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Today's riddle: My friend David had his id stolen. 🤔 (Answer below!)
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1. Express: New plan aims to spread public art in Mountain View (mv-voice.com) — Mountain View's City Council has just adopted a new plan to expand and better distribute public art throughout the city, which could bring murals, sculptures, and other installations closer to more neighborhoods. The same newsletter also highlights regional arts events, tech money in state politics, and points readers to the Mountain View Voice's searchable community calendar for finding local happenings.
2. Mountain View Flow-Sensor Maker Leases El Dorado Hills Building for Expansion (newsbreak.com) — A longtime Mountain View manufacturing company, Proteus Industries, is expanding beyond its crowded 24,000-square-foot local facility by leasing a much larger flex building in El Dorado Hills. The move could eventually add about 25 jobs while keeping the firm's headquarters and core operations rooted in Mountain View, highlighting how local tech-focused manufacturers are growing and tapping into the broader Sacramento industrial market.
3. NASA Ames Simulates the 2028 Artemis Moon Landing — Before It Goes Wrong (sciencesensei.com) — Right now in Mountain View, NASA Ames researchers are using a massive Vertical Motion Simulator to rehearse the 2028 Artemis crewed Moon landing, including risky descents to the lunar south pole. Their work at Moffett Field is shaping spacecraft design, pilot training, and safety procedures, meaning some of the most critical decisions for future lunar and Mars missions are being tested in your backyard.
4. SETI Institute Adds Three Artists-in-Residence Probing Life, Intelligence (scienmag.com) — From its Mountain View base, the SETI Institute has welcomed three international artists into residencies that explore life beyond Earth, human adaptation to other worlds, and new ideas about consciousness. These artists will collaborate with local scientists on projects ranging from bioart and microbiome-inspired space concepts to experimental poetry driven by data. It's a reminder that cutting-edge space and art conversations are happening right in Mountain View's backyard.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "My friend David had his id stolen." — Now we just call him Dav. (Thank you John S. for sending it in!)
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