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DailyDirt: Making It To Mars

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Traveling to Mars is no simple feat, and it’s much more difficult than a relatively short trip to the moon. The atmosphere on Mars is thinner than the Earth’s, so it poses a significant threat to any vehicle that attempts to land on the planet. Plus, a trip to Mars could take months depending on how much fuel is used (or what kind of propulsion is used). Still, several projects are making the ambitious journey, and here are just a few examples of Martian missions.

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Filed Under: cubesat, india, mangalyaan, manned missions, mars, mars one, orbit, satellites, space, space exploration, spacecraft, time capsule

DailyDirt: Going For The Gold…

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Gold is a unique element that has been almost universally treasured. It’s rare, but it isn’t the hardest element to find. Gold has a remarkable property of not reacting with its environment, so it doesn’t tarnish or burn. There aren’t that many practical uses for it, compared to other metals, though, but here are a few links on some gold-related items.

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Filed Under: alchemy, archival storage, bacteria, gold, olympic medals, satellite, time capsule

Guy Sues Apple For $25k Because His Time Capsule Device Died

from the that's-not-how-this-works dept

People will file lawsuits over almost anything these days. Perminder Tung has apparently sued Apple because his Time Capsule device broke and no one at the Genius Bar could fix it. I can certainly understand the frustration here, but it’s difficult to see how there’s any sort of legit claim. Technology fails all the time. There’s nothing that promised this device would work forever. Claiming, as Tung does, that the failure of Time Capsule represents “a fundamental and total breach of contract,” seems like a huge stretch. Man. If I could have legitimately sued every time a technology — especially a backup storage system — failed without being repairable, I’d have a hell of a lot more money. But we don’t do that, because we know that there is no implicit promise when you buy technology that it works forever.

Filed Under: genius bar, perminder tung, time capsule
Companies: apple