Hobby drones at war

Plus: a hunk of space junk nobody wants to claim slammed into the Moon on Friday morning, 'Hate to say it': Elon Musk calls for increasing oil and gas output. Mar 06, 2022 [View in browser]( Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense asks Kyiv citizens who own hobby drones to help the military forces by lending them so that all obstacles to monitoring the city will be removed. Could hobby drones really provide military forces with more complex tactics? Or could they be used to detect emergencies? We’ll discuss this in detail in the following article. But before you get to it, how about watching how the world's densest metal floats? Yes, we’re talking about Osmium. Greetings. I’m Mert, an editor at IE. This is The Blueprint. Let's get started! [Video]VIDEO OF THE DAY [Watch a YouTuber make the densest metal on earth float]( Osmium can indeed float in magnetically-powered ferrofluids. [Watch a YouTuber make the densest metal on earth float]( INNOVATION [Hobby drones at war: How do they help Ukraine?]( [Drone monitoring barbed wire fence.]( Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense is asking citizens of Kyiv who own [hobby drones]( to [lend them to the military]( order to help monitor the city as Russia continues to invade, according to a Facebook post published on February 25. The post even encouraged people who don’t know how to fly their own drones to bring them in so that more experienced drone pilots can put them to use. - “Do you own a drone? Give it to experienced pilots to use!” [the Facebook post says]( according to a translation. “Do you know how to drive a drone? Join the joint patrol with units 112 of the separate brigade of the city of Kyiv!" Monitoring the city. The [hobby drones]( would allow Ukrainian forces to put eyes in the air and take a look behind all kinds of obstructions that currently limit their line of sight. This in turn would provide crucial information about the location of Russian troops and in the process also reveal vulnerable units and supply lines. This means defenders could better plan their strategies and more complex tactics including such activities as the time and place for a potentially successful attack. Drones can also be used to warn about approaching enemy forces so that civilians know where and when to run and take cover. [Read More]( INNOVATION [A hunk of space junk nobody wants to claim slammed into the Moon on Friday morning]( [The surface of the moon.]( - For years, a piece of a China space rocket floated aimlessly through space after presumably taking part in an October 2014 launch. On Friday, [the debris met its end]( when it slammed into the Moon at 7:30 a.m. Eastern, just like[tracking officials predicted.]( The discarded rocket debris has garnered much attention in the last month. It was never supposed to hit the Moon, but it found a way via the laws of physics. At first, many were unsure about who was responsible. One post from Bill Gray, a software program creator and asteroid tracker who uses Project Pluto, suggests that it was debris from one of SpaceX's Falcon 9 launches, [declaring it was doomed]( to "certain impact." Gray was half right. Instead of a leftover rocket stage from SpaceX's Falcon 9 launch of a weather satellite in 2015, an assortment of other space trackers later confirmed that the rocket was probably [an abandoned heap of rocket]( trash from China's Chang'e 5-T1 mission, which in 2014 propelled experimental tech that was later used to bring lunar samples back to China, from the Moon. [Read More]( CULTURE ['Hate to say it': Elon Musk calls for increasing oil and gas output]( [Elon Musk.]( Tesla CEO Elon Musk is known for his eco-friendly ventures [including solar power]( and his recommendation for [implementing a carbon tax]( deal with carbon emissions resulting from fossil fuels. That's why it came as a shock when on Friday night, [Musk tweeted]( that the U.S. needs to increase its oil and gas output. - "Hate to say it, but we need to increase oil & gas output immediately," wrote in his tweet Musk. "Extraordinary times demand extraordinary measures." By extraordinary times, Musk is referring to the increase in oil and gas prices that have resulted from the Ukrainian/Russian war. He is likely also referring to the hesitation in implementing sanctions against Russia due to the grave needs of its oil and gas exports. A call for revolution. In the past, Musk has taken strong anti-oil and gas stands even [issuing a call for a “revolution”]( counter “the propaganda of the fossil fuel industry which is unrelenting and enormous.” To see him now reverse that stance after his hard work building electric vehicles and solar panels for a cleaner greener future illustrates just how dire the situation has become. [Read More]( MAIL & MUSINGS Russia is the largest natural gas exporter in the world. Do you think Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will significantly push up gas prices in other countries? Be sure you check back tomorrow for the results! [Undoubtedly yes, it could even be worse.]( [Unfortunately, it sounds very possible.]( [No, it’s just another exaggeration by the media.]( [Partly, nations more dependent on Russia will be more affected.]( Yesterday’s Results Following the news that Japanese encephalitis was spotted in Australia, we asked if you think the number of cases will decrease with the summer ending in Australia. Almost half of the participants think it will because the mosquitos will decrease as well while 19% are not sure. Yes, because the mosquitos will decrease as well. 49% I’m not sure since it’s not transmittable from person to person. 19% No, on the contrary, it will increase even more. 17% Even if it does, another viral disease will come up. 15% QUOTE OF THE DAY “ It is impossible to trap modern physics into predicting anything with perfect determinism because it deals with probabilities from the outset. ” Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington in “New Pathways in Science” AND ANOTHER THING... - Here’s [everything you should know about rogue waves]( that have long been the villains in many sailors' folktales. - Elon Musk says SpaceX's [Starlink won't block Russian news sources]( 'unless at gunpoint.’ (Space.com) - Jeff Bezos is on [a mission to defy aging](. Could he prevent it? Here's what we know. - A slower internet awaits Russia as [Cogent Communications shuts off service]( in the country. 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