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Mon. 02/14 - Rejected Olympic Sports
Speed skiing, synchronized skating, ski ballet, and other rejected sports from the Olympics. Plus, remember that SpaceX rocket stage headed for the moon? Turns out it’s a different piece of rocket junk, not from SpaceX at all. And the tropical disease that may be on the verge of eradication in humans.
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Links:
Speed skiing: too fast for the Olympics (Financial Times)
12 Sports That Used To Be In The Winter Olympics (BuzzFeed)
When Ski Ballet Pushed at the Porous Boundary Between Art and Sport (NY Times)
The Most Insane Ex-Olympic Sport! SPEED SKIING! ⛷ (Olympics, YouTube)
HOW was this an Olympic sport? Ski ballet! (Olympics, YouTube)
Plot Twist: A Different Rogue Rocket Is Going to Hit the Moon (Gizmodo)
A rocket is still set to slam into the Moon next month — but it may not be from SpaceX after all (The Verge)
Astronomers now say the rocket about to strike the Moon is not a Falcon 9 (Ars Technica)
1/26/22 episode about the SpaceX rocket stage (Kottke Ride Home)
Just 14 cases: Guinea worm disease nears eradication (Nature)
AirAsia flight diverted due to unexpected snake on the plane (NPR) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter
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Speed skiing, synchronized skating, ski ballet, and other rejected sports from the Olympics. Plus, remember that SpaceX rocket stage headed for the moon? Turns out it’s a different piece of rocket junk, not from SpaceX at all. And the tropical disease that may be on the verge of eradication in humans.
Sponsors:
- DeVry University, Learn more at DeVry.edu/Future
Links:
Speed skiing: too fast for the Olympics (Financial Times)
12 Sports That Used To Be In The Winter Olympics (BuzzFeed)
When Ski Ballet Pushed at the Porous Boundary Between Art and Sport (NY Times)
The Most Insane Ex-Olympic Sport! SPEED SKIING! ⛷ (Olympics, YouTube)
HOW was this an Olympic sport? Ski ballet! (Olympics, YouTube)
Plot Twist: A Different Rogue Rocket Is Going to Hit the Moon (Gizmodo)
A rocket is still set to slam into the Moon next month — but it may not be from SpaceX after all (The Verge)
Astronomers now say the rocket about to strike the Moon is not a Falcon 9 (Ars Technica)
1/26/22 episode about the SpaceX rocket stage (Kottke Ride Home)
Just 14 cases: Guinea worm disease nears eradication (Nature)
AirAsia flight diverted due to unexpected snake on the plane (NPR) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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