Could it be repaired with a protein patch?
Let’s hope.
[Update a while later]
Growing new nerves with 3-D printing.
I think if I can hang in for a few more years, I’ll have an opportunity to live a long time.
[Friday-morning update]
Kidneys have been grown from stem cells that are fully functional in pigs. No obvious reason it won’t work in humans as well. This will save and improve millions of lives, and money for dialysis.
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Their domain has become available.
It could be that they simply forgot to renew, but this doesn’t seem like a good sign.
Not just because of the damage they cause to our property, but because they generate ten times as much CO2 as all of human fossil-fuel combustion?
If that’s true, the policy implications would seem sort of profound.
Michael Listner (at his new space-law blog) has a good description of the difficulty of reconciling the House and Senate bills.
However, even if the learning period expires next week, George Nield knows that both houses want to extend it, and he’s not going to waste any resources trying to suddenly start rule making.
…is turning out to be an unlikely elixir.
It’s the only reason I choke down the swill every morning.
And please, no recommendations about how I’m just not making it properly. I’ve had lots of coffee from people who assure me that it is how coffee should taste. It always tastes like coffee to me (i.e., terrible).
Would Mark Watney have been able to stay sane?
I think it’s realistic to think he’d have been fine, as long as he had some level of hope, and tasks with which to occupy himself.
This is the sort of thing we’re going to have to figure out. But at least we’re building an unaffordable monster rocket.
I'll bet Mars bars would taste much better on their planet of origin. #Fresher https://t.co/scXue2Cjuw
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) September 22, 2015
…is going to finally be scrapped.
Seems like a shame. It’s an interesting bit of history. Might make a nice toy for a(nother) billionaire.
Of course, it appears that Paul Allen is building the equivalent for space.
From space historian, and mission controller Jim Oberg. Interesting discussion in comments.
[Tuesday-afternoon update]
Another review, from Alex Knapp.
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