Relive the nail-biting terror and joy as NASA's Curiosity rover successfully landed on Mars the evening of August 5th PDT (morning of August 6th EDT). See and hear the team inside JPL mission control along with a visualization of the spacecraft's entry, descent and landing.
Really heart stirring emotional stuff and well worth watching again and again.
But think about it. An operation of this nature, which displays the panicle of man’s technological prowess, is also one fraught with Operational Risks. The successful landing is equally a product of successfully managing those Operational Risks too.
Tuesday, 7 August 2012
Monday, 6 August 2012
Sunday, 5 August 2012
Nobbling nasty networks
New thinking about how the mobile internet and other technologies can be used against traffickers and other undesirables.
You can also read the full article on the ECONOMIST website.
You can also read the full article on the ECONOMIST website.
Reality check on India's rise
Stratfor Vice President of Global Analysis Reva Bhalla discusses how power grid failures in India are symptomatic of its struggle to become an industrial giant despite a weak government and bloated bureaucracy.
Friday, 3 August 2012
Why the Olympic Games is making London a ghost town
Bloomberg's Olympics correspondent Louise Beale has been on the tourist trail to find out why London's landmarks are looking empty.
Investors disappointed on ECB's waiting plan
Bloomberg's John Dawson discusses the outcomes of the latest ECB meeting with Susan Li.
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