Human Barbie Valeria Lukyanova comes across as a bit of a racist during interview

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She's not known for her sensible approach to life (she claims to live on air and light alone, remember?) but now the human bimbo - sorry, Barbie - might have taken things one step too far.

Valeria Lukyanova, 28, has lost even more fans after an interview with GQ during which she implied that relationships between people of different races were a problem.

The doll-faced Ukranian, who has released a series of bizarre YouTube clips telling her followers how to get spiritual enlightenment, said: "Ethnicities are mixing now, so theres degeneration, and it didnt used to be like that." Charming.

Ms Lukyanova then decided to keep digging, and claimed that this 'degeneration' was the reason people sought plastic surgery.

Happily, the interviewer decided that she needed to be rebuked for her slightly-offensive views, and called her a 'racist space alien'. Nice one, GQ.

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Progress Departs Space Station, New Cargo Ships Awaiting Launch

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April 8, 2014

Image Caption: A Progress resupply craft approaches the International Space Station February 11, 2013. Credit: NASA

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A Russian space freighter filled with trash departed the International Space Station on time Monday at 9:58 a.m. EDT. The ISS Progress 54 will orbit Earth 11 days for engineering tests before finally deorbiting over the Pacific Ocean for a fiery disposal.

A new space delivery awaits its launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan inside the ISS Progress 55 spacecraft. Liftoff is scheduled for 11:26 a.m. Wednesday with a docking to the stations Pirs docking compartment just six- hours, or four orbits, later. The Russian resupply ship is delivering nearly 3 tons of food, fuel and supplies.

As a standard precaution, cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Mikhail Tyurin were practicing techniques to manually dock the 55P in the unlikely event the cargo craft loses its automated rendezvous capability. The duo were inside the Zvezda service module practicing on the telerobotically operated rendezvous system, or TORU.

Commander Koichi Wakata and Flight Engineer Steve Swanson partnered up before lunch time to prepare for another resupply ship due to launch April 14. The pair of astronauts reviewed rendezvous and berthing procedures they will use when the SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft arrives for its capture by the stations robotic arm, Canadarm2.

Wakata and Swanson also participated in the Ocular Health study which observes the effects of long-term microgravity on eyesight.

Wakata also worked in the morning with NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio and in the afternoon with Swanson on the Sprint experiment. The study evaluates the use of high intensity, low volume exercise training to minimize loss of muscle, bone, and improve cardiovascular function. The Japanese commander used ultrasound gear to monitor his body during the experiment.

Mastracchio worked throughout the morning collecting and storing blood and urine samples inside a science freezer. With assistance from Wakata he also measured his blood pressure.

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SpaceX to Launch Robotic Capsule to Space Station Next Week

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A private spaceflight company will launch its third robotic resupply mission to the International Space Station next week.

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's unmanned Dragon vehicle loaded down with supplies is expected to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on April 14. This will be SpaceX's third official flight to the station under a $1.6 billion contract with NASA to fly 12 missions to the orbiting outpost using the Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 rocket. You can watch the SpaceX launch live on Space.com via NASA TV starting at 3:45 p.m. EDT (1945 GMT) on April 14. Launch is scheduled for 4:58 EDT (2058 GMT).

Dragon will fly to the station loaded down with 5,000 lbs. of cargo and scientific experiments, according to NASA. The supplies include legs for Robonaut 2, a humanoid robot designed to eventually assist astronauts on the station with their day-to-day tasks. SpaceX initially aimed to launch the Dragon delivery mission in March, but damage to a ground-based U.S. Air Force radar station used to support Florida launches delayed the flight. [See photos of SpaceX's third resupply trip to the station]

"These new legs, funded by NASA's Human Exploration and Operations and Space Technology mission directorates, will provide R2 [Robonaut 2] the mobility it needs to help with regular and repetitive tasks inside and outside the space station," NASA officials said in a statement on March 12. "The goal is to free up the crew for more critical work, including scientific research."

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Quiz: How Well Do You Know SpaceX's Dragon Spaceship?

The spaceflight company SpaceX is one of several firms building private space taxis and cargo ships to launch astronauts and supplies into space. But there's more to SpaceX than meets the eye. Test your SpaceX know-how here.

SpaceX's Dragon will stay attached to the station's Harmony module until mid-May when it will detach and splash down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California, NASA officials said. When it splashes down, Dragon is expected to be carrying about 3,000 lbs. of experiments and equipment that can be recovered on Earth.

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Image: Space launch system core stage model 'sounds' off for testing

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A 5-percent scale model of the Space Launch System (SLS) core stage fires up for another round of acoustic testing at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. SLS, NASA's new rocket, will be the largest, most powerful rocket ever built for deep space missions.

The SLS core stage, towering more than 200 feet tall with a diameter of 27.6 feet, will store cryogenic liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen that will feed the vehicle's RS-25 engines. The acoustic tests, which began in January, will show how powerful noise from the engines and boosters can impact the rocket and crew, especially at liftoff. Data from the tests will help verify the rocket's design and help develop an effective suppression system to stifle the sound.

The current test series, which began March 20, will be used to determine the noise reduction capabilities of the water suppression system at NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss. The system will be used for core stage "green run" testing. "Green run" testing ensures all stage and engine parts have been exposed to flight-like environments prior to use on a mission.

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Strike Suit Zero: Directors Cut now playing on Xbox One and PS4

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Strike Suit Zero, a popular space flight combat game that formed a successful Kickstarter project before landing on Steam, has now made its way to Xbox One and PS4. So if youre a fan of space robots and flight combat you may want to get your wallets ready, especially as this is the Directors Cut of the game.

Flight combat as a concept is a ton of fun, but there arent many games around anymore that do it well. Since Microsoft isnt going to do anything with Freelancer, and the Gundam Wing games managed to be mostly terrible, we need some new blood that delivers the best of both worlds.

Strike Suit Zero has been around for a little while now as one of the better examples of combining space flight and mech combat, and that experience has been ported to the next-gen consoles. It is being released as Strike Suit Zero: Directors Cut, which means theres a number of updates including new textures, lighting, and more polygons on screen.

These updates do make a big difference to the overall look of the game, which is demonstrated in the model comparison shots below.

Strike Suit Zero on a controller is more than a little complicated. The game has two separate sets of controls for the different flight modes you fight in. The standard attack wing uses the two thumbsticks for flight controls, and it works out really well for combat. When you switch into the Strike Suit mode, you have an additional control mechanism that is vital to the survival of your mech. The D-Pad gets used for rapid dodging, but it has to be used alongside the two sticks for control. Once you get used to it, or choose to avoid it entirely, gameplay is a lot more fun.

For $20, Strike Suit Zero: Directors Cut is a ton of fun. If youre into flight combat at all then this is a game you absolutely must add to your inventory, regardless of whether you prefer console or PC.

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Move over, Teddy; here comes Big Papi

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Teddy Roosevelt once spoke at the State House, and he built the Panama Canal.

Dwight Eisenhower spoke there, too, and he led the invasion of Nazi-controlled Europe during World War II.

And now, add David Ortiz to that list of greatness. Hes single-handedly torn apart the Yankees over the past decade. Hes led the Red Sox to three World Series titles. Hes recorded more big hits than Elvis and the Beatles, probably combined.

And that carries at least as much weight around here as building a silly old canal.

Thank you for having me here, Ortiz said to his fans, who packed the State House Plaza in Concord to hear him promote a new Red Sox-connected lottery. I love New Hampshire, and I promise I will be back.

Ortiz didnt say much more. Only Wally the Green Monster, who showed up to shake his huge green butt and throw plastic baseballs to the crowd, had fewer words.

This is unusual for Ortiz, who has been outspoken his entire career. From steroids, to his contract, to dropping the F-bomb at Fenway after the marathon bombings, nothing is off limits to Big Papi.

With apologies to Gov. Maggie Hassan, Wally and Papi were the two most recognizable figures on those famous steps, Wally with his ginormous green head, Ortiz with his million-dollar smile.

Ortiz spoke for two minutes, saying nothing of substance, then brushed past the news media after someone inquired about the recent selfie he took with President Obama.

No one cared, though. Big Papi came here, to the State House, the stage for many celebrities through the decades, and thats all that mattered.

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