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Meant to post this last week but failed, so by now it’s all ancient news, but it’s useful to be reminded occasionally that we are actually properly living in a sci-fi future. Even in the midst of workaday drudgery such as commuting and autumn colds, I recommend contemplating for a moment the effect on the you of even just 15 years ago of being confronted with last week’s news bulletins: the first black American president receiving the Nobel peace prize on the same day that Nasa bombed the moon and a self-described “space clown” hosted a massive global television event from the International Space Station.


Pictured: Christmas 2009