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  1. Survivors 2070 Part Two: Life Inside Halo Arc

    Settling Into Orbit

    Halo Arc never stopped moving. It circled Earth every ninety minutes. The residents learned to live with constant sunrise and sunset through the observation windows. They worked, slept, and grew food in a rotating schedule.

    Hydroponic bays stretched across the inner rings. Rows of green vegetables lined transparent channels. AI monitored pH levels, moisture, and growth rates. The replicators handled protein blocks, yeast-based nutrients, and an experimental fish culture.

    Marcus inspected a malfunctioning pump with two engineers.

    “We have twenty hours before the lettuce batch fails,” he said.

    Engineer Sato frowned. “We can reroute the water feed. The tubing needs welding.”

    “Print it,” Marcus said. “Send the specs to Fabricator Three.”

    3D printers have evolved beyond anything from the early century. They used recycled materials, vacuum formed alloys, and programmable carbon. The team could replace almost anything except the station’s largest structural sections.

    Social Life

    The residents rotated through education modules. Children learned physics, agriculture, and languages. Adults worked six-hour shifts. Every person had duties. Trust kept the station alive.

    During a community meeting, a teacher, Lila Nakamura, raised a concern.

    “The children are asking about the world below. They see the frozen clouds and want answers.”

    Alina nodded. “Tell them the truth. Earth is cold but not gone. We watch and wait. When temperatures return, we return.”

    A young father stood. “Do we know when that will be?”

    “No,” Alina said. “But we prepare every day.”

    Problems Appear

    The first major issue came with the oxygen garden. A fungal infection spread through the moss beds. The AI flagged it within minutes. Engineers isolated the bay and began sterilizing.

    Marcus briefed the command team.

    “If we lose two more beds, we drop below safe oxygen levels.”

    Colonel Rajan asked, “Do we have a backup?”

    “We can grow new cultures, but it takes time.”

    “Do it,” she said. “No delays.”

    The crew worked through the night. Replicators printed sterilized trays. Biologists introduced new moss samples. By morning, the infection was gone.

    Hashtags

    #DeepSpaceLiving #SurvivalTech #LifeInOrbit #SciFiDrama #FutureHumanity

    #3DPrinting #AISystems #DeepSpaceLiving #FutureHumanity #hydroponics #lifeSupport #LifeInOrbit #Replicators #SciFiDrama #spaceHabitat #survivalTechnology #SurvivalTech #ZsoltZsemba

  2. Employee of a client calls me, absolutely furious. She has just arrived at the office and her laptop will not connect to the wifi. Clearly this network is broken. I suggest a couple of tests, like checking whether the network shows up (it does not) and trying a cable connection (nothing happens). So I timidly suggest checking whether there is actually power in the office, since there is construction going on. Boom. No power. She then asks me where the switch is to turn it back on. I have no idea, of course. Their electrical system is not exactly my responsibility. She snaps at me, asks why they even pay me, and hangs up with enough force that I can almost feel it.

    I grin, although slightly annoyed. Luckily the people who work with her are nothing like that.

    Half an hour later she calls again, apologizing deeply for how she treated me. She tells me she had a very rough night and even shares the details. Nearly thirty minutes on the phone, venting. Out of respect I will not retell anything, but she really should have stayed home today. She deserved it. She just did not want to tell her managers because she feared they would think she only wanted a longer weekend after yesterday’s holiday.

    But her managers are not fools, and they immediately sent her home to rest and take care of her loved ones.

    Too often honest people like her pay the price for those who act sly or arrogant. It is not fair, but the smart ones can tell the difference. Not always, but quite often.

    #Life #World #IT #Support #ITSupport #LifeSupport

  3. #LifeSupport has been tested using a full-scale cabin inhabited by multiple people. A full demonstration of the elevator using the #Axiom #EVA suits, which will be used during the #Artemis missions, has also been completed. And landing leg testing, which included the dropping of a full-scale article at flight energies onto simulated lunar regolith. Another addition is a #docking system, which will enable ships to dock with each other in #orbit nasaspaceflight.com/2025/11/st

    #Starship #HLS #SpaceX

  4. "Lost in Love" is a song recorded by the British/Australian #softRock duo #AirSupply. The song was written by group member #GrahamRussell. The original version of the song appeared on the #LifeSupport album in 1979 and was released as a #single in Australia, reaching number 13 on the #KentMusicReport. The song was remixed for the album of the same name in 1980 and this version was released as a single in the US, reaching number 3 on the #Billboard Hot 100.
    youtube.com/watch?v=1bG_zk6FwU0

  5. 🚨 "The American Nightmare 2025" 🎭: Where a Walmart employee on life support gets accused of being a bot for daring to ask for help. 🤖 Meanwhile, developers are reminded to keep their digital beggars in check. 😂
    old.reddit.com/r/pics/comments #AmericanNightmare2025 #WalmartEmployee #DigitalBeggars #BotAccusation #LifeSupport #HackerNews #ngated

  6. Am Donnerstag, den 17. April, rettete #LifeSupport in internationalen Gewässern durch 82 Menschen. Ihnen wurde #Ravenna als sicherer Ort zugewiesen, über 900 Meilen vom Rettungsort entfernt. Am 22. April konnten sie endlich an Land gehen.

    Die PM von @emergency jetzt auch in [en]:

    en.emergency.it/press-releases

  7. 🟢 Die 82 am Donnerstag von der #LifeSupport Geretteten konnten heute in #Ravenna endlich an Land gehen. Ein unbegleiteter Minderjähriger sagte zum Abschied: „Was ich in #Libyen erlebt habe, ist schlimmer als Krieg: Sprecht über die, die dort weiter unter unmenschlichen Bedingungen eingesperrt sind.“

    @emergency PM
    emergency.it/comunicati-stampa

  8. 🛟 Letzte Nacht rettete die #LifeSupport 82 Menschen aus einem in Seenot geratenen Boot in internationalen Gewässern vor #Libyen.

    Zugewiesener POS: Ravenna, über 4 Tage Fahrt! Wieder einmal zwingt die Praxis der weit entfernten Häfen, Hunderte von zusätzlichen Meilen zu navigieren, lässt weniger Rettungsmittel auf See zurück und setzt schutzbedürftige Gerettete unnötigen weiteren Risiken aus.

    #Emergency #Med @emergency

    emergency.it/comunicati-stampa

  9. 🚩 Nachdem gestern Abend vor #Siracusa nur 44 Menschen von Bord der #LifeSupport durften, verblieben noch 171 gerettete Menschen an Bord. Ihnen wurde nun auf die Anfragen von #Emergency hin #Neapel zur Ausschiffung zugewiesen - 2 Tage weniger Fahrt als zum ursprünglich zugewiesenen #Ancona.

    @emergency
    en.emergency.it/blog/mediterra

  10. Im Fall der #LifeSupport scheinen die Behörden ein Einsehen gehabt zu haben, und es wurde ihr der Hafen von #Siracusa zugewiesen, wo sie heute am späten Abend erwartet wird.

    @emergency

  11. Nach Abschluss der 2. Rettung erhielt #Emergency einen weiteren Notruf über #AlarmPhone von einem Boot in der Nähe. Die #LifeSupport informierte das MRCC Rom über die geplante Rettung und konnte 44 Menschen aus einem Schlauchboot sicher an Bord bringen. Mittlerweile war es Mittag geworden.

    Zur Ausschiffung wurde #Emergency das 800 Meilen vom Ort der letzten Rettung entfernte #Ancona zugewiesen.

    4/4

    @emergency

  12. Noch bevor dieser Rettungseinsatz abgeschlossen war, wurde von der Brücke der #LifeSupport das 2. Boot in Not gesichtet. ein kleines Holzboot, auf dem 78 Menschen ohne Schwimmsetzen zusammen gedrängt waren. Das #Emergency Team konnte alle sicher an Bord nehmen.

    @emergency
    3/x

  13. Das erste Boot in Not wurde um 5:45 per E-Mail von #AlarmPhone gemeldet. Die #LifeSupport fand das überfüllte Schlauchboot mit sich entleerenden Schläuchen bei der zuletzt gemeldeten Position.

    Das Team von #Emergency konnte 93 Menschen retten; die Überlebenden berichteten, dass 14 Menschen ins Wasser gefallen und verschwunden waren, bevor die Rettung eintraf.

    @emergency
    2/x

  14. 🛟 Die #LifeSupport von #Emergency hat in internationalen Gewässern vor #Libyen bei 3 Rettungsoperationen insges. 215 Menschen retten können. 2 der Notfälle waren von @alarmphone.bsky.social gemeldet worden.

    ⚫ Aus dem 1. Boot sind wahrscheinlich 14 Menschen auf See geblieben.

    @emergency
    1/x
    emergency.it/comunicati-stampa

  15. #LifeSupport: 35 Menschen, die am Montag in internationalen Gewässern in der sog. 'libyschen #SAR Zone' gerettet worden waren, konnten gestern Abend in #LaSpezia endlich an Land gehen. Die meisten von ihnen waren vor dem Krieg in #Sudan geflohen.

    @emergency PM⤵️
    emergency.it/comunicati-stampa

  16. 🛟 Die #LifeSupport hat heute früh in internationalen Gewässern vor #Libyen 35 Personen aus einem überfüllten Schlauchboot gerettet, das bereits Wasser aufnahm. Als POS wurde ihnen #LaSpezia zugewiesen, 670 Meilen = 3 Tage unnötige Verlängerung des Leidens der geretteten Menschen.

    @emergency PM
    [it]⤵️
    emergency.it/comunicati-stampa
    [en]⤵️
    en.emergency.it/blog/mediterra

  17. But yes, it's #BusinessAsUsual because #Crapitalism requires people to #ConsumeConsumeConsume!

    Canadian teen with #BirdFlu was on #LifeSupport, new report reveals

    The hospitalized teen was also given three #antiviral treatments, underscoring how severe #H5N1 infection can be

    By Nicole Karlis, January 6, 2025

    "In November, a teenager in British Columbia was infected and hospitalized with bird flu, caused by the H5N1 virus. While most cases have been mild, commonly characterized by #conjunctivitis and respiratory symptoms, this previously healthy Canadian teen was hospitalized from the virus in critical condition. Their symptoms started with double conjunctivitis, also known as pink eye, and turned into a fever and coughing. A few days later the teenager was admitted to intensive care after developing acute respiratory distress syndrome [#ARDS].

    "'This was a healthy teenager prior to this, so no underlying conditions,' said British Columbia’s health officer, Bonnie Henry, at a news conference at the time. 'It just reminds us that in young people this is a virus that can progress and cause quite severe illness.'

    "Now, a recent report brings to light more details about the teenager’s case. In the report, published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), researchers explain that the 13-year-old girl spent weeks fighting for her life after contracting a severe H5N1 infection from an unknown source. In finding her diagnosis, researchers say that she initially tested positive for influenza A, but not the seasonal subtype. Further testing suggested she had a high viral load of a novel influenza A infection, which researchers discovered to be the H5N1 avian flu.

    "The next day doctors started her on oseltamivir, also known under the brand name Tamiflu. However, her respiratory functions declined rapidly causing her to be intubated. She was also placed on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a machine that is a form of life support for people with life-threatening illnesses. In addition to the ECMO machine, the teenager received a plasma exchange and two more antiviral medication treatments — amantadine and baloxavir.

    "In an accompanying editorial, experts noted while mutations were detected in her case, it’s 'unclear whether these #mutations were present in the infecting virus or emerged during the course of the patient’s illness.'

    "In other words, it’s unclear if the virus #mutated to be more severe in humans.

    "'The mutations evident in the Canadian case highlight the urgent need for vigilant surveillance of emerging mutations and assessment of the threat of human-to-human transmission,' the editorial stated, adding that vaccine development and therapeutics are also needed — perhaps to treat more severe illness. 'The Canadian case showed higher viral loads in the lower airway and very prolonged shedding, despite therapy, which highlights the potential need for longer therapy.'

    "Researchers concluded their editorial with an acknowledgment that 'many questions remain.' For example, the severity of cases is likely to depend on host immunity, the route of exposure, or other changes in the virus.

    "Currently, the CDC says that the risk to most Americans remains low.

    "'We do have candidate vaccines and antivirals available to try to mitigate severe influenza in the case of wider spread,' the report stated. 'That said, a balance between enhanced vigilance and ‘business as usual’ is needed."

    salon.com/2025/01/06/new-repor
    #HPAI #BirdFluMutations #Flu

  18. #TUM:
    "
    Wie können wir in der Zukunft Leben im Weltraum gestalten? Erleben Sie diese faszinierende Episode mit Prof. Gisela Detrell, Professur für Human Spaceflight Technology an der TUM School of Engineering and Design, deren bahnbrechende Arbeit die nächste Ära der Erforschung des Planetensystems durch den Menschen prägt.
    "
    ed.tum.de/ed/news-single-view-

    #Video in Englisch: youtube.com/watch?v=FG_evZ4zCs

    6.11.2024

    #algae #Algen #Lebenserhaltung #LifeSupport #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight #Weltraum