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NASA on Bennu, Alan Moore's view on Comics & Australian Game Developer Awards 2020

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The Osirix Rex mission is about to reach Bennu where it will pull samples from the surface to return to Earth in a few years. Nothing happens quickly in space, but landing on an asteroid, even momentarily, takes some serious skill.Alan Moore has joined the ranks of comic authors who take issue with the state of the industry. We can't blame him, but it would be nice for all the authors to make a statement together.The AGDAs have been awarded, including some great Aussie games from some relative newcomers.Check back next week for more grumpy old men complaining about the comics industry.NASA are gonna land on an asteroid called Bennu- https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2020-10-09/nasa-osiris-rex-mission-to-bennu-finds-carbon-and-carbonate/12735090Alan Moore’s interview : The mainstream comics industry is about 80 years old and it has lots of pre-existing health conditions.- https://deadline.com/2020/10/alan-moore-rare-interview-watchmen-creator-the-show-superhero-movies-blighted-culture-1234594526/Australian Game Developer Awards 2020 winners- https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-10-08-league-of-geeks-named-studio-of-the-year-at-australian-game-developer-awards- https://gcap.com.au/the-agdas/#toggle-id-6Games PlayedDJ– Shotgun Farmers - https://store.steampowered.com/app/604240/Shotgun_Farmers/Rating: 4/5 Professor- Think of the Children - https://store.steampowered.com/app/573600/Think_of_the_Children/Rating: 4/5Other topics discussedAstronomers spy phosphine on Venus, a potential sign of life- https://astronomy.com/news/2020/09/astronomers-spy-phosphine-on-venus-a-potential-sign-of-lifeAsteroid (minor planets, especially of the inner Solar System. Larger asteroids have also been called planetoids. These terms have historically been applied to any astronomical object orbiting the Sun that did not resolve into a disc in a telescope and was not observed to have characteristics of an active comet such as a tail.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid162173 Ryugu (provisional designation 1999 JU3, is a near-Earth object and a potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group. In June 2018, a spacecraft, Hayabusa2, arrived at the asteroid. After making measurements and taking samples, Hayabusa2 left Ryugu for Earth in November 2019.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/162173_RyuguHayabusa2 (an asteroid sample-return mission operated by the Japanese space agency,

The Osirix Rex mission is about to reach Bennu where it will pull samples from the surface to return to Earth in a few years. Nothing happens quickly in space, but landing on an asteroid, even momentarily, takes some serious skill.Alan Moore has joined the ranks of comic authors who take issue with the state of the industry. We can't blame him, but it would be nice for all the authors to make a statement together.The AGDAs have been awarded, including some great Aussie games from some relative newcomers.Check back next week for more grumpy old men complaining about the comics industry.NASA are gonna land on an asteroid called Bennu- https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2020-10-09/nasa-osiris-rex-mission-to-bennu-finds-carbon-and-carbonate/12735090Alan Moore’s interview : The mainstream comics industry is about 80 years old and it has lots of pre-existing health conditions.- https://deadline.com/2020/10/alan-moore-rare-interview-watchmen-creator-the-show-superhero-movies-blighted-culture-1234594526/Australian Game Developer Awards 2020 winners- https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-10-08-league-of-geeks-named-studio-of-the-year-at-australian-game-developer-awards- https://gcap.com.au/the-agdas/#toggle-id-6Games PlayedDJ– Shotgun Farmers - https://store.steampowered.com/app/604240/Shotgun_Farmers/Rating: 4/5 Professor- Think of the Children - https://store.steampowered.com/app/573600/Think_of_the_Children/Rating: 4/5Other topics discussedAstronomers spy phosphine on Venus, a potential sign of life- https://astronomy.com/news/2020/09/astronomers-spy-phosphine-on-venus-a-potential-sign-of-lifeAsteroid (minor planets, especially of the inner Solar System. Larger asteroids have also been called planetoids. These terms have historically been applied to any astronomical object orbiting the Sun that did not resolve into a disc in a telescope and was not observed to have characteristics of an active comet such as a tail.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid162173 Ryugu (provisional designation 1999 JU3, is a near-Earth object and a potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group. In June 2018, a spacecraft, Hayabusa2, arrived at the asteroid. After making measurements and taking samples, Hayabusa2 left Ryugu for Earth in November 2019.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/162173_RyuguHayabusa2 (an asteroid sample-return mission operated by the Japanese space agency,

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