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You can help NASA get astronauts ready for journeys to the Red Planet. They need your help to create a virtual reality environment to replicate the experiences and situations astronauts may encounter on Mars.
https://www.space.com/nasa-herox-mars-missions-virtual-reality-simulation-challenge
NASA, HeroX need your help to simulate astronaut Mars missions

You can help NASA get astronauts ready for journeys to the Red Planet.

Space
Tesla video promoting self-driving was staged, engineer testifies

A 2016 video that Tesla <a href="https://www.reuters.com/companies/TSLA.O/"target="_blank">(TSLA.O)</a> used to promote its self-driving technology was staged to show capabilities like stopping at a red light and accelerating at a green light that the system did not have, according to testimony by a senior engineer.

Reuters
“Panic began within the Special Forces community over the weekend, with rumors swirling that the arrests are also connected to various murders around Fort Bragg in recent years, while other service members quickly disposed of their drug stashes and evidence of other nefarious activities” https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/fear-grips-special-ops-amidst-human-trafficking-drug-arrests
The United States and Germany will supply Ukraine with armored combat vehicles, President Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in a joint statement Thursday, marking a significant policy shift after months of resisting Kyiv’s pleas for tanks to face increasingly dug-in Russian forces along the lengthy southern and eastern fronts. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/01/04/ukraine-bradley-fighting-vehicle/
U.S. and Germany will send armored combat vehicles to Ukraine

President Biden acknowledged that Bradley Fighting Vehicles are under consideration for delivery to Kyiv, as France pledged light tanks.

The Washington Post
Bi-partisan concerns raised by the Senate Armed Services Committee; worries that the US submarine industrial base will be overwhelmed in meeting standing US Navy requirements and Australia/UK (AUKUS) commitments. https://breakingdefense.com/2023/01/exclusive-reed-inhofe-warn-biden-aukus-risks-becoming-zero-sum-game-for-us-navy/
EXCLUSIVE: Reed, Inhofe warn Biden AUKUS risks becoming ‘zero sum game’ for US Navy

"We are concerned that what was initially touted as a 'do no harm' opportunity to support Australia and the United Kingdom and build long-term competitive advantages for the U.S. and its Pacific allies, may be turning into a zero-sum game for scarce, highly advanced U.S. SSNs," wrote the SASC heads.

Breaking Defense
Chinese lunar landing plans taking shape. Dec 20, 2022 - China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation chairman Wu Yansheng presented plans for a new lunar orbiter and lander system. China plans to land astronauts on th moon by the end of the decade. https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/wFWUMXpjcAplGh_viYsyWQ
Four people were critically injured as a Tesla vehicle crashed 250ft off a cliff at Devils Slide in California, requiring a daring helicopter rescue.
Two adults and two children were trapped in the vehicle for an hour before being removed by rescue crews who then hoisted the electric vehicle up to the roadway from the rocky, seaside cliff, according to California Highway Patrol. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/tesla-crash-devils-slide-california-b2254926.html
Four people critically injured as Tesla goes over cliff at Devil’s Slide in California

Two adults and two children taken to hospital

The Independent
Australia will extradite a former US Marine Corps fighter pilot to the United States where he faces charges of breaking US arms control laws by training Chinese fighter pilots for carrier landings.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/29/australia-to-extradite-ex-us-fighter-pilot-over-china-training
Australia to extradite ex-US fighter pilot over China training

Former US pilot faces charges of conspiracy to export defence services to China over training of military pilots.

Al Jazeera
CEO of U.S. Space Force/DOD’s national security space launch capability fawning over Russian predictions of civil war in the U.S.