The last sentence of [url=https://www.apnews.com/0a042dbaf2e246389c131398126ab5bc]this Associated Press article[/url] about the failure of India's Chandrayaan-2 mission is as follows:[quote]In April, an Israeli spacecraft attempting to land crashed moments before touchdown.[/quote]

[url]https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/07/us/college-cheating-papers.html[/url]

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;525567][url]https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/07/us/college-cheating-papers.html[/url][/QUOTE]Yeah. I've never trusted qualifications.

How some companies manage to stay in business despite persistent ineptness
 

Two examples:

my DSL internet is out yet again. (these bytes transported by cellphone tether)
A roofing company that hasn't finished fixing the plethora of issues with a straightforward tearoff and reroof after 10 months. They claim this job is the one exception to their excellent work. The list of issues is too long and tedious to post here.
The Peter principle in action? [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle[/URL]
"The concluding chapter applies Peter's Principle to the entire human species at an evolutionary level, and asks whether humanity can survive in the long run, or will become extinct upon reaching its level of incompetence as technology advances."

interstellar object
 

Hi all,
In astronomy news, a second source of light in the sky has been observed. Watching its motion leads to knowledge of its path through the sky.

If you found Oumuamua interesting and exciting, click on this link -

[URL="https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/possible-interstellar-comet-headed-our-way/"]Sky and Telescope magazine article about space object
[/URL]

Regards,
Matt

[QUOTE=MattcAnderson;525748][URL="https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/possible-interstellar-comet-headed-our-way/"]Sky and Telescope magazine article about space object
[/URL][/QUOTE]Previously posted in this thread: [url]https://mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=24765[/url]

House number where we stopped for lunch in Maine until the accident cleared.
 

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[QUOTE=petrw1;525755]...[/QUOTE]
Haha, beautiful! But that is factored, you should switch to 1277 now... :razz:

[url]https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/09/who-needs-qubits-factoring-algorithm-run-on-a-probabilistic-computer/[/url]

We don't need to look behind us. Just GO, and assume everything is fine.
 

[url]https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a3D5dPtG4I8/XT66P-bCatI/AAAAAAABFKY/IGS5OqKM_rQoOyfUgzFY8u4aIgsysr0HwCLcBGAs/s640/bfh.gif[/url]

Amazingly he could manage to stand up afterwards.

[QUOTE=retina;526366]
Amazingly he could manage to stand up afterwards.[/QUOTE]

[URL="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3040241/Unbelievable-helmet-cam-footage-shows-moment-Russian-cyclist-struck-40ft-lorry-LIVES.html"]From Russia with love, in 2015.[/URL]