Considering that alcohol is used to disinfect the area to be inked, you're definitely right.

It's a Wonderful Life, one of the best movies of all time, is in black and white. As is The Birds and The Maltese Falcon. You're not doing yourself a favour by pre-judging films based on whether or not they are in color. There have been some truely awful color films.

You mean the passengers weren't singing the Russian national anthem as the plane sunk?

By obligation, I'm supposed to say "I use an e-reader, you insensitive clod", but I fail to see how my choice of reading method in any way influences your sensitivity or cloddiness (or lack thereof).

The Apollo capsule was somewhat of a lifting body as well (details here). The capsule had an off-axis center of mass, which meant a canted entry angle. This generated lift, which was used to correctly position the capsule within the entry corridor. Judging from the slanted scorch marks on the Dragon capsule, it does the same thing, and presumably so will the Orion capsule if it ever gets to do a re-entry.

Orbital isn't about how high the highest point of your trajectory is. It is about how high the lowest point of your trajectory is. In other words: at its lowest point, does it clear the planet or crash into it?

They licensed the ad insertion tech to Samsung?

Alan Shepard's first flight, while launched and recovered on the same day, was a single flight. SpaceX is launching one craft while another is landing - two flights. That's what the OP was getting at.

From the first line of the summary:

I know it's not customary to Read The Fancy Article, but to not read the very first line of the summary? Laziness.
The European Space Agency has revealed its preparedness for the launch of its experimental "space plane" dubbed Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV).

I thought it was FLEA: Four Letter Extended Acronym.

Can polymer bills be dyed?

... we hope.

Sorry. Misread something somewhere along the line.

Yes, even if it is in a geostationary orbit. Spacecraft orientation is independent of orbital position. If you point the thing at Vega, it will remain pointed at Vega throughout its orbit unless acted upon by some force. That's the law of conservation of angular momentum.