USPS Unveils Next Generation Mail Truck to Mixed Reactions
24 Feb 2021
The United States Postal Service recently revealed a new set of electric and gas-powered delivery trucks set to replace their current delivery fleet. The design showed off this week drew mixed reactions on social media.
Gizmodo reports that officials at the USPS revealed at a press conference on Tuesday that the agency has awarded a $482 million contract to the Wisconsin-based firm Oshkosh Defense to produce a new fleet of mail delivery trucks that are scheduled to be rolled out in 2023.
However, the design of the vehicles has drawn mixed reactions on social media, with some embracing what they believe is a futuristic and sleek look, while others compare it to a “clown car.”
Bay Area stargazers point telescopes toward once-in-a-lifetime Jupiter, Saturn conjunction
Catherine Hawley reports
TAMPA, Fla. - Skywatchers had a once-in-a-lifetime view Monday night at planets Jupiter and Saturn came closer to one another than they have in the last 400 years and another 400 to come, according to NASA.
Astronomers call this a great conjunction.
From our vantage point, the two gas giants appeared almost touching, despite being hundreds of millions of miles apart.
Courtesy Juan Gaviria Tonight is the peak of the conjunction; this is as close as the two planets are going to be for the next 50 years or so, they’re about 1/10th of a degree apart, Sabin said.