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There's no other option at the moment. Euclid for example will be launched in July on a Falcon 9.

I'd say up but I think it boils down to a question: How often does anybody in the household get hurt if you place the pointy ends up? If it's more than three or four times per year, then place them down. No amount of "be careful" and "pay attention to what you're doing" will change that. Alternative solution: The person who gets to decide which way the silverware is placed in the dishwasher is also the one who has to put it back in the drawer.

I'm excited for my first Elcano challenge!

There was a big article about the Thwaites Glacier in the local press last week. It's very well written, but it's behind a paywall and not in English, anyway. I was looking for more sources and found a related article in Nature. It's not encouraging

Because they didn't have [insert your name here]'s parents.

Have you tried Avira? It's pretty lightweight, however the free version doesn't include web protection.

fixed that for you Edit: I'm a few degrees north, so maybe we get lucky. It's overcast though. Thanks for the heads-up @JoeSchmuckatelli!

plate tectonics

Gene became a bionic man. He expects the Cybermen to appear before dark. The Doctor thought that massive jello shots might counter the lack of superior thrusters on brooms. The mission would gradually devolve into something revolutionary to Kerbal cranes and rainbows. How extraordinary that is, considering the effort required to make big ol'

I was about to comment in the "Kerbalisms" thread that you should post that as a suggestion. Glad to see that you already did!

Tonga

Apparently 2021-03-13:

Not an issue here: the buses are electric. https://www.bernmobil.ch/file/Unternehmen/Portrait/Fahrzeugpark/SwissTrolley5-DGTB.PDF

Can't be that. The SpaceX thread for has been locked several times (here for example) but I can see the newer posts just fine.