Schiaparelli Mars probe's parachute 'jettisoned too early'

Schiaparelli Mars probe's parachute 'jettisoned too early'

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37715202

Europe's Schiaparelli lander did not behave as expected as it headed down to the surface of Mars on Wednesday.

Telemetry data recovered from the probe during its descent indicates that its parachute was jettisoned too early.

The rockets it was supposed to use to bring itself to a standstill just above the ground also appeared to fire for too short a time.

The European Space Agency (Esa) has not yet conceded that the lander crashed but the mood is not positive.

Experts will continue to analyse the data and they may also try to call out to Schiaparelli in the blind hope that it is actually sitting on the Red Planet intact.

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Ugo Bertolotto

Chris Wallace Receives Cease-And-Desist Letter From Trump Organization

Chris Wallace Receives Cease-And-Desist Letter From Trump Organization In Middle Of Questioning Candidate About Groping Allegations

http://www.theonion.com/article/chris-wallace-receives-cease-and-desist-letter-tru-54465

The Onions wonderful satire is once more bang on the button.

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Presidential Debate 3: Trump refuses to say he will respect election outcome

http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/1020/825440-usdebate3/

Trump refuses to say he will respect election outcome

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has refused to say he will respect the result of the election no matter the outcome doubling down on his claims that the US election is rigged during the third and final debate.

"I'll look at it at the time," Mr Trump said. "What I've seen is so bad."

An angry Hillary Clinton responded with incredulity to the highly controversial charge, saying, "I, for one, am appalled that somebody who is the nominee of one of our two major parties would take that kind of position."

His democratic rival stressed that citizens accept election outcomes in a democracy but called Mr Trump's reaction to say it is rigged was "funny and also really troubling".

Asked by the debate moderator whether he would concede if the results showed he lost to Mrs Clinton, Mr Trump again demurred. "I'll keep you in suspense, okay?"


"This is horrifying," Mrs Clinton said.

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