On December 8, 2010, the American aerospace venture SpaceX [1] became the first commercial company to release a spacecraft—the Dragon [2] capsule—into orbit and successfully return it to Earth [3].
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On December 8, 1542, Mary, Queen of Scots [4] was born, and six days later she became queen of Scotland [5].
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We are now in need of entries for Round 110 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest [6]. More than $850,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest. We recently polled blog readers, asking for suggested article topics [7]. Refer to that poll if you haven’t yet chosen an article topic. Round 110 ends on January 31st, so get busy writing and e-mail [8] us your entry. Remember that there is a 1,500-word minimum, and that articles on practical “how-to” skills for survival have an advantage in the judging.