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NEWS ITEMS

R.I.P. astronaut John Young, the first man to get yelled at for smuggling a sandwich into space | AV Club
https://www.avclub.com/r-i-p-astronaut-john-young-the-first-man-to-get-yelle-1821845571

Japanese Astronaut Concerned After Growing 3.5 Inches Taller in Three Weeks [Update: He Was Wrong] | Gizmodo
https://gizmodo.com/japanese-astronaut-concerned-after-growing-3-5-inches-t-1821910135

Space station crew watched Star Wars: The Last Jedi from orbit | The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/25/16817540/star-wars-the-last-jedi-iss-nasa-astronauts

After 37 years, Voyager 1 has fired up its trajectory thrusters | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/12/after-37-years-voyager-has-fired-up-its-trajectory-thrusters/

Chinese woman blinded in one eye after playing game likened to electronic heroin | The Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/06/chinese-woman-blinded-one-eye-playing-game-likened-electronic/

'ASIMIL8': Licence plate fight may be headed to court | CTV News
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/asimil8-licence-plate-fight-may-be-headed-to-court-1.3499283

Here's what Spock was originally going to look like on 'Star Trek' | MeTV
https://www.metv.com/stories/heres-what-spock-was-originally-going-to-look-like-on-star-trek

Guillermo del Toro says he saw a real UFO and it was ‘horribly designed’ | The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/23/16814948/guillermo-del-toro-ufo-design

Fmr. Manager of DOD Aerospace Threat Program: “UFOs are Real” | Huffington Post
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fmr-manager-of-dod-aerospace-threat-program-ufos_us_59de2f4be4b0b992a8214874?section=us_weird-news

CNN: Ex-UFO program chief: We may not be alone | YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2b4qSoMnKE