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The first elements of the Russian Orbital Station, or ROS, were to launch in 2027
so it would be ready for human habitation in 2028.
Upon completion in the mid-2030s, the station would encompass seven shiny new modules,
potentially including a private habitat for space tourists.
It would be so sophisticated that the station could fly autonomously for months if needed.
Importantly, the Russian station was also to fly in a polar orbit at about 400 km.
Thi…

Russia is about to do the most Russia thing ever with its next space station
“Russia, meanwhile, will be left to carry on the legacy of the ISS, with all its problems.”…

#FunFact about Whitehorse - Germans love the town. Germans are the 2nd largest group of tourists, after the U.S., to visit the Yukon capital. There are German speaking tours and excursions and, during peak travel periods, direct tour flights from Frankfurt to Whitehorse.
#Tourism #Whitehorse
https://www.rubyrange.com/yukons-charisma-the-german-connection/

Local divers pick away at Lake Malawi’s underwater garbage problem https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/local-divers-pick-away-at-lake-malawis-underwater-garbage-problem/

Local divers pick away at Lake Malawi’s underwater garbage problem
CAPE MACLEAR, Malawi — On a clear August morning, three scuba divers disappeared under the waters of Lake Malawi. Above them, serenity: The clear water rippled gently, spick-and-span Cape Maclear Beach was empty of tourists and the shoreline trees stood calm. Half an hour later, having covered an area just 30 meters (100 feet) from […]

#Putin kills people every day, and #Russian tourists roam the world as if nothing's happened, crazy world. Every country should deny entry to Russian tourists, screw their money! This can't be true...
@UN

Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/10/tourists-social-media-trump

Insane...just don't visit the USA, that much is clear...
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/travel/social-media-tourists-visa-border-patrol.html?unlocked_article_code=1.7k8…

U.S. Plans to Scrutinize Foreign Tourists’ Social Media History
Even visitors from countries like Britain and France, whose citizens don’t need visas, would have to share five years’ worth of social media.

The US CBP proposes vetting five years of social media history for travelers from the UK, France, Germany, and more; the current system only requires basic info (Christine Chung/New York Times)
https://www.nyti…

U.S. Plans to Scrutinize Foreign Tourists’ Social Media History
Even visitors from countries like Britain and France, whose citizens don’t need visas, would have to share five years’ worth of social media.

🪨 Rocks on train tracks strand 900 Machu Picchu tourists amid protest
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/17/rocks-on-train-tracks-strand-900-machu-picchu-tourists-amid-protest

The emerald waters of Qarhan Salt Lake on the Tibetan Plateau
beckon tourists
—and hold a bounty of lithium,
a critical ingredient in batteries for cars and renewable energy storage.
Brines in the 160-kilometer-wide lake yielded more than 50,000 tons of lithium carbonate last year,
enough for hundreds of thousands of electric cars.

U.S. Plans to Scrutinize Foreign Tourists' Social Media History (Christine Chung/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/travel/social-media-tourists-visa-border-patrol.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251209/p140#a251209p140