The space shuttle Discovery is on it’s way to the International Space Station. It looks as though the launch went smoothly this morning. About 8 minutes into the flight, looks like the shuttle will reach main engine cut-off in another few minutes.
I was reading this article on Yahoo! News and came across the following paragraph, quoted verbatim: He added that some Russian scientists who violated this ban have been punished — an apparent reference to Valentin Danilov, a physicist who was convicted of spying for China in 2014. Danilov pleaded innocent to the charges, saying the…