An INCREDIBLE railway network could soon be built on the moon that would help humanity thrive on the surface.

The proposed rail system, supported by the US Department of Defense, would be able to do this transport both people and supplies.

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The ‘moon railway’, designed by aerospace giant Northrop Grumman, hopes to enable serious and sustainable economic development on the moon.

Company representatives said, “The envisioned lunar railway network could transport people, supplies, and assets across the lunar surface for commercial ventures – contributing to a space economy for the United States and international partners.”

Northrop Grumman was one of 14 companies selected in December by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to participate in its Luna-10 study, which aims to rapidly create new technology ideas that could benefit humanity will help expand its economic footprint into deep space.

The company said it will contribute to the research by determining the resources needed to build a lunar railway network, developing a list of costs and risks, and identifying prototypes and analyzes of an operational lunar railway system.

It will also, in Northrop Grumman’s words, “explore concepts for constructing and operating the system with robotics, including grading and foundation preparation, track placement and alignment, splicing and finishing, inspection, maintenance and repair.”

Northrop Grumman did not provide details of the funding, although DARPA provided an estimate last August, saying selected studies “will receive an award for other transactions not to exceed $1,000,000 (£788,000)”.

Among the other companies selected by DARPA to participate in the Luna-10 study are Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin.

DARPA has not yet revealed what their contributions will be.

The US agency said in December that the study “aims to catalyze the design of a future civilian lunar framework for peaceful US and international use.”

It added: “LunA-10 seeks to study the rapid development of technology concepts for a range of shareable, scalable systems that can operate together, creating revenue-generating services for future lunar users.”

Dr. Michael Nayak, the program manager at DARPA’s Strategic Technology Office, said the study has the potential to “upend the way the civilian space community thinks about encouraging widespread commercial activity on and around the moon.” next one 10 years.

He said the companies chosen in the survey vary in size, and some are domestic while others are international.

Each company is expected to bring “a clear vision and a technically rigorous plan” to quickly move DARPA toward its goal of creating a self-sustaining, commercially managed lunar infrastructure.

The companies will reveal more details about their work to the lunar community next month at the Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium.

According to DARPA, they will submit a final report in June.

It comes after the US staked its claim on the moon’s south pole last month when it successfully landed its plane named Odysseus.

The major development brought the White House one step closer to securing a permanent base on the moon.

Longtime NASA administrator Bill Nelson has viewed China as the most capable adversary to get boots on the moon by the end of this decade — though building sustainable infrastructure where humans can survive off-planet may be a trickier task.

The US and China believe the moon’s mysterious south pole is the most feasible location for a permanent moon base.

After a fiery failure and a botched landing, the US’s third lunar robot is set to roll onto the launch pad in 2024.

NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover – known as VIPER – will begin its journey to the moon later this year.

VIPER project manager Dan Andrews said this month: “All VIPER flight instruments are installed and the rover is more than 80% built!”

“This is a major achievement and shows the great progress being made by the dedicated VIPER team, who are excited to see the rover come together.”

VIPER will land near the moon’s south pole with the mission to search for water-based ice and other resources to aid future astronauts on the Artemis III mission, set to launch in 2026.

India became the first country to successfully land a spacecraft on the moon’s south pole in August last year.

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TRAIN STRIKES will plunge Premier League fans into chaos next month.

It has been confirmed that the latest series of strikes will take place between Friday, April 5 and Monday, April 8.

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Drivers from Chiltern, GWR, LNER, Northern and TransPennine will strike on Saturday when seven Premier League matches take place.

Of those matches, the disruption is expected to mainly affect Newcastle’s trip to Fulham – kick-off at 3pm.

Walkouts over the weekend will also affect fans making the trip to see Sheffield United vs Chelsea at Bramall Lane.

But the fans who will suffer the most are those going to Tottenham vs Nottingham Forest in North London on Monday night.

That’s because the list of notables includes c2c, Greater Anglia, GTR Great Northern Thameslink, Southeastern, Southern/Gatwick Express, South Western Railway mainline and depot drivers and the SWR Island Line.

And that is not the only disruption, because on the same day drivers of the London Underground, who are members of the Aslef union, will also strike.

It comes after 98 percent of drivers voted in favor of action – with a second strike on Saturday, May 4, when another series of Premier League matches take place.

The above-ground strike is taking place due to a long-standing dispute over wages.

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The underground strike is the result of employees contesting their terms and conditions.

The latest travel scare comes after Chelsea fans faced cancellations ahead of their trip to Manchester City last month.

And in January, Arsenal fans suffered the consequences of tube attacks on the day of their 3-1 win over Liverpool.

Thousands of UFO fanatics flocked to a small town in central France in the hope of finally encountering extraterrestrial life.

The event, organized by fringe group Alliances Célestes, reportedly attracted around 2,200 people who each paid between €150 and €190 (£128 to £162) to attend the three-day conference held at the Zenith Limoges Metropole- building in Limoges, a small city with a population of about 130,000.

Organizers said they wanted to prepare people for the arrival of aliens or “new style encounters.”

The event’s website states: ‘The mission of this citizen delegation is to guide humanity in this process, to properly inform and reduce the fear and stress that these types of encounters can cause.’

Although the media was excluded from the event, video of the conference was leaked to BFMTV, where thousands of people listened intently to someone speaking on a set on stage.

The stage was decorated with white furniture, including several chairs and a high table on the right.

The background of the set consisted of ‘futuristic’ windows depicting stars speeding past the ‘alien chamber’ they were in.

The speaker can be heard telling the conference participants, “We are in contact with civilizations. When I say in contact, it is about communication and a partnership, a collaboration.

‘But they have a big problem, these civilizations, and that is that they don’t know how to communicate with the citizens of Earth.

‘For what? Because the citizens of Earth are afraid.”

Two French reporters managed to sneak in and said they saw Alliances Célestes director Jean-Michel Raoux dressed in a blue and yellow outfit, claiming he was a being from the planet ‘Niam’.

Raoux reportedly claims that he regularly encounters aliens and that he has the power to bring aliens to different parts of the Earth.

The crowd also heard from Anne Givaudan, a “galactic reporter” who claimed she was from the land of “Shambhala.” She told conference participants that she has witnessed human-hybrid animals in Antarctica.

‘That’s why it’s time to stand up and say to ourselves: What are we doing? Do we trust beings who have always deceived us in all areas? A new world must emerge,” she told a crowd.

But while many in France dismissed the event as a harmless conference, political figures warned that the events attract conspiracy theorists and extremists.

One of those invited to the conference was QAnon sympathizer Antoine “Q” Cuttitta.

The conspiracy theorist regularly posted conspiracy videos on YouTube before the platform closed his channel.

According to Conspiracy Watch, Cuttita helped found the Human Health Alliance International, a group known for its embrace of “alternative” medicine. It provided a platform that could connect patients with debilitating diseases to ‘aromatherapists’, ‘energetics’, ‘magnetizers’, ‘mass therapists’ or even ‘naturopathic practitioners’.

“I was stunned that such an event took place in Limoges,” tweeted Thierry Miguel, vice-president of the Haute-Vienne department council.

‘Who are these eccentrics who invite themselves to Limoges to put the ideas of charlatans and conspiracy theorists into people’s heads?’

Miguel said he plans to organize a public meeting on the role of science and social progress.

“We cannot stand there with our arms folded in the face of possible charlatans who come to talk to us about theories from another time,” he told BFMTV.

‘When a society is dysfunctional, it resorts to these kinds of values. But we must strive to distinguish the truth from the false by relying on science.”

A WEDDING guest has shocked people by turning up to the ceremony in a long dress, with people saying she threatened to put the bride on stage.

Many people know that the first rule of going to a wedding is: don’t wear white and the dress was dangerously light in color.

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One of the other guests shared photos of the stunning dress, which had a high leg slit.

The top part of the dress had a corset-style fit, with small straps, while the pale fabric was decorated with sequins.

They continued writing Reddit: “Saw an acquaintance at a wedding last night. Still shocked by what she was wearing.

“The theme was formal.”

The dress was so long that it had a train, which made it look even more bridal.

However, the friend revealed that the woman planned to take it a step further and wear a large tulle skirt on top.

Ultimately, she opted for the look, which would have looked even more like a wedding dress.

The woman ultimately opted against the skirt because she “didn’t have high enough heels” and “didn’t want the dress to drag.”

People were quick to share their thoughts on the dress.

One said: “Wearing a wedding dress to someone else’s wedding makes someone look pathetic and desperate for attention.”

Another added: “Wearing white to a wedding that isn’t yours just screams that you are tacky, low class and desperate for attention.”

And a third said: ‘I really hope someone wears white to my sister’s wedding. Because we agreed that I will be the one walking around with the super soaker full of red wine.”

We previously shared how a wedding planner was left fed up after noticing four women showed up to a ceremony wearing white-toned dresses.

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Her annoyance was so great that she could not bite her tongue.

Wedding planner Cari Izaguirre said there is no reason for a guest to ever show up in the same color as the bride.

Speaking of etiquette, she said in the clamp: “You don’t wear white to a wedding. Or light ivory. You just don’t do it.”

While standing outside a reception she was hosting, she said four people with sporty appearances crossed the line.

This came after a wedding guest was criticized for wanting to wear a dress that was “too white”.

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By Padraig Collins for Daily Mail Australia

Published: 11:56 PM EDT, March 16, 2024 | Updated: 00:02 EDT, March 17, 2024

AMIR KHAN has backed Wayne Rooney against Jamie Vardy and even offered to train the Manchester United legend.

Rooney was linked with a move to the ring after Misfits Boxing – home of celebrity-style crossover fights – sent the ex-England captain a proposal.

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And soon talk turned to who would face the Three Lions icon on his boxing debut – with Vardy considered a perfect opponent.

Their wives, Coleen and Rebekah, were at the center of the infamous Wagatha battle that gripped the country.

Even British boxing hero Khan would like to see the former international teammates settle things in the ring.

He told Gambling zone: “Jamie Vardy is the right fight for Wayne Rooney, that’s a very good, even fight.

“They have the fight their wives have had, what a fight that would make, it would sell well. They are also both around the same level.

‘They are both newcomers. I would back Wayne though because Wayne is more street oriented, he’s sturdier.”

Rooney, 38, retired in 2021 and moved into management but was sacked by Birmingham in January.

Meanwhile, Vardy, 37, is still playing with Leicester in the Championship.

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And if he ever fought Rooney, ex-world champion Khan would be in the opposite corner.

He said: “I would like to train and help Wayne Rooney. Athletes have a lot of respect for each other because they have been there and done it, so they listen to you more than a normal trainer.

“If you train with another athlete, it will push you and you will train hard.”

Rooney finally broke his silence amid the boxing rumors on an episode of The Overlap in February.

He said: “They have reached out and asked the question but I think at the moment I want to concentrate on my return to management, not boxing.

‘There have been a few [offers] and of course Misfits have been in and it’s been all over the news.

“But listen, I want to focus on my return to management, that’s my focus.”

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Commuters in New York City took cover after an “aggressive” passenger was shot in the head on a subway during rush hour on Thursday.

The shooting occurred on a northbound A train in Brooklyn shortly after 4:45 p.m., when a verbal dispute between two strangers escalated into a fight.

A 32-year-old man boarded the train at the Nostrand Avenue stop and was approached by a 36-year-old man who, according to witnesses, appeared “aggressive and provocative.”

As the train started moving, the 36-year-old flashed a sharp object believed to be a knife or razor blade, Transit Police Chief Michael Kemper said at a news conference.

At one point, he pulled a gun from his jacket and walked toward the 32-year-old as the verbal dispute escalated into a physical fight.

The shooting on the nation’s busiest public transit system came less than a week after New York Governor Kathy Hochul deployed 750 National Guard members in an effort to stop rampant subway violence.

Social media users shared a clip of the fight that led to the shooting, showing the 36-year-old, who is wearing a black hoodie, punching the other man several times.

The 36-year-old also punched a woman, who appeared to have stabbed him in the back several times as he repeatedly shouted: “Did you stab me?”

Blood visibly seeped through the man’s black hooded shirt as the two men struggled, with the 36-year-old man eventually sitting on top of the 32-year-old.

At some point, the hooded man took off his jacket, revealing the gun and proceeded to load it.

Passengers can be heard desperately shouting, “Get me out, get me out,” before the car doors were opened.

The video does not capture the moment the 32-year-old took the gun from the aggressive attacker, but several shots can be heard in the background.

A video from ABC reporter Joyce Philippe captures the chaos after gunfire rang out, as terrified passengers took cover and shouted for help. ‘

“Where is the NYPD, oh my God!” one woman exclaimed as others said, “close the door, close the door!”

The train pulled into the Hoyt-Schermerhorn Streets station, where law enforcement authorities who heard the gunshots swarmed the scene.

The 32-year-old gunman was arrested before entering the platform and remained in custody.

The 36-year-old man was rushed to NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, where he underwent surgery and remained in critical condition.

Footage posted by social media user Owen Anderson shows emergency workers rushing the person on a wheeled stretcher to an ambulance.

“If you bring a gun on a train and start a fight, that is not right and absolutely outrageous,” Chief Kemper said.

He added that authorities have not yet determined whether the alleged shooter’s actions would be considered self-defense. No charges were filed against him Thursday evening.

Janno Lieber, chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), said, “The victim here appears to be, as the chief said, the aggressor.”

He added: ‘But the real victims are the people I saw in those videos, having a harrowing time because they’re on the train with someone with a gun.’

Lincoln Restler, the city council member who represents the area, wrote on

The shooting follows a series of criminal activities on the trains, including one cellist who was hit on the head by a stranger while handling a water bottle while performing, and in a shooting that left one person dead and five others injured.”

New York’s Democratic Mayor Eric Adams said earlier this month he is bringing back bag checks for subway passengers and stationing 750 National Guard members at the city’s busiest stations.

The Big Apple saw a 45 percent increase in major crimes in January compared to the same period last year.

Knives, box cutters, batons and guns are reportedly among the weapons the NYPD is looking for.

Crime in the subway has been on the rise lately, with 2023 seeing the most attacks on the subway since 1996. There have been three murders on the rails at the start of the year, compared to none at this point last year .

In May last year, a 24-year-old former Marine was seen putting an erratic subway passenger in a headlock until he died.

30-year-old Jordan Neely entered the subway and began threatening passengers.

He was pushed to the ground and became unconscious. When an ambulance team boarded the train, which remained on the platform, they were unable to revive him.

Police have chosen not to identify the 24-year-old man, who was released without charge after the incident.

Earlier this year, while happily wallowing in a friend’s deep bathtub while sitting around the house, I suddenly discovered that I couldn’t actually pull myself out.

I had visions of being found there a week later, shriveled into a plum, but eventually I managed to get to my knees and clamber out, dignity completely compromised.

It’s clear I need to get fitter. To be honest, at size 18 I am too fat and overweight.

My arms never lift anything heavier than a wine glass, but being stuck in a bathtub has taken the shine off them as the only form of exercise.

So, reader, I paid the ultimate price. With a heavy heart, thighs and hips, I went to a gym for the first time in decades (for about a week in the Maldives).

The gym in question, David Lloyd, is an upscale franchise filled with a lot of people who could slip through a crack in the sidewalk if not for their toned muscles.

And I’m so far out of my comfort zone that it’s barely visible on the horizon.

Can you imagine the shame of joining a pilates class and being the only person who can’t stand on her toes without falling over?

I lurk at the back with the other oldies, so the hot mummies can’t pity us so openly as we gape at the instructor, always a few seconds behind.

I just can’t keep up the pace; the rest of the class moves up and down like a stripper’s underwear while I struggle to get up.

Once on the mat, I roll across the floor like a seal, while the skinny girls in the front twist and turn as if they were made of elastic. The only elastic thing on me is my waistband.

I tried yoga and couldn’t do any of the poses, not because I wasn’t flexible, but because I have so much extra padding around the middle I couldn’t reach far enough. I had to pretend I had long Covid and arthritic knees.

As for the idea of ​​spending a session on the machines or in the weight rooms? Never mind. If you know that within five minutes of stepping on the treadmill you’ll be blood red, dripping and panting, even on the slow setting, while all around you are size six women and hugely muscular men working at top speed without breaking a sweat, well Let’s just say that nothing makes you feel more like a self-conscious failure.

This fear of the judgment of other gym-goers – whether real or imagined – is key to why bigger people like me stay away, even though we’re the ones who need to get fit the most.

It wasn’t until I discovered aqua aerobics that I finally found my people. No one under 60 and no size under 16 in the pool. Hallelujah!

No stress, no tension, although I do wonder if the water is bothered by 20 large ladies of a certain age with questionable pelvic floor muscles who are jumping.

Still, I’m excited. So much so that recently a breast popped out of my costume and bounced around for several seconds before I realized it had made an attempt at freedom.

But I know that there’s only so much strength and fitness I can get from floating around, and unless I brave the gym, I’ll be stuck in a doomed cycle of disappointment.

I wondered: Why doesn’t a bright spot like WeightWatchers open a gym where people with substantial resources, like me, can exercise among their own kind without feeling ashamed?

With the all-new Fatness First, we bigger ladies no longer have to train like pariahs at home on our own.

Instead, come to a fun, welcoming place where scales are banned and you’ll get a round of applause when you actually get on the elliptical.

No one with a BMI of less than 30 would be allowed to participate and there would be no more hassle with the weights on the machines because a bicep behemoth like Mr. T before you had lifted the equivalent of a truck.

We could all chat while cycling gently downhill at 5km/h in neon Lycra without fear of being judged.

Sisters, we might groan during squats. We could ‘oof’ as we turned around on the mat and if we went a little too far and hit the person next to us, we could laugh at ourselves instead of being laughed at.

However, I fear that this is just a utopia. Fat is too much of a social stigma these days.

So I guess I’ll just keep bobbing up and down in David Lloyd’s pool with my own ilk. And keep my wobbly bits tied tight.

The proposal for the name change was submitted to the MHA on February 12, 2024 and has now received the required No Objection Certificate (NOC).

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) recently approved the Uttar Pradesh government’s request to change the name of eight railway stations in Amethi district. This decision marks an important step towards preserving and promoting the region’s cultural heritage. The proposal for the name change was submitted to the MHA on February 12, 2024 and has now received the required No Objection Certificate (NOC).

The proposed new names for the train stations are as follows:

1. Kasimpur Stop to Jais City
2. Jais versus Guru Gorakhnath Dham
3. Bani to Swami Paramhans
4. Misrauli to Maa Kalikan Dham
5. Nihalgarh to Maharaja Bijli Pasi
6. Akbarganj to Maa Ahorwa Bhawani Dham
7. Warisganj to Amar Shahid Bhale Sultan
8. Fursatganj to Tapeshwarnath Dham

Rekha Sharma, the Senior Divisional Commercial Manager of Northern Railways’ Lucknow division, said the renamed railway stations will soon be reflected in the Railway CRIS (Centre for Railway Information Systems) database. “The renamed railway stations will soon be updated by the Railway CRIS (Centre for Railway Information Systems). Moreover, we expect to receive the NOC from the state public works department soon for renaming the station.”

In addition, the state public works department is expected to grant necessary approval for the station’s name change process.

This initiative not only aims to streamline the identification of these stations, but also reflects a deeper connection with local culture and history. The new names pay tribute to respected figures and landmarks and enrich the cultural tapestry of the region.

The Maharashtra government wants to change the British-era names of eight railway stations in Mumbai

The Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government has decided to change the British-era names of eight local railway stations in Mumbai. According to reports, the government has given a nod to Shiv Sena MP Rahul Shewale’s proposal to change the British-era names of eight local railway stations in Mumbai.

These eight local train stations – Curry Road, Sandhurst Road, Cotton Green, Dockyard Road and Kings Circle stations are on the central rail network.

Shewale has demanded that eight local railway stations be renamed as Lalbaug, Dongari, Kalachowki, Mazgaon and Tirthkar Parshwanath stations. Marine Lines, Charni Road and Mumbai Central on the Western Railway network will be renamed Mumbadevi, Girgaon and Nana Jagannath Shankarsheth stations.