The chief economist for the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp., Jack Kyser, has released a report that claims the recent writer’s strike has cost Hollywood a total of $2.5 billion in lost show business. That’s quite a bit for a 3 month hiatus.
Source E! News
Just an hour ago, a US Navy ship launched a missile in an attempt to take out a dying US spy satellite.
According to the New York Times, “The goal in this first-of-its-kind mission for the Navy was not just to hit the satellite but to obliterate a tank aboard the spacecraft carrying 1,000 pounds of a toxic fuel called hydrazine.”
The satellite was about 130 miles over the Pacific and, while contact was made, it is currently unclear if the toxic fuel was successfully “blown up”.
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Unless you live in a cave, don’t watch tv, or haven’t surfed the net in the last 24 hours, you’re probably aware of the lunar eclipse at 10:01 Eastern tonight. Whether or not you care is a another story, but in any case this is the last lunar eclipse until December 20th, 2010 (Oh my! What will we do to pass the time in the next 2 years?) But did you know that Saturn will also be visible too? According to Yahoo, “as the moonlight dims — it won’t go totally dark — Saturn and Regulus will pop out and sandwich the moon. Regulus is the brightest star in the constellation Leo.” So turn your (un)trained eye towards the sky, and enjoy the show!
Update: Here’s a picture of the lunar eclipse, taken by my good friend Nicole DeBiase.
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