Actually, NASA had a "file system full" problem on one of the Mars rovers, almost exactly the same problem that Lightsail has. Fortunately they were able to fix it remotely.

People should understand what software is and have an idea how to write it. But on the list of things to teach an 11 year old it's not near the top.

The next time you read yet another news article comparing the rate of anything across different countries. It doesn't matter what the rate is; infant mortality, math proficiency, whatever. They're all reported by the various countries and the numbers are whatever the country wants to report.

Under previous administrations it was considered a "Lifeline" for those who had no other alternative. Obama didn't change the assistance program itself, but he greatly expanded the number of people who can get a free cell phone. For that reason it became known as the Obamaphone and for that same reason the program is far bigger and more costly that was was under previous administrations.

Yea, just keep breeding here on Earth and shoot the occasional capsule full of people off into space.

Do you have any clue what it would take to keep up with a population increasing by billions of people? Do you want me to Godwin this thread?

Teach kids how to read, how to reason, how to make music, how to speak a second language. Expose them to various fields of science such as astronomy and oceanography. Coding is a tool they can pick up later.

I was told the same thing once by someone who ate dandelion roots: "they taste really bitter, but they're so good for you". Presumably because they taste awful, I wouldn't know.

No. Observable and testable. Consensus has nothing to do with it.

Can you say the same about people who believe what is written in a book that's thousands of years old? Of course not - you're told to take it on faith and not question (re-evaluate) what was written.

No, science seeks observable and testable facts.

That would skew the lot a whole lot more than a couple hundred K.

The statement was that those people believe something without basing that belief on facts - that's faith.

For most people, a diet of bitter chocolate covered broccoli would probably result in a weight loss. You read it here first.

A couple of real big if's there. Battery power is unlikely to take off in all but a few low latitude places where the climate is right and it's heavily subsidized. Even then, there are better alternatives than rewiring a house; and of course solar doesn't work for high density housing like a multi-story apartment building..

Every test and every interpretation has a margin of error; obviously a person should understand the error rate for both false positive and false negative is before making a decision. The headline simply said "often gets it wrong" but I don't see any qualification of what "often" means. One in ten? One in a million? Who knows? Although they do state that some labs are more competent than others; no surprise there.