>> Meanwhile in Russia a guard at a gallery in our gallery is getting in trouble because he
wanted to be a part of the fun and express himself artistically. You might have seen headlines like
this going around Russian painting vandalized by bored gallery guard who drew eyes on it.
And in fact, you can see there that with a pen, little tiny beady eyes were added to a painting.
I probably don't need to tell you which painting as you probably already know. But it's Anna
Laporskaya's Three Figures, painted between 1932 and 34, it's insured for 740,000 British pounds.
And the guard apparently got bored, Brian, and added little eyes to it.
>> Listen is it art still, is it? I think this, I think it's more valuable now?
You have another alteration. I mean, you know what I mean? It's the version,
the iteration of the painting with the bored security guard drew the face on it.
I mean, that
adds value to it, to me, I don't know. >> Yeah, I would actually, I would fact
check that graphic that I read. It says that it was done between 1932 and 34.
No, it was done between 32 and 2022 because it's only now been finished, anyway.
I love the level of information they provided. The curator of the exhibition, Anna
Reshetkina, said the painting was vandalized with Yeltsin Center-branded pen.
They went very in depth into how much pressure he used, I think
they think they can repair it. And she goes on to say his motives are still unknown.
But the administration believes it was some kind of a lapse in sanity,
maybe. >> Yeah, but I doubt that it was boredom.
>> I mean, actually board. >> It's definitely not boredom. God, I just,
God, you know what's missing on that painting. It just has been itching at me for years.
>> I'm not taking any longer. >> I'm so bored at this place.
>> Anyway, by look, a little bit more of historical context. In 2019
a man was sentenced two and half years in prison after attacking a painting of Ivan the Terrible
in a different museum tearing it with a pole from the barrier protecting the work.
That same work was attacked back in 1913 by a mentally ill man who slashed it
with a knife three times. Which leads me to believe that the problem isn't with people,
it's that that painting might be cursed. And in about 90 years I would watch out because I think-
>> Can the eyes be, do you know if it can be repaired?
>> They said that he didn't use a lot of pressure so it is possible. But the area
that he painted on had been protected with authors varnish, it said so, maybe, maybe.
>> Got it, okay, good, God, I hope they can get rid of the eyes, if they don't,
if they can't get rid of the eyes I would advocate adding a nose and a mouth but-
>> Its completed at this point. >> Cuz I can't stand the fact
that it's totally painted, yeah. >> Don't let Brian anger near that painting
and meanwhile in,
Meanwhile in space, Elon Musk's SpaceX had a bad week. They said that a geomagnetic storm wiped out
40 of the 49 Starlink satellites that they launched into orbit last week.
I want to give a little bit of information about how this works. But first you should know that
the satellites that were destroyed are in the process of re-entering Earth's atmosphere where
they will be incinerated. Which is actually the best possible result because it means
one, there will not be enough left to endanger anyone on the ground.
But also it won't leave any debris in space, so that's a good thing. The bad is that it's expected
that about $100 million in hardware was destroyed, let alone the cost of the flights necessary
to put them into orbit. So Starlink is gonna be okay, though,
they've apparently got as of right now 1915 Starlink satellites still in orbit.
Sun willing, Brian? >> I heard also that the
autopilot on the satellites was terribly dysfunctional and never really worked.
>> No, no, you gotta pay attention, man, you can't just chill out and watch tv,
you're flying so fast, pay attention. >> No, they were always trying to change
orbit and they could not make that tricky left turn in space.
>> No, no, no, not at all. Anyway, really fast, I just found this to be interesting.
So why were these able to be destroyed? Is this something we should fear for other satellites
will not necessarily. You need to understand that these particular satellites were orbiting
earth at about 130 miles away from the surface of the Earth, which is considered very close.
So most satellites orbit at higher altitudes and they are immune to what's called the
hazards posed by atmospheric expansion. Because it wasn't directly the storm
that destroyed the satellites. What happened is that the storm added kinetic energy to
particles in our atmosphere. And according to a doctor Lewis consulted on this story.
It says that the atmosphere kind of puffs up as a result of that,
that increases drag on the satellites which then took them out. And apparently many of
the scientists were wondering why it is that they chose such a shallow orbit. They say at
the very least, again, this would not pose a risk of space debris to other satellites.
So in the end it might be the best outcome. >> In a world where people don't even understand
vaccines help guard you against viruses. You've confused even more people with that
explanation of kinetic energy. And I think we're gonna have trouble rallying the nation
to care about what and then Musk is aware of this, that's why he does this.
>> That's true, yeah, well, we'll have to check and see. Anyway, the Starlink, from satellite
beamed internet is expected that it will be ready to go by the end of the year, despite
this problem. Of course, they also said that the cyber truck would be ready a couple of years ago.
So who knows?