The task of saving Aston Martin has been accepted by Mercedes-AMG’s Tobias Moers. We offer some advice
SpaceX’s toasted Crew Dragon returns home after historic NASA astronaut splashdown
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule cruised into its home port Friday evening (Aug. 7), secured to one of the company’s recovery vessels.
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If you’re shopping around for a deal this weekend, there are a few that we want to tell you about. As is usually the case, some of them have been happening for the past few days, but others are new ones that more recently popped up.
Arecibo Observatory weathers Tropical Storm Isaias to track potentially dangerous asteroid
A famed radio telescope overcame Tropical Storm Isaias to determine the threat level of a space rock zooming by Earth. In both cases, happily, everything worked out just fine.
Bill Gates calls Microsoft’s TikTok deal a ‘poison chalice’
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has described the company’s potential TikTok deal as a “poison chalice.” In a wide-ranging interview with Wired, Gates makes it clear that Microsoft acquiring parts of TikTok won’t be easy or simple. “Who knows what’s going to happen with that deal,” says Gates. “But yes, it’s […]
Saturday Matinee: An Unsung Hero! The Full Story of Ken Miles
Ken Miles was an interesting character, based on how he was portrayed in the blockbuster film Ford v. Ferrari. He was Shelby’s guy but a pariah to the Ford Motor Company. Talented to a fault, a lifetime of working on cars (and tanks in the British military in WWII) gave […]
Visions of an automotive future that hasn’t come to fruition
“It’s 2020. But sometimes it feels like our futuristic dreams are stuck in the 1950s and ’60s. And there’s actually a good reason for that,” reports Budget Direct Singapore, part of the Budget Direct insurance company that commissioned artwork based on bygone dreams.
SpaceX, ULA are the big winners for US national security launches
The US Department of Defense has selected its two primary rocket companies for getting satellites into orbit in the years ahead: long-time military launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) and SpaceX. ULA will receive 60 percent of the department’s satellite launch contracts, while SpaceX will receive 40 percent.
Friday Fix: Autocar’s best of the week
We round up this week’s hottest stories, pictures and videos for you to devour in your Friday lunch break
Poop stains visible from space reveal hidden colonies of Antarctic penguins
Penguins might be good at hiding from humans, but they can’t hide their poop from the giant satellites circling our planet.