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dark:text-gray-250 my-1 text-base text-gray-400"> "This is a an engineering problem, and good engineers should be able to agree on it." </p> <div class="font-impact text-xs font-semibold uppercase text-gray-300"><span>Stephen Clark</span> – <span class="whitespace-nowrap"> <time class="mr-[2px] inline-block cursor-default" title="2024-11-18T17:19:03-05:00" datetime="2024-11-18T17:19:03-05:00" x-data="{ compact: true, open: false, date: new Date('2024-11-18T17:19:03-05:00'), updatedTimestamp: false, format: function() { let dateFormat = { year: 'numeric', month: 'short', day: 'numeric' }; let timeFormat = { hour: 'numeric', minute: 'numeric' }; let formatted = this.date.toLocaleDateString(undefined, dateFormat) + ' ' + this.date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, timeFormat); if (this.compact) { if (this.date.toDateString() === new Date().toDateString()) { formatted = this.date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, timeFormat); if (this.updatedTimestamp) { formatted = 'at ' + formatted; } } else { 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src="https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/53769893870_dec74809a4_k-300x300.jpg" class="group-hover:saturate-150 object-cover h-auto min-w-full min-h-full absolute wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async" srcset="https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/53769893870_dec74809a4_k-300x300.jpg 300w, https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/53769893870_dec74809a4_k-500x500.jpg 500w, https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/53769893870_dec74809a4_k-1000x1000.jpg 1000w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <div class="flex flex-1 flex-col justify-between pl-3 sm:pl-5"> <div> <h2 class="-mt-1 font-serif text-xl font-bold leading-none md:text-2xl md:leading-none"> <a class="text-gray-700 visited:text-gray-300 hover:text-orange-400 dark:text-gray-100 dark:visited:text-gray-400 dark:hover:text-orange-400" href="https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/11/there-are-some-things-the-crew-8-astronauts-arent-ready-to-talk-about/">There are some things the Crew-8 astronauts aren’t ready to talk about</a> </h2> <p class="leading-tighter dark:text-gray-250 my-1 text-base text-gray-400"> "I did not say I was uncomfortable talking about it. I said we're not going to talk about it." </p> <div class="font-impact text-xs font-semibold uppercase text-gray-300"><span>Stephen Clark</span> – <span class="whitespace-nowrap"> <time class="mr-[2px] inline-block cursor-default" title="2024-11-11T18:35:30-05:00" datetime="2024-11-11T18:35:30-05:00" x-data="{ compact: true, open: false, date: new Date('2024-11-11T18:35:30-05:00'), updatedTimestamp: false, format: function() { let dateFormat = { year: 'numeric', month: 'short', day: 'numeric' }; let timeFormat = { hour: 'numeric', minute: 'numeric' }; let formatted = this.date.toLocaleDateString(undefined, dateFormat) + ' ' + this.date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, timeFormat); if (this.compact) { if (this.date.toDateString() === new Date().toDateString()) { formatted = this.date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, timeFormat); if (this.updatedTimestamp) { formatted = 'at ' + formatted; } } else { formatted = this.date.toLocaleDateString(undefined, { year: 'numeric', month: 'numeric', day: 'numeric' }); 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It may get bumpy for a while. </p> <div class="font-impact text-xs font-semibold uppercase text-gray-300"><span>Eric Berger</span> – <span class="whitespace-nowrap"> <time class="mr-[2px] inline-block cursor-default" title="2024-11-08T13:49:56-05:00" datetime="2024-11-08T13:49:56-05:00" x-data="{ compact: true, open: false, date: new Date('2024-11-08T13:49:56-05:00'), updatedTimestamp: false, format: function() { let dateFormat = { year: 'numeric', month: 'short', day: 'numeric' }; let timeFormat = { hour: 'numeric', minute: 'numeric' }; let formatted = this.date.toLocaleDateString(undefined, dateFormat) + ' ' + this.date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, timeFormat); if (this.compact) { if (this.date.toDateString() === new Date().toDateString()) { formatted = this.date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, timeFormat); if (this.updatedTimestamp) { formatted = 'at ' + formatted; } } else { formatted = this.date.toLocaleDateString(undefined, { year: 'numeric', month: 'numeric', day: 'numeric' }); } } if (this.updatedTimestamp) { formatted = 'Updated ' + formatted; 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Russia delivers for Iran</a> </h2> <p class="leading-tighter dark:text-gray-250 my-1 text-base text-gray-400"> The world's first wooden satellite arrived at the International Space Station this week. </p> <div class="font-impact text-xs font-semibold uppercase text-gray-300"><span>Stephen Clark</span> – <span class="whitespace-nowrap"> <time class="mr-[2px] inline-block cursor-default" title="2024-11-08T07:00:19-05:00" datetime="2024-11-08T07:00:19-05:00" x-data="{ compact: true, open: false, date: new Date('2024-11-08T07:00:19-05:00'), updatedTimestamp: false, format: function() { let dateFormat = { year: 'numeric', month: 'short', day: 'numeric' }; let timeFormat = { hour: 'numeric', minute: 'numeric' }; let formatted = this.date.toLocaleDateString(undefined, dateFormat) + ' ' + this.date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, timeFormat); if (this.compact) { if (this.date.toDateString() === new Date().toDateString()) { formatted = this.date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, timeFormat); if (this.updatedTimestamp) { formatted = 'at ' + formatted; 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