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Star Metals confirms that the Star-Cross has made planetfall but is not giving any further details; Li Junyi is still not giving any updates, and attempts to contact other crew members have not succeeded.
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New construction on Mars has houses that locals describe as having at best questionable taste. Some are taken from old depictions from 100 to 150 years ago, but architects note that these depictions were intended as parodies, not manuals. mcmansionhell.com/post/18387… @mcmansionhell
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A growing fad in Shanghai for intestinal nanites, which some doctors believe improve nutrient absorption, is roundly mocked in the local press as plastic surgery for the gut.
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Star Metals keeps not answering inquiries about the status of the Star Cross, saying the matter is being handled. Several sources at Astria are expressing anxiety over the status of its drone experts on board, saying they have not heard anything.
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Li Junyi says the Planetfall party happened 2 days late. The captain canceled it for orbital recalculations but then changed her mind. Li has not responded to any further requests, explaining that there were urgent matters on board.
The government of Mars will deport Abbas and Mira Malik, a young couple who it blames for spreading fake news about diseases on the planet and scaring the population. In the future, all reporting about public health will be required to get the approval of the media office.
Li Junyi says that as planetfall approaches, Thomas Zacharia, a junior engineer who is acting as morale officer, is throwing a planetfall party to be held 10 days out, on March 23. The delays on the trip are such that the crew is stressed, so any recreation is welcome.
Delhi: Abinash Lal says his personal drone transportation project ran into unexpected difficulties but will debut in May or June.
Paris: Laverdiere S.A. will begin designing customized space habitats beginning at next month, using materials designed to be lightweight and self-assembling for each launch to orbit. It expects to launch to Mars within three months, depending on orders.
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Twelve people on Mars come down with an unknown disease. The government of Mars is only saying that there is no chance the disease is extraterrestrial in origin and the patients, all of whom do research in the same lab complex, will all make full recovery.
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Shanghai's school system is debuting simplified take-home robots for children in grades 5 and up, letting them get experience with simple AI programming. The city's minister of education, Hu Shanshan, says it's like chemical or electronics kits but for AI.
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Li Junyi says that tensions are slowly decreasing on board as the Star Cross is coming back to Earth. The ship burned emergency fuel reserves to reach Earth faster, with planetfall expected on April 2.
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The one risk is that the maneuver puts the ship far from the usual paths of asteroid miners as well as manned maintenance ships, which means that in case of emergency, other ships will not be able to burn their own emergency reserves oand lend assistance.
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Asked about his own work, he says that a few members of the engineering team continue to receive treatment for stress-related symptoms, but everything is manageable and the crew's health is improving. A morale officer is even promising a planetfall party for ten days out.
Parents in eight different countries complain that their children, all of whom were raised with the help of RealAI's babysitting-socializing robot, are adopting unnatural mannerisms in response to questions, answering as if they were themselves computers.
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In response to concerns that employees do not take the mandated psychoactive drugs, Amazon will begin to lace the water at its offices and warehouses, and ban workers from packing their own bottled water.
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Paris: Science de Sauter debuts spring shoes, which are supposed to give people the ability to jump from heights and land safely. The company does not recommend using the shoes in crowded cities, and recommends a maximum height of 6 meters to avoid tumbling.
New York: RealAI reports that its software has doubled the productivity of farmed aquaculture in the last 15 years.
Luna Robertson purchases an emotion-mimicking robot from Ugbesia for her new Lagos office, saying that it helps underscore her company's AI frontier work even if her focus is elsewhere. New York media is referring to the technology as Robertson's robot, not Ugbesia's.
After a long period of radio silence, Li Junyi sends a message, explaining that the Star Cross just finished its mission and is now heading back to Earth, 9 days late. The captain expects to gain 2 days by planetfall, for a week of delay.
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Li says that there were three injuries during the mission but contrary to the rumors they were not serious, but they did require him and the ship's other physician to work unusually long hours; Captain Burnett told him to prioritize work and sleep, not reporting.