Did you know there are different types of meditation? Generally the focus in breathing kind of meditation trains the one-point-focus mental ability. Meditate for compassion and gratitude activate parts of brain (evidenced by brain fMRI) link to happiness. Meditate for open-state calms you down, no fear of any gain or any loss. We teach our kids to be smart, praise them for good grades, look up to wealthy business/technology people. Why have we never admire kind people? we teach kids to be polite to fit in social, to be nice so that friends and colleagues like you, to not litter because you will get fine. There are always purposes to be kind/good. Has it have to be this way? Have we strayed too far from pure kindness?

From left to right: Charlie Duke (Apollo 16), Buzz Aldrin (Apollo 11), Walter Cunningham (Apollo 7), Al Worden (Apollo 15), Rusty Schweickart (Apollo 9), Harrison Schmitt (Apollo 17), Michael Collins (Apollo 11) and Fred Haise (Apollo 13). Felix Kunze/The Explorers Club Eight astronauts from various Apollo missions gathered together in March to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first manned moon landing, which took place July 20, 1969. The group included Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins from Apollo 11 , Walter Cunningham from Apollo 7, and Rusty Schweickart from Apollo 9 Some of the astronauts shared hair-raising stories from their Apollo missions during a panel discussion. Buzz Aldrin's flamboyant suit and socks garnered lots of attention at the event. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories Only four men alive today have walked on the moon. In March, three of them got together in the same room, along with five other Apollo astronauts. All told, NASA's Apollo program spanned 17 missions, though it's best known for putting the first people on the moon almost exactly 50 years ago, on July 20, 1969. Humanity hasn't set foot on the lunar surface since NASA's Apollo 17 mission in December 1972 Read More: Astronauts explain why nobody has visited the moon in more than 45 years — and the reasons are depressing A few months ago, ahead of the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, eight of the 17 surviving Apollo astronauts gathered together for an early celebration at The Explorers Club in New York City. The group was: Walter Cunningham (Apollo 7), Rusty Schweickart (Apollo 9), Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins (Apollo 11), Fred Haise (Apollo 13), Al Worden (Apollo 15), Charlie Duke (Apollo 16), and Harrison Schmitt (Apollo 17). Event photographer Felix Kunze captured the portrait of the eight men that you see above on March 16. The Explorers Club Buzz Aldrin, the second man to step foot on the moon (after Neil Armstrong), stole the show. Or rather, his outfit did. Clad in a suit patterned with rocket ships, American flag socks, four gold rings, and two watches, the 89-year-old astronaut certainly stood out. "His suit was drawing almost as much attention as the man himself," Kunze told Business Insider. Aldrin has a history of sporting colorful outfits. He even walked in New York Men's fashion show with Bill Nye in 2017 wearing silver sneakers, a metallic jacket to match, and a shirt that said "Get your ass to Mars." He continues to advocate for sending future missions to the moon and Mars. "I can't think of a more appropriate time than five decades from the time that the first Eagle [lunar module] landed on the moon to discuss that the US might lead internationals... to put another eagle on the moon," Aldrin previously told Business Insider Aldrin and Armstrong almost didn't get home Six of the astronauts — Duke, Worden, Cunningham, Schweickart, Aldrin, and Collins — spoke on a panel hosted by The Explorers Club, as Space.com reported, and recounted some of their hair-raising experiences during the Apollo missions. Aldrin and Collins reportedly described how Aldrin and Armstrong almost didn't make it back off the moon's surface. (Collins stayed in the command module in lunar orbit in order to reconnect with the other two astronauts on their return.) Aldrin and Collins' colleague, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, died in 2012. San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive Apollo 11's lunar module, "Eagle," ferried the astronauts to the moon's surface and back. But while on the moon, Aldrin discovered that a piece of the module was broken. "I laid down on the floor with my head to the right, which is the co-pilot's side, and I'm looking around at the dust that came in, and there's this little black object. Didn't look like it belonged there. Looked a little closer … this was a circuit breaker that was broken," Aldrin said, according to Space.com . That circuit breaker was a critical piece of machinery that would help the lunar module get back to Collins in orbit. "You get ready to land, you push that thing in … you get on the surface of the moon, you pull that out. If you wanna come home, you gotta push that thing in again, but it's broken off," Aldrin said. "If they couldn't get off, they were dead men, and I was getting home by myself," Collins added, according to Space.com Luckily, the astronauts were able to jerry-rig a solution to the problem. Aldrin used a pen to push the button in, and the two were able to leave the moon. This spring, President Donald Trump's administration announced a renewed a push to return men to the moon by 2024. Getting boots back on the moon is meant as a step toward the ultimate goal of sending astronauts to Mars by the year 2033. From https://intelligence.businessinsider.com Its look like the new astronauts  land on the Moon 2019

Here’s a round up of some of the news released by the Asgardia Space News team from the last 24 hours! 10 Space Cat Memes You Need to See on International Cat Day https://asgardia.space/en/news/10-Space-Cat-Memes For International Cat Day we put together a fun little list of funny cat memes to celebrate this day of the cat. Halal Menu Now Available Aboard ISS https://asgardia.space/en/news/Halal-Menu-Is-Now-Available-on-The-ISS A collaboration between two organisations to produce a personal halal menu for the first UAE astronaut. Who are they and what did they do? ICO Releases Statement of Concern Over Facebook’s Libra Coin https://asgardia.space/en/news/ICO-Releases-A-Statement-Of-Concern-Over-Facebooks-Libra-Coin ICO announced in a tweet that the statement on Libra-related privacy concerns was ready to be viewed. What concerns are there? Something We’ve All Been Waiting For: An Artificial Wearable Tail https://asgardia.space/en/news/An-Artificial-Wearable-Tail Developers from Keio University Graduate School of Media Design in Tokyo have created an artificial wearable tail prototype, called Arque. Why did they create it and what types of applications could it have? What Existed Before the Big Bang https://asgardia.space/en/news/What-Existed-Before-the-Big-Bang A discovery sheds light on how dark matter was born, suggesting that dark matter may have existed even before the Big Bang. What is it and what does it mean in learning about the formation of the universe? Parliamentary Blog https://bit.ly/2Yzrij4 Asgardia Team Blog https://bit.ly/2YH8Fhq What are your thoughts about the weekends’ articles? Comment below!

Here’s a round up of some of the news released by the Asgardia Space News team from the last 24 hours! New Research Shows Cosmic Radiation Could Dumb Us Down Before We Get to Mars https://bit.ly/2ZKPsZv Are we getting ahead of ourselves and radiation might be to much in traveling to Mars? Astrophysics Legend Nikolai Kardashev, Civilization Ranking Scale Author, Died Age 87 https://bit.ly/2MIcv3h Nikolai Kardashev contributed greatly to the field of astrophysics and radio astronomy and will always be remembered. Astronauts Gear Up to Mine the Moon https://bit.ly/2Yzv54Z Astronauts on the ISS start to test devices that may be used in mining on the moon. What are they and how will they work? Don't forget to follow the Parliamentary and Asgardia Team blogs today! Parliamentary Blog https://bit.ly/2Yzrij4 Asgardia Team Blog https://bit.ly/2YH8Fhq What are your thoughts about the weekends’ articles? Comment below!

Can stars, like caterpillars, transform themselves into butterflies? No, but in the case of the Butterfly Nebula -- it sure looks like it. Though its wingspan covers over 3 light-years and its estimated surface temperature exceeds 200,000 degrees, C, the dying central star of NGC 6302, the featured planetary nebula, has become exceptionally hot, shining brightly in visible and ultraviolet light but hidden from direct view by a dense torus of dust. This sharp close-up was recorded by the Hubble Space Telescope and is reprocessed here to show off the remarkable details of the complex planetary nebula, highlighting in particular light emitted by iron, shown in red. NGC 6302 lies about 4,000 light-years away in the arachnologically correct constellation of the Scorpion (Scorpius). Planetary nebulas evolve from outer atmospheres of stars like our Sun, but usually fade in about 20,000 years.

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My first virtual reality musical journeys are finally online. M UNIVERSE are small musical journeys of some of my songs, particular images and sounds that mix to create a visual trip, made of lights and rhythms. Just wear a virtual smartphone helmet or an oculus quest connected to YouTube. In this video you will be projected into the virtual rhythm of the song "SOMEBODY"