GDC 2014 is in San Francisco this week and I was privileged to talk with David Braben, one of the original creators of Elite and inspiration to a generations of coders - including myself. Yes I was just a wee bit excited. Thanks to Frontier Development for letting me ask all those questions. http://www.frontier.co.uk/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6tahRbkaq8

NASA's new Imaging X-Rat Polarimetry Explorer spacecraft is a tiny satellite with the unique ability to capture images in X-ray with polarization and timing information for every photon captured. It's designed to operate for 2 years and capture new scientific measurements of some of the most extreme places in the universe with gravitational and magnetic fields that would destroy ordinary matter. And in an interesting turn of events the satellite switched from the intended launch vehicle to a cheaper option that nobody considered - the Falcon 9. This is the first time we've seen a rocket lauched from a domestic US launch site perform such a large plane change maneuver to reach a target orbit. SpaceX normally launch satellites 10 times more massive, but this tiny satellite opened up new options and allowed this unique launch profile. Follow me on Twitter for more updates: https://twitter.com/DJSnM I have a discord server where I regularly turn up: https://discord.gg/zStmKbM If you really like what I do you can support me directly through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/scottmanley ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq_SVX8aAIU