NASA's monster rocket inches towards testing while India plots return to the Moon [Mon Jan 6 2020]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 6 January 2020 ***************************************************************** NASA's monster rocket inches towards testing while India plots return to the Moon Chandrayaan-3 to be a bit less crashy this time around ***************************************************************** Business * Dell slathers on factor XPS 13 to reveal new shiny with... ooh... a 0.1 inch bigger screen And, oh shucks, is that Corning's Gorilla Glass 6? * Y2K? 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You won't know until the box marked "2000" is opened * Today's budget for application improvements is brought to you by the letters "Y", "K" and the number "2" Slipping in the enhancements while everyone else is watching the calendar Science * NASA's monster rocket inches towards testing while India plots return to the Moon Chandrayaan-3 to be a bit less crashy this time around * A cheery New Year tale: How the Dundee Satellite Receiving Station might rise once more Missed The Great Escape this year? How about boffins rescuing sat dishes from the scrappers instead? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email was sent to {EMAIL} You can update your preferences here: or unsubscribe from this list: Situation Publishing Ltd, 14 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8HN, UK The Register and its contents are Copyright © 2020 Situation Publishing. All rights reserved. Find our Privacy Policy here: