Day: April 8, 2021

Johnny Cash & Beck. An unbelievable mid-90s concert bill at… | by S.W. Lauden | The Riff | Apr, 2021

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Beck was a young alternative rock iconoclast back then, but I distinctly remember how disarmingly charming and funny he was up on stage that night. It was impressive to watch him win over a mostly older crowd who was rightfully there to see Johnny Cash.Todd Everett’s Variety review validates my shaky memory: β€œSinger-songwriter Beck opened […]

Johnny Cash & Beck. An unbelievable mid-90s concert bill at… | by S.W. Lauden | The Riff | Apr, 2021

3D Ingenuity

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The multicolor, stereo imaging Mastcam-Z on the Perseverance rover zoomed in to captured this 3D close-up (get out your red/blue glasses) of the Mars Ingenuity helicopter on mission sol 45, April 5. That’s only a few sols before the technology demonstrating Ingenuity will attempt to fly in the thin martian atmosphere, making the first powered flight on another planet. The historic test flight is planned for no earlier than Sunday, April 11. Casting its shadow on the martian surface, Ingenuity is standing alone on four landing legs next to the rover’s wheel tracks. The experimental helicopter’s solar panel, charging batteries that keep it warm through the cold martian nights and power its flight, sits above its two 1.2 meter (4 foot) long counter-rotating blades. via NASA https://ift.tt/3cYdwRu