Day 1,930: ingenuity, hurtle, plunge, gantry

Few sights have better captured America’s world-beating ingenuity. On October 13th a giant booster rocket built by SpaceX hurtled to the edge of the atmosphere before plunging back to Earth and being neatly caught by the gantry tower from which, only minutes earlier, it had taken off.

America’s economy is bigger and better than ever

Artwork of the day 
The Ingenue
Pierre_Auguste_Renoir
Date: 1877
Style: Impressionism
Period: Association with Impressionists
Genre: portrait
Media: oil, canvas
Location: Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA, US

Word of the day 
ingenuity: someone's ability to think of clever new waysof doing something:
hurtle: to move very fast, especially in a way that seems dangerous:
plunge: to (cause someone or something to) move or fall suddenly and often a long way forward, down, or into something:
gantry: a tall metal frame that supports heavy machines such as cranes, railway signals, or other equipment

Quote of the day
“Beauty and ingenuity beat perfection hands down, every time.”

― Nalo Hopkinson, Sister Mine