Such an exciting news for space fans! Back then when the last shuttle was launched in July, I was so devastated seeing that every staff in the shuttle program has to be fired, and we don't know what will NASA do to the mighty astronauts. But now, NASA has moved forward, trying to get onto the next step after the space shuttle program, taking the spacemen to ever further into the solar system - This includes "near-Earth asteroids, Mars and beyond." ...an advanced heavy-lift launch vehicle that will provide an entirely new national capability for human exploration beyond Earth's orbit. The Space Launch System will give the nation a safe, affordable and sustainable means of reaching beyond our current limits and opening up new discoveries from the unique vantage point of space.
I'm just waiting for the day as the mankind revisits the moon. This also makes me kind of jealous baby-boomers had witnessed that in their life long before I was born.
Quite an interesting read by Bernard Keane denoting the state of the media nowadays as the Labor government has started their inquiry on the media available in Australia, and see if they are doing something not quite right. Knowing I just had this lecture about media's future, some concerns here were also mentioned in the lecture. In the article, it says about whether the dominance of Rupert Murdoch's media empire is hurting the overall scope of media in Australia, also the decline of revenue a news company is making. Also, as the online community of news is blooming every minute, and some content are quite controversial and prohibited for the public, is it a concern as well that they will start control the content available on the Internet?
The better news for the print media is that the terms specifically open up a discussion about support for quality journalism, which may mean some form of financial support... ...This could be a tough sell, not for any inherent flaws in the argument, but because the term “quality journalism”, despite having the status of motherhood, tends to be a loaded one, associated with one model of professional journalist and the companies that employ them, and the economic model that funds what is ultimately an output that costs far more than it can ever generate in revenue (see classified advertising, death of).
As a journalism student, I can't help but cringed about the fact that the industry of journalism is not what I hope to be - simple, just do your job. But what I've studied and read during this few months, it doesn't seem to be as same as the "good ol' days."
New Zealand officials have apologised to Prime Minister Julia Gillard after a driver refused to let her on to a bus with other leaders during the Pacific Islands forum in Auckland last week, telling her instead to get on the spouses' bus.
Apparently, the Kiwis are misled by the stereotypes that all males are politicians and females are only their wives. During the Pacific Island forum, due to security reasons, spouses are required to travel in separate buses. That gets the driver, who was with other leaders, telling Julia to get on the spouses' bus instead of his.
Cracker! But after that, he was immediately informed about the mistake and she was then let into the bus. What a day for Miss Gillard! By the way, Poor Tim...
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