Yesterday in Naples the 2012 edition of the ESA Ministerial Council held on 20 and 21 November was concluded. It was successful, with a commitment from the ministers of the countries that are part of ESA and the one who represented Canada to develop the Agency’s programs in the coming years. In recent days, Poland’s accession to ESA was announce raising the number of members to 20.
The world’s oldest still working digital computer, the Wolverhampton Instrument for Teaching Computing from Harwell (WITCH), also known as the Harwell Dekatron Computer or simply as the Harwell Computer, was put into operation again after a three-year restoration at The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) in England.
As humanity begins to explore extraterrestrial bodies within our solar system, every new advance will invite a slew of ethical questions. From the minds of science fiction writers to stories already appearing in the news, the final frontier offers a bright future. Unfortunately, that bright future is in danger of disappearing if we choose to espouse the wrong values and ideals.
Alicia Christian “Jodie” Foster was born on November 19, 1962 in Los Angeles, California. She made her debut in the show business when she was only three years old in a commercial. As a child actress, she had roles in many movies and TV shows. She won an Oscar for her performances in “The Accused” e in “The Silence of the Lambs”.
