February 2, 2012 – Page 5 – Peter's Quasi-Daily Blah-g

From Wired Top Stories: Feb. 1, 2003: Second Shuttle Lost

NASA knows Columbia sustained damage on liftoff. But engineers’ concerns get swept aside by mission control, at the cost of seven lives.

Thanks to the ubiquity of USB connections on mobile devices, getting power from a portable solar charger is just as easy as plugging into the wall.