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Boffin behind NASA Mission Control signs off for final time • The Register 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- July 23, 2019
Obit Chris Kraft, who created the concept of NASA’s Mission Control, died yesterday aged 95. Born in Phoebus, Virginia, on 28 February 1924, Christopher Columbus Kraft joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in 1945 following his graduation. Armed with a degree in Aeronautical Engineering, Kraft was a good fit for the organisation. Describing
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Hungover this morning? Thought ‘beer before wine and you’ll be fine’? Boffin prove old adage just isn’t true • The Register 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- February 10, 2019
Beer before wine and you’ll feel fine; wine before beer and you’ll feel queer, as the old saying goes. Well it isn’t true, it doesn’t matter what order you down your drinks, you’ll be hungover all the same. Ninety human guinea pigs, who were students of course, aged between 19 to 40 years old agreed
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