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Monday, August 2, 2021
CONTINUITY: “That Trick Never Works”: Prohibition in Imperial Russia
CONTINUITY: An Accessible Global Ocean—“The Science Case for a Return to Enceladus”
If you want to know why I've been advocating since 2006 a serious search-for-life Flagship Class mission back to Enceladus, here my friends is the paper that lays out the most obvious reasons.
— Carolyn Porco (@carolynporco) July 30, 2021
And it's free!
"The Science Case for a Return to Enceladus"https://t.co/PXXo09VqOd pic.twitter.com/i88KcxdKby
Freeman Dyson suggested looking for freeze-dried fish in the plumes erupting from Enceladus's south pole.
TRACKING WITH CLOSEUPS: Car Crashes—Simulation vs. Reality
CONTINUITY: Navigating a Submarine Below and Surfacing through Arctic Ice
CONTEXT: Visualising the International Space Station's Accidental Spin
As frequently happens, when three-dimensional rotations are involved, we find ourselves treading into the weeds of gimbal lock and quaternions. Sounds like a job for the Fourmilab Orientation Cube!