For Sale? For Real?

This morning a company based in the Los Angeles area made history: for the first time, a commercially developed launch vehicle had sent a commercially developed capsule to the space station. (There was global media coverage).

And this is the Los Angeles Times at my local newsrack this morning.

Photo: Reinhard Kargl. Click to enlarge.

I don’t claim to be an expert on the complex strategies and business of newspaper publishing. I am only a humble journalist writing about science and technology. But even I can see that this presentation is no remedy for stagnating sales.