February 2013
Happy birthday Michael Jordan!
A key test of the Robotic Refueling Mission has been completed on the International Space Station
Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
The novel “Old Man’s War” by John Scalzi was published for the first time in 2005. It’s the first book in the “Old Man’s War” series.
John Perry just turned 75. He’s a widower so he decides to join the Colonial Defense Forces (CDF) that defend the Earth and other human colonies from hostile aliens. Together with other recruits who are the same age, he’s subjected to a transfer of his mind from his decaying body to a new one that has almost the same look he had as a young man but is much stronger and resistant and has much sharper senses.
The Large Hadron Collider will be shut down for two years for an important upgrade
When in Europe was early morning, at CERN personnel have started the shutdown operations of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the largest particle accelerator in the world. This is what is called Long shutdown 1 (LS1), the first long break scheduled to revise the equipment and upgrade them. The operations are expected to resume in early 2015 at even higher energies.
