In the U.S., participating students watched their code at work over a direct transmission from the International Space Station, shown at the MIT campus.

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Yes, there will be automation, but human diversity is such that there is a virtually fractal infinity of software problems to solve if the people who are in direct contact with the problems have the ability to write their own code.

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Virgin Atlantic has a new code share with Russia's second largest carrier Transaero Airlines, which allows travellers to fly direct into Moscow from London on a Virgin issued ticket and connects US cities including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston and Orlando via London to Moscow.

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