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

The weekly newsletter for Fed2
by ibgames

EARTHDATE: April 12, 2015

Fed2 Star Index

In this week’s Fed2 Star: get your second planet without divine intervention soon, the newsdroids take another week off, leaked TSA checklist tells you how not to behave in an airport, two solar missions require extreme heatshields, young people don’t become adults until their mid-twenties, web technology aids child delivery, amazing waterproof paint repels dirt, dumb criminal fails in game of hide n seek, and pictures inspired by Fukushima. Plus Alan’s technology newsletter, Winding Down.

Official News

Fixing bugs in the new second planet auto-link code

No news next week, and the schedule for the next few months

Real life news: the TSA’s terrorist checklist

Real life news: designing spaceships to withstand the sun’s heat

Real life news: you don’t grow up till your mid-twenties

Real life news: Google Translate helps woman give birth

Real life news: waterproof paint means never having to clean again

Dumb criminal of the week: he gave away his hiding place

Pictures of the week: Fukushima fallout

Winding Down