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SpaceX's plan to fly two private citizens around the moon would put the company ahead of NASA's planned crewed flight with its Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket.

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SpaceX's plan to fly two private citizens around the moon would put the company ahead of NASA's planned crewed flight with its Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket.

Yesterday, SpaceX announced its intention to send passengers on a crewed Dragon spacecraft, launched with a Falcon Heavy rocket, around the moon near the end of 2018. This would follow on the heels of the company's robotic and crewed flights to the International Space Station, and an uncrewed Falcon Heavy moon trip.

NASA's own mission, which would be the first crewed flight using the SLS and its new Orion spacecraft, is scheduled for 2021. NASA recently began an investigation into whether it could put astronauts on SLS and Orion's first launch, scheduled for 2018 - but officials have said that a crewed version of that launch wouldn't fly until 2019. Assuming SpaceX is on schedule, its fly-around would come first. [ SpaceX Falcon Heavy to Be Reusable (Video)]

SpaceX could not do this without NASA. Can't express enough appreciation. https://t.co/uQpI60zAV7
- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 28, 2017

SpaceX going first "might change the acceptable-risk discussions NASA has with the ASAP [Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel]," Scott Hubbard, researcher in the Stanford University Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, told Space.com. "I could imagine that if this independent entrepreneur has done it, and successfully identified the risk factors, it would be real information, not speculation."

"Others might then ask about [the] need for SLS and Orion - but two suppliers are always better from a competition/cost POV," he added via email. Hubbard worked at NASA for 20 years and ultimately led its Ames Research Center, and he currently chairs SpaceX's independent Safety Advisory Panel for Commercial Crew, which focuses specifically on the design and risks of their program to carry astronauts to the International Space Station.

As for SpaceX's ambitious time frame, Hubbard said it should be feasible in principle, purely considering the company's transportation capabilities, but that technical questions remain.

"The key technical issue will be demonstrating life support in the Dragon for two people for the duration of the mission," he said. "With reasonable margins, the length of mission will be longer than planned for commercial crew. The key programmatic issue is level of risk: Is it understood? Has it been mitigated sufficiently?"

If SpaceX can address those issues, it will be on track to launch a moon mission on the 50th anniversary of Apollo 8, NASA's first mission to orbit the moon . That could certainly serve to spur other commercial spaceflight companies, and NASA, into action. Hubbard pointed to when he held a workshop with The Planetary Society that said astronauts could orbit Mars by 2033, and not long after Lockheed Martin came out with a Mars Base Camp plan for 2028 and SpaceX came out with their Red Dragon Mars mission now scheduled for 2020.

This moon announcement "sets a bold new goal," Hubbard said. "There are people that are out there moving the goalposts with some significant technical credibility behind them, and this goal of two paying customers and an Apollo 8 loop around the moon in 2018 could well stimulate others to join in."

"The more groups you have trying this, the better off we are as a spacefaring nation or a spacefaring species," he added.
Original article on Space.com .

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SpaceX's plan to fly two private citizens around the moon would put the company ahead of NASA's planned crewed flight with its Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket. Yesterday, SpaceX announced its intention to send passengers on a crewed Dragon spacecraft, launched with a Falcon Heavy rocket, around the moon near the end of 2018.

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Tar-jay is no longer in style.

Target missed the bullseye badly during the holidays, reporting earnings that were below forecasts. And the company's outlook for this year was much worse than expected, sending the stock down 13% in early trading. Shares are down 20% this year.

The terrible numbers from Target are just another sign of how tough it is for traditional retailers to compete against the online juggernaut that is Amazon .

"Our fourth quarter results reflect the impact of rapidly changing consumer behavior, which drove very strong digital growth but unexpected softness in our stores," said Brian Cornell, chairman and CEO of Target.

To Target's credit, the company has embraced e-commerce. Target said digital sales were up 34% from a year ago.

That's higher than Amazon's overall sales growth during the holidays and even outpaced the 29% jump in online revenue growth that Walmart posted in the fourth quarter.

The problem is that online sales are not growing quickly enough to offset the sales declines in Target's physical stores. Target said overall revenue fell more than 4% from a year ago.

Part of that was because of Target's decision to sell its in-store pharmacies to CVS in late 2015. But revenue was down at Target even after factoring in the absence of pharmacy sales from the fourth quarter of 2016's results.

Related: Move over, Amazon: Here comes Walmart

Target seems to have been caught off guard by the magnitude of the change, though. The company had predicted a strong holiday quarter in November, but warned in January that its results would miss forecasts.

The numbers Target reported on Tuesday were even worse than what it forecast last month.

The company expects earnings for the first quarter and the full fiscal year will be lower than what Wall Street analysts were predicting.

And Target said same-store sales, which measures the performance of stores open at least a year, will fall in the first quarter and for the full year.

A decline in commodity prices has also led to problems in Target's grocery division.

Many big supermarket chains like Kroger and Whole Foods have warned that while lower food prices can be good news for consumers, they hurt profit margins for retailers.

Target said it plans to "transition to a new financial model."

During a conference call with analysts Tuesday morning, executives talked about how Target will spend more to revamp existing stores, open new stores, upgrade its supply chain and inventory management and boost its digital operations.

"At a time when many others are shrinking, we are investing," chief financial officer Cathy Smith said. She added that the company will look to lower prices and add a dozen exclusive brands.

Cornell tried to stress the positive aspects of Target's new plan, saying that Target is "doubling down" while many of its competitors are struggling to survive. He also said the company will lower prices to be more competitive with other retailers.

Related: Here's why Amazon might buy a big retailer

But analysts are still worried.

Neil Saunders, managing director for GlobalDataRetail, said in a report: "Target should not chase Walmart on price, as it is a battle that cannot easily be won. We also believe that many of Target's issues are not solely price related."

Joleen Wroten, senior retail strategist with retail intelligence firm 360pi, agreed that Target would lose a price war with Amazon.

She wrote that Target has to "differentiate with exclusive, affordable 'fresh' product offerings coupled with clean and easy shopper experiences" and worry less about having lower prices than Walmart.

And Cowen analyst Oliver Chen said in a report that the company has a lot of work to do to win back market share and be more competitive against Amazon, Walmart and big supermarkets.

"The company needs to do a better job executing and attracting shoppers looking to just pick up a few items (vs. stocking up). We also believe food remains a work in progress," Chen wrote.

Target's woes are the latest setback for a company hit by a massive data breach in 2013. The credit and debit cards of about 40 million customers were stolen.

The problems led to the ouster of longtime CEO Gregg Steinhafel. Cornell, formerly an executive at Pepsi , took over in 2014 and had appeared to right the ship. Sales went back up.

But Cornell now faces another problem that might not be so easy to fix -- convincing consumers there's a reason to put their phones down and head back to the mall.

CNNMoney (New York) First published February 28, 2017: 8:39 AM ET

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Google has released details of a bug in Microsoft's browsing programs that would allow attackers to build websites that make the software crash.

Google researcher Ivan Fratric said the bug could, in some cases, allow attackers to hijack a victim's browser.

The bug was found in November, but details are only now being released after the expiry of the 90-day deadline Google gave Microsoft to find a fix.

Microsoft has yet to say when it will produce a patch that removes the bug.

Quick fix

In an explanation of how the bug arose, Mr Fratric said he was reluctant to reveal more details until it was patched.

He said he had expected Microsoft to address the bug before the 90-day deadline had expired.

The problem is found in Internet Explorer 11 as well as the Edge browser and arises because of the way both programs handle instructions to format some parts of web pages.

In a statement, Microsoft did not comment directly on the bug and its significance but said it had a "customer commitment to investigate reported security issues and proactively update impacted devices as soon as possible".

It added it was involved in "an ongoing conversation with Google about extending their deadline since the disclosure could potentially put customers at risk".

So far, there is no evidence that malicious attackers are exploiting the problem unearthed by Mr Fratric.

The publication of information about the browser bug caps a difficult period for Microsoft and the security of its software.

Earlier this month, it cancelled a regularly monthly security update without explaining why.

The update was expected to include fixes for several significant vulnerabilities.

In the same month, other security researchers released information about a way to exploit a vulnerability in some Microsoft server code.

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Trump, in an exclusive interview Tuesday with "Fox & Friends," suggested his lack of political appointees is less about a difficulty in finding eager candidates and more about a desire for a leaner government operation.

"When I see a story about 'Donald Trump didn't fill hundreds and hundreds of jobs,' it's because, in many cases, we don't want to fill those jobs," Trump said.
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Prior to taking office, stories abounded about the more than 600 unfilled senior appointments that Trump had yet to make. But the president on Tuesday seemed in no rush to bloat his staff, and, in fact, bragged of "cutting" positions.

"A lot of those jobs, I don't want to appoint, because they're unnecessary to have," Trump said. "You know, we have so many people in government, even me. I look at some of the jobs and it's people over people over people. I say, 'What do all these people do?' You don't need all those jobs."
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There are more than 4,000 roles for political appointees throughout government, according to the Center for Presidential Transition. Some positions - such as Cabinet secretaries, ambassadors and independent agency heads - require Senate confirmation. Many, however, do not.

"Many of those jobs I don't want to fill," Trump said. "I say, isn't that a good thing? That's not a bad thing. That's a good thing. We're running a very good, efficient government."

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KCK police partner with trash company to increase patrol on criminal activity. KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Criminals, watch out. Local police are adding more eyes and ears to the streets to help root out crime.Waste Management is teaming up with the KCK police department to create Waste Watch. It's like a neighborhood watch but for trash collectors. KCK garbage trucks visit more than 35,000 homes and businesses everyday and sometimes they witness a crime or an emergency.  This program teaches them what to do to help police.

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KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Criminals, watch out. Local police are adding more eyes and ears to the streets to help root out crime.

Waste Management is teaming up with the KCK police department to create Waste Watch. It's like a neighborhood watch but for trash collectors.

KCK garbage trucks visit more than 35,000 homes and businesses everyday and sometimes they witness a crime or an emergency. This program teaches them what to do to help police.

More than 200 trash drivers are taking part in the new program.

"We are actively engaging our workforce to watch the communities," community relations manager Paul Howe said. "They're not to be involved or to engage, but simply to report anything that they see that may be out of the norm, medical emergencies or some other emergency situation."

Waste Management started this program back in 2004 and more than 270 communities now take part in it.

"We run about 220 rounds per day so you have another 220 sets of eyes that are looking out to the neighborhoods, so it's really exciting, it's exciting for us and we believe in community also," Howe added.

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KCK police partner with trash company to increase patrol on criminal activity

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KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Criminals, watch out. Local police are adding more eyes and ears to the streets to help root out crime. Waste Management is teaming up with the KCK police department to create Waste Watch. It's like a neighborhood watch but for trash collectors.