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There's a graveyard in space littered with the corpses of dozens of dead satellites, a remote spot in the cosmos reserved to entomb spacecraft at the end of their lives. Even the most robust and expensive satellites eventually break down or run out of fuel, and must be retired to a remote parking orbit more than 22,000 miles away, safely out of the way of other satellites. There, the graveyard holds billions of dollars-worth of some of the most expensive hardware ever to leave the surface of the Earth -- including not just commercial communications satellites, but some of the Pentagon's most sensitive assets, used for spying, guiding bombs and warning against missile launches. Now, the Defense Advanced Projects Agency, NASA and others, are developing technologies that would extend the life of the critical infrastructure in space, preventing satellites from being shipped to the graveyard for years. If successful, the agencies would have fleets of robots with arms and cameras that could inspect, refuel and repair satellites keeping them operational well beyond their expected lifetimes.


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PokéDates, a new service from the dating firm Project Fixup, is here to help. Pokémon Go, the mobile game that's taken the country by storm, has inspired its own dedicated dating service. Those who want to sign up to find a partner in gaming and in life can navigate their way to gopokedates.com, Amid all the reports of injuries, robberies and people running into police cars, there also have been anecdotes of love found among the pocket monsters. PokéDates users also will have to include extra Pokémon Go-related information, such as when you'll be available to go searching for monsters and love.