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‘Despair’ spreading throughout the Military Sealift Command fleet over ‘draconian’ COVID-19 restrictions, unions warn
Roughly 5,000 mariners have been ordered to not leave their U.S. Military Sealift Command ships for nearly five months under the "Gangways Up" order.
Source: deployed civilian mariner died of self-inflicted gunshot wound
Third Officer Jonathon J. Morris died aboard the deployed cargo ship Amelia Earhart on July 22.
Let’s get back to Venus!
A planetary geologist makes his pitch to fling a satellite back to a hellish planet, where pressure on the surface is 92 times greater than on Earth and temperatures sit at a staggering 863°F (462°C), hot enough to melt lead.
By Paul K. Byrne, North Carolina State University