One of the photos in the TFA shows a Lunokhod, one of the Russian landers made in the 70's, only a few hundred kilometers away. Maybe Jade Rabbit can swing by for visit.
I found the episode of History Detectives in which the story of the Moon Museum etched chip is covered. See:
Mod parent up! I was hoping to hear about more space art projects. Does anyone know of any more?
What if it was 3D printed?
Funny you should mention that as someone was selling (somewhat imperfect) replicas on Shapeways
I'll be happy to attend said Olympics so long as I get to meet Julia Dietze
The convoluted story of Sherlock Holmes ownership was covered in a New Your Times piece a while back when the recent crop of movies came out
This story reminds of the game Mercenaries 2: World in Flames which takes place in Venezuela. The game was promptly banned a it was believed to be propaganda against Hugo Chavez, the president at the time. That was in 2006. Venezuela since banned all violent video games in 2010
Exactly what part of electronics manufacturing needs to be automated? The cheap prices and mass production of electronics we currently enjoy is partly due to widespread use of pick-and-place machines and wave soldering machines. I'm sure there are some manual steps in the assembly, but that is only the last 10 - 20% of the labor involved in manufacturing. The bulk of it has been automated for decades.
After a number of decimal places, nobody gives a damn.