March 5, 2024 8:21 AM
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🚀 Tim, here's your rundown for March
Monthly newsletter featuring a story about the Odysseus lunar lander, various interactive educational content, and a puzzle challenge.
It was a big moment for Odysseus, destined to be the first U.S. vehicle to land on the moon since 1972. The $118-million craft was nearing the end of its nearly 250,000 mile trip last month. That’s when mission control realized — someone had forgotten to
March 5, 2024 8:21 AM
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notifications@account.brilliant.org
🚀 Tim, here's your rundown for March
Monthly newsletter featuring a story about the Odysseus lunar lander, various interactive educational content, and a puzzle challenge.
It was a big moment for Odysseus, destined to be the first U.S. vehicle to land on the moon since 1972. The $118-million craft was nearing the end of its nearly 250,000 mile trip last month. That’s when mission control realized — someone had forgotten to
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</style></head><body style="background-color:#eee; margin:0; padding:0"><div style="display:none!important; visibility:hidden; font-size:1px; color:#ffffff; line-height:1px; max-height:0px; max-width:0px; opacity:0; overflow:hidden">It was a big moment for Odysseus, destined to be the first U.S. vehicle to land on the moon since 1972. The $118-million craft was nearing the end of its nearly 250,000 mile trip last month. That’s when mission control realized — someone had forgotten to flip a switch.</div><table class="nl-container" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="background-color:#eee"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row row-1" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="background-size:auto"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="480" style="background-color:#fff; background-image:url(https://braze-images.com/appboy/communication/assets/image_assets/images/65e226e6091dad004e2001e3/original.png?1709319910); background-repeat:no-repeat; background-size:cover; border-radius:0; color:#000; width:480px; margin:0 auto"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="16.666666666666668%" style="font-weight:400; text-align:left; border-bottom:1px solid #e5e5e5; vertical-align:top; border-top:0; border-right:0; border-left:0"><div class="spacer_block block-1" style="height:60px; line-height:60px; font-size:1px"> </div></td><td class="column column-2" width="66.66666666666667%" style="font-weight:400; text-align:left; border-bottom:1px solid #e5e5e5; padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:60px; vertical-align:top; border-top:0; border-right:0; border-left:0"><table class="image_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style=""><tbody><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:40px; padding-left:40px; padding-right:40px; width:100%"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div style="max-width:115.2px"><img src="https://braze-images.com/appboy/communication/assets/image_assets/images/621535a839bebc0a18d79683/original.png?1645557160" width="115.2" style="display:block; height:auto; border:0; width:100%"></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="text_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="word-break:break-word"><tbody><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:10px; padding-left:40px; padding-right:40px"><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><div class="" style="font-size:14px; font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color:#000; line-height:1.2"><p style="margin:0; font-size:14px; text-align:center"><span style="font-size:34px; color:#000000"><strong><span style="">March</span></strong></span></p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="text_block block-3" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="word-break:break-word"><tbody><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:10px; padding-left:40px; padding-right:40px"><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><div class="" style="font-size:14px; font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color:#666; line-height:1.2"><p dir="ltr" style="margin:0; font-size:14px; text-align:center"><strong>MONTHLY NEWSLETTER</strong></p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="spacer_block block-4" style="height:50px; line-height:50px; font-size:1px"> </div></td><td class="column column-3" width="16.666666666666668%" style="font-weight:400; text-align:left; border-bottom:1px solid #e5e5e5; vertical-align:top; border-top:0; border-right:0; border-left:0"><div class="spacer_block block-1" style="height:60px; line-height:60px; font-size:1px"> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-2" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="background-size:auto"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="480" style="background-color:#fff; background-size:auto; color:#000; width:480px; margin:0 auto"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="font-weight:400; text-align:left; padding-left:60px; padding-right:60px; padding-top:30px; vertical-align:top; border-top:0; border-right:0; border-bottom:0; border-left:0"><table class="text_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="word-break:break-word"><tbody><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class="" style="font-size:14px; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color:#000; line-height:1.5"><p style="margin:0; font-size:16px; text-align:left"><strong>It was a big moment for Odysseus,</strong> destined to be the first U.S. vehicle to land on the moon since 1972. The $118-million craft was nearing the end of its nearly 250,000 mile trip last month. That’s when mission control <a href="#" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration:underline; color:#2c6fef">realized</a> — someone had forgotten to flip a switch.</p><p style="margin:0; font-size:16px; text-align:left"> </p><p style="margin:0; font-size:16px; text-align:left">Specifically, a switch to turn on the lasers that helped Odysseus land. Engineers thought fast and activated an experimental instrument that was on board. It worked — Odysseus landed! Then tipped over…</p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-3" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style=""><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="480" style="background-color:#fff; border-radius:0; color:#000; width:480px; margin:0 auto"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="33.333333333333336%" style="font-weight:400; text-align:left; vertical-align:top; border-top:0; border-right:0; border-bottom:0; border-left:0"><div class="spacer_block block-1" style="height:1px; line-height:1px; font-size:1px"> </div></td><td class="column column-2" width="33.333333333333336%" style="font-weight:400; text-align:left; padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:20px; vertical-align:top; border-top:0; border-right:0; border-bottom:0; border-left:0"><table class="image_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style=""><tbody><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%; padding-right:0; padding-left:0"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div style="max-width:48px"><img src="https://braze-images.com/appboy/communication/assets/image_assets/images/65e25cab56b5ef004dcd5bb0/original.png?1709333675" width="48" style="display:block; height:auto; border:0; width:100%"></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td class="column column-3" width="33.333333333333336%" style="font-weight:400; text-align:left; vertical-align:top; border-top:0; border-right:0; border-bottom:0; border-left:0"><div class="spacer_block block-1" style="height:1px; line-height:1px; font-size:1px"> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-4" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="background-size:auto"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="480" style="background-color:#fff; background-size:auto; color:#000; width:480px; margin:0 auto"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="font-weight:400; text-align:left; padding-left:60px; padding-right:60px; vertical-align:top; border-top:0; border-right:0; border-bottom:0; border-left:0"><table class="text_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="word-break:break-word"><tbody><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class="" style="font-size:14px; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color:#000; line-height:1.5"><p style="margin:0; font-size:16px; text-align:left"><strong>Rough landing aside, it was an epic save.</strong> And a perfect example of how technology, no matter how advanced, will never be perfect (exhibit two: <a href="#" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration:underline; color:#2c6fef">Google</a>). That’s where good old-fashioned problem-solving skills come in.<br><br>And boy, do we have problems. In fact, we have thousands of them that you can start solving right now. </p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-5" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="background-size:auto"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="480" style="background-color:#fff; background-size:auto; border-radius:0; color:#000; width:480px; margin:0 auto"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="font-weight:400; text-align:left; padding-bottom:30px; padding-left:60px; padding-right:60px; padding-top:30px; vertical-align:top; border-top:0; border-right:0; border-bottom:0; border-left:0"><table class="image_block block-1 mobile_hide" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style=""><tbody><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div style="max-width:360px"><a href="#" target="_blank" tabindex="-1" style="outline:none"><img src="https://braze-images.com/appboy/communication/assets/image_assets/images/65e25d84b8ea25004d888838/original.png?1709333892" width="360" style="display:block; height:auto; border:0; width:100%"></a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="image_block block-2 desktop_hide" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="display:none; max-height:0; overflow:hidden"><tbody><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div style="max-width:360px"><a href="#" target="_blank" tabindex="-1" style="outline:none"><img src="https://braze-images.com/appboy/communication/assets/image_assets/images/65e25d84250977004cbca337/original.png?1709333892" width="360" style="display:block; height:auto; border:0; width:100%"></a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-6" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style=""><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="480" style="background-color:#f7f7f7; border-radius:0; color:#000; width:480px; margin:0 auto"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="16.666666666666668%" style="font-weight:400; text-align:left; vertical-align:top; border-top:0; border-right:0; border-bottom:0; border-left:0"><div class="spacer_block block-1" style="height:60px; line-height:60px; font-size:1px"> </div></td><td class="column column-2" width="66.66666666666667%" style="font-weight:400; text-align:left; padding-bottom:15px; padding-top:30px; vertical-align:top; border-top:0; border-right:0; border-bottom:0; border-left:0"><table class="image_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style=""><tbody><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%; padding-right:0; padding-left:0"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div style="max-width:32px"><img src="https://braze-images.com/appboy/communication/assets/image_assets/images/65bacda0990f2f004cf55a23/original.png?1706741152" width="32" style="display:block; height:auto; border:0; width:100%"></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="text_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="word-break:break-word"><tbody><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-left:40px; padding-right:40px"><div style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><div class="" style="font-size:14px; font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color:#000; line-height:1.5"><p style="margin:0; font-size:14px; text-align:center"><span style="font-size:24px; color:#000000"><strong><span style="">Out in the World</span></strong></span></p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td class="column column-3" width="16.666666666666668%" style="font-weight:400; text-align:left; vertical-align:top; border-top:0; border-right:0; border-bottom:0; border-left:0"><div class="spacer_block block-1" style="height:60px; line-height:60px; font-size:1px"> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-7" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="background-color:#eee"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="480" style="background-color:#f7f7f7; border-radius:0; color:#000; width:480px; margin:0 auto"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="font-weight:400; text-align:left; padding-bottom:30px; padding-left:60px; padding-right:60px; vertical-align:top; border-top:0; border-right:0; border-bottom:0; border-left:0"><table class="text_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="word-break:break-word"><tbody><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:20px"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class="" style="font-size:14px; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color:#000; line-height:1.5"><p style="margin:0; font-size:16px; text-align:left">🎤 <strong>Diva Data.</strong> Analyze historic National Anthem performances with this <a href="#" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration:underline; color:#2c6fef">interactive data article</a>.</p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="text_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="word-break:break-word"><tbody><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:20px"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class="" style="font-size:14px; 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font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color:#000; line-height:1.5"><p style="margin:0; font-size:16px">☀️ <strong>Black hole sun.</strong> The <a href="#" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration:underline; color:#2c6fef">brightest quasar</a> ever discovered is huge — and very hungry.</p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="text_block block-5" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="word-break:break-word"><tbody><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class="" style="font-size:14px; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color:#000; line-height:1.5"><p style="margin:0; font-size:16px">⚫ <strong>Domino effect.</strong> Fill a grid with dominos in <a href="#" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration:underline; color:#2c6fef">this daily logic game</a>.</p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-8" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style=""><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="480" style="background-color:#fff; border-radius:0; color:#000; width:480px; margin:0 auto"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="font-weight:400; text-align:left; padding-left:60px; padding-right:60px; padding-top:30px; vertical-align:top; border-top:0; border-right:0; border-bottom:0; border-left:0"><table class="heading_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style=""><tbody><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:15px; padding-top:20px; text-align:center; width:100%"><h3 style="margin:0; color:#000; direction:ltr; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:24px; font-weight:700; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:120%; text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">March puzzle</span></h3></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="image_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style=""><tbody><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:15px; width:100%; padding-right:0; padding-left:0"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div style="max-width:144px"><img src="https://braze-images.com/appboy/communication/assets/image_assets/images/65e227eb16c6d3004fad832f/original.png?1709320170" width="144" style="display:block; height:auto; border:0; width:100%"></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="paragraph_block block-3" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="word-break:break-word"><tbody><tr><td class="pad"><div style="color:#000; direction:ltr; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:0; line-height:150%; text-align:left"><p style="margin:0">You’re a musician working on your next hit album, which will include 13 songs. Every day, you sit down to write a song. The probability that you’ll succeed is <em>p</em> = 0.1. If you succeed, you get “in the zone” — and the probability of you writing a song the next day becomes <em>q</em> = 0.3. If you succeed the next day, you stay in the zone. Otherwise, your probability returns to <em>p</em> = 0.1. <br><br><strong>On average, how many days will it take you to finish your album? </strong></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="image_block block-4" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style=""><tbody><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-top:30px; width:100%; padding-right:0; padding-left:0"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div class="fullWidth" style="max-width:360px"><a href="#" target="_blank" tabindex="-1" style="outline:none"><img src="https://braze-images.com/appboy/communication/assets/image_assets/images/658c8e82c3d6dc004dd7fee5/original.png?1703710338" width="360" style="display:block; height:auto; border:0; width:100%"></a> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="paragraph_block block-5" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="word-break:break-word"><tbody><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-top:10px"><div style="color:#000; direction:ltr; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:0; line-height:150%; text-align:left"><p style="margin:0"><em>We’ll randomly choose one correct respondent for a shout-out in next month’s email.</em></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-9" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style=""><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="480" style="background-color:#fff; border-radius:0; color:#000; width:480px; margin:0 auto"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="font-weight:400; text-align:left; padding-bottom:30px; padding-left:60px; padding-right:60px; vertical-align:top; border-top:0; border-right:0; border-bottom:0; border-left:0"><table class="image_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style=""><tbody><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:20px; width:100%; padding-right:0; padding-left:0"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div style="max-width:108px"><img src="https://braze-images.com/appboy/communication/assets/image_assets/images/65bac37de146e70056732a03/original.png?1706738557" width="108" style="display:block; height:auto; border:0; width:100%"></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="heading_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style=""><tbody><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:20px; text-align:center; width:100%"><h3 style="margin:0; color:#000; direction:ltr; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:20px; font-weight:700; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:120%; text-align:center; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><span class="tinyMce-placeholder">Solution to February's puzzle</span></h3></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="paragraph_block block-3" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="word-break:break-word"><tbody><tr><td class="pad"><div style="color:#000; direction:ltr; font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:0; line-height:150%; text-align:left"><p style="margin:0; margin-bottom:0"><em>Congratulations to Ahmed Adzemovic, David Land, and the mysteriously named “L S,” our co-winners for this month.</em></p><p style="margin:0; margin-bottom:0"> </p><p style="margin:0">Last month's puzzle asked you to find the perfect amount to charge an EV at each stop to minimize the time you spend charging. Charge too little and you'd stop too often. Charge too much and you'd be waylaid by slow charging. The key was to express the times spent driving and charging in terms of Q, your charge per stop.<br><br>Check out the <a href="#" target="_blank" data-mce-attribute-name-1="data-msys-sublink" data-mce-attribute-value-1="external" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration:underline; color:#2c6fef">full solution</a>.</p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-10" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="background-size:auto"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="480" style="background-color:#fdf6e9; background-size:auto; border-radius:0; color:#000; width:480px; margin:0 auto"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="33.333333333333336%" style="font-weight:400; text-align:left; padding-bottom:10px; padding-left:60px; padding-right:5px; padding-top:10px; vertical-align:middle; border-top:0; 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