first to notice the goings-on at the Wuchang Shipyard. This yard, which is...
  • Oil And Gas Companies Are Being Watched By a New Methane-Tracking Satellite

    03/12/2024 2:32:32 AM PDT · by Recovering_Democrat · 34 replies
    Gizmodo ^ | 3/8/2024 | Passant Rabie
    The recently launched satellite will provide a global view of methane emanating hot spots, and make its data open to the public. Earlier this week, a new satellite launched to track methane as it emanates from oil and gas fields across the world, hoping to expose major producers of the greenhouse pollutant and hold them accountable... “Data from this satellite will help us to better measure methane emissions and target their sources, bringing more transparency to the problem, giving companies and investors the information they need to take action, and empowering the public to hold people accountable,” Michael Bloomberg, United...
  • SATELLITE or ASTEROID ?

    02/13/2024 6:36:12 AM PST · by Orlando · 35 replies
    The Sky ^ | 2-13-24 | Orlando
    (February 12, 2024). | Fireballs in skies by David de Chiriquí, #Panamá . and Fireballs flying through the skies of Puntarenas, Gulf of Nicoya, credits: Twitter X ⚠️Alerta Climagram🌎 @deZabedrosky
  • Fireball blazes across Hawaii as object falls to Earth

    02/11/2024 3:56:10 AM PST · by Jyotishi · 23 replies
    BBC ^ | February 10, 2024 | BBC
    [Video] A camera at the Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii has captured an object as it burned up on re-entering Earth's atmosphere on 8 February. The Subaru-Asahi Star Camera, owned by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, recorded a time-lapse of the fireball blazing across the night sky, followed by smaller glowing streaks.
  • North Korea says its satellite photographed White House, Pentagon

    11/28/2023 2:00:39 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 36 replies
    NY Post ^ | 11/28/2023 | Caitlin Doornbos
    WASHINGTON — North Korea claimed Tuesday its recently launched reconnaissance satellite had snapped photos of the White House, Pentagon, and key US military installations across the world — though questions remain about the technology’s capabilities. Dictator Kim Jong Un has personally reviewed the images, which were captured late Monday, Pyongyang’s Korea Central News Agency propaganda service claimed. “[Kim] also received in detail satellite photos of the Norfolk Naval Station, the Newport News Dockyard, and an airfield of Virginia,” KCNA reported.
  • Any Live Satellite Imagery of Gaza [Vanity]

    10/11/2023 11:16:01 PM PDT · by Reno89519 · 14 replies
    FreeRepublic ^ | October 11, 2023 | Reno89519
    Does anybody know of any live publicly accessible satellite imagery of Gaza and Israel? I am seeing snapshots, but not been able to find any live video feeds.
  • Senate issues at least 50 satellite phones as security measure

    05/22/2023 8:59:53 AM PDT · by JonPreston · 75 replies
    Washington Times ^ | 5/21/23 | Tom Howell Jr.
    The phones were offered to all senators and at least half of the chamber accepted, according to CBS News, which cited people familiar with the program. Senate Sergeant at Arms Karen Gibson told appropriators last month the phones would allow senators to maintain communications in case a man-made or natural disaster takes out standard communications in their corner of the country.The report said the phone program is part of a broader effort to help lawmakers secure their homes and coordinate with local police departments after a series of concerning events.
  • Russia's economy is suffering from industrial decline as satellites detect less pollution in the air

    05/08/2023 6:23:13 PM PDT · by Widget Jr · 65 replies
    Markets Insider ^ | May 5, 2023 | Phil Rosen
    The Russian economy's industrial sector is in decline, according to air-pollution readings from satellites.A Wall Street Journal report showed that the decline may be worse than what Moscow officially reports.Pollution in Russia's industrial regions fell 1.2% in the six months to April, and is 6.2% lower annually.Russia's economy is suffering from an industrial decline as Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine drags on, according to a Wall Street Journal report citing data from the European Space Agency's Sentinel-5P satellite.
  • Vanguard 1 was launched 65 Years Ago

    03/16/2023 8:40:02 PM PDT · by Richard from IL · 24 replies
    Vanguard 1, designed by my father, was launched 65 years ago. I talked about it on The John Batchelor Show. https://www.thespaceshow.com/show/06-dec-2017/broadcast-3030-hotel-mars-richard-easton
  • Virgin Orbit furloughs most employees and pauses operations for a week

    03/16/2023 6:43:21 AM PDT · by NautiNurse · 14 replies
    engadget ^ | Steve Dent
    Satellite launch company Virgin Orbit is starting an "operational pause" and furloughing most employees except for a skeleton crew, CNBC has reported. The company is reportedly seeking new investors to relieve financial pressure and plans to give "an update on go-forward operations in the coming weeks," a spokesperson said in a statement. Companies like SpaceX launch heavy rockets from the ground to get satellite payloads in orbit. However, Virgin Orbit carries smaller rockets to a height of about 35,000 feet on the wing of a Boeing 747, reducing fuel required. Earlier this year, it attempted to launch nine satellites into...
  • F-22 Safely Shoots Down Chinese Spy Balloon Off South Carolina Coast [.mil website- New source]

    I am posting this article, which isn't new news in order to illustrate two important facts: (1) the USAF and USSF have the means to both intercept telemetry from foreign intelligence assets AND the ability to stop said assets from 'phoning home.' (2) despite the junk news and pontificating by 'media experts' I am confident our military took the steps necessary to protect our nation. In my professional life I work closely with USAF and USSF personnel and despite idiocy from political leadership, I know the Commands, Airmen and Guardians who work in the area of 'intel' are skilled and...
  • Turkey earthquake opened 190-mile-long fissure, satellite images show

    02/10/2023 4:31:54 PM PST · by BenLurkin · 52 replies
    Space.com ^ | 02/10/2023 | Tereza Pultarova
    Two enormous cracks in Earth's crust opened near the Turkish-Syrian border after two powerful earthquakes shook the region on Monday (Feb. 6), killing over 20,000 people. Researchers from the U.K. Centre for the Observation & Modelling of Earthquakes, Volcanoes & Tectonics (COMET) found the ruptures by comparing images of the area near the Mediterranean Sea coast taken by the European Earth-observing satellite Sentinel-1 before and after the devastating earthquakes. The longer of the two ruptures stretches 190 miles (300 kilometers) in the northeastern direction from the northeastern tip of the Mediterranean Sea. The crack was created by the first of...
  • Expert: Chinese Balloon Could Be Dry Run to Deliver Nuclear EMP Device

    02/04/2023 5:17:23 AM PST · by srmanuel · 76 replies
    Newsmax ^ | 2/3/23 | Newsmax
    I have no idea who this retired Air Force Officer is or what his qualifications are in order to make these claims, I mentioned this possibility in another thread about the balloon earlier and most didn't think this particular balloon was capable of carrying a nuclear device, instead of launching an ICBM which would be detectable early in flight and taken much more seriously, a balloon which the USA doesn't appear to take seriously, could invade US airspace unopposed and be positioned over the middle of the USA and create real problems, evidently this particular balloon has the ability to...