Mystery Meteor Explodes Above US Military Base with 2.1 kt of Force

It is amazing that this story has not been more widely reported.  The event happened on July 25, 2018 and the USAF has said nothing.  My question is did the tracking infrastructure see this hours or days before the event?  If not, some tweaking of the system is needed.  But of course, there is not much that can be done about an impending impact.

Ad Astra Rocket Company's Versimir Plasma Rocket Engine Update

Apollo 11 Landing from PDI to Touchdown

Yesterday was the 49th anniversary of the day that the Apollo 11 Astronauts, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, lifted off the Moon's surface in the upper stage of the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM).  This video documents in detail, the decent and landing on July 20, 1969.  It is rather dramatic, as I remember it, although I don't remember these details.  I believe the TV commentators were talking over a lot of these transmissions.

Nobody Lives Here

 Unpopulated U.S. Census Blocks are illustrated here.  Click here to see a larger version of the map.

Hypatia, The Most Mysterious Stone in the Solar System

SpaceX's Secret Payload on the Falcon Heavy

                                                                                                             (Photo from SpaceX) 
Backing up humanity's data and sending into orbit in the solar system was not mentioned initially in news releases on the launch of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy payload.  Chick out the details here.

Breakthrough in Desalination of Water

This report in phys.org describes a big breakthrough in a more efficient and sustainable way to filter salt and metal ions from water.  This method could significantly lower costs of environmental cleanup for the mining industry.  This might also be an alternative process for collection lithium for the demands of battery production.