Fed2 Star - the newsletter for the space trading game Federation 2

The weekly newsletter for Fed2
by ibgames

EARTHDATE: October 4, 2015

Fed2 Star Index

In this week’s Fed2 Star: Alan has to change his method of dealing with dead systems, Mars has flowing water, more spectacular Pluto pix, the weather on the comet is cloudy, a computer that’s cooled by water, robocop helps break up siege, zoo keepers in love triangle fracas, video that explains how Pixar makes tear-jerkers, and prize-winning astronomy photos. Plus Alan’s tech newsletter, Winding Down.

Official News

What to do with dead star systems?

Real life news: the rivers of Mars

Real life news: New Horizons sends more Pluto images

Real life news: Comet 67P has weather, and is actually two rocks glued together

Real life news: a water-cooled computer

Robot of the week: Romeo helps break siege

Love triangle of the week: fun at the zoo

Video of the week: how Pixar makes its movies sooooo sad

Pictures of the week: astronomy prize-winners

Winding Down