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Air Force & Space Force leaders deliver statement on travel restrictions caused by
WASHINGTON (KFOR) – The top leaders of the Air Force and the Space Force addressed the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on Air and Space Force members, including travel restrictions.
Air Force Chief of Staff General David L. Goldfein and Chief of Operations of the Space Force General Jon W. Raymond are featured in a YouTube video released by the Air Force Saturday.
“Because of this, the Secretary of Defense has directed travel restrictions for the next 60 days for uniformed members, our civilian teammates and our family members,” Raymond said.
Scientists believe women may be better suited for space travel — here's why
The 42-year-old, who completed her training in 2015, celebrated the March 8th holiday as the only woman currently in space, according to Space.com . That position is nothing new though. Of the approximately 550 people who have ever made their way beyond the earth's atmosphere, only 65 have been women .
But despite those statistics, there's plenty of research showing that, in fact, women may be more suited for space travel. Here's what the science has to say about it.
Coronavirus outbreak shakes the space industry: Here are the biggest effects so far | Space
The economic impacts of COVID-19 are already significant, as anyone who keeps an eye on the stock market has surely noticed. Airline traffic is way down, major sports leagues such as the NBA have suspended or canceled their seasons, and many organizations are directing their employees to work from home.
Count NASA in that latter group. The space agency has put its Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley and Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama on "mandatory telework status" until further notice, after employees at each facility tested positive for COVID-19.
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The Travel Space Is Getting Crushed. How Bad Is That For Startups? | Grit Daily News
Shares of hotel chains, airlines and cruise lines have been getting crushed in recent weeks, as the spread of coronavirus has put a halt on travel plans. So what does that mean for startups?
Although startups don't have to weather the minute-by-minute valuation fluctuations of the public markets, the downturn in travel spending will obviously be disruptive to players in the space. And not in a good way.
Travel cutbacks come at a particularly poor time for startup investors, who poured record sums into the space last year. Per Crunchbase data, just over 500 companies globally in travel and travel-related sectors raised seed through growth-stage rounds in the past year, pulling in more than $7.7 billion.
NASA mandates telecommuting after employee tests positive for coronavirus at Marshall Space
(CNN) NASA has ordered employees at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama to telework after an employee tested positive for the coronavirus.
Fury as wheelchair user 'refused train travel as disabled space was full of luggage' - Mirror
A disabled man was left furious over claims a fellow wheelchair user was unable to travel on a train because the disabled space was full of luggage.
Transport campaigner Doug Paulley had paid for a first class ticket to travel on the 12.27pm London North Eastern Railway (LNER) service from to York from Newcastle's Central Station on March 9.
But the 42-year-old said he was "upset" when another wheelchair user was required to wait a further hour for the next train as he claims wheelchair spaces were occupied by passengers luggage.
South East Tech 50 winner plans to 'unlock space'
CEO Mark Thomas outlines how Abingdon's "well-kept secret" Reaction Engines is also looking beyond the next Concorde and to hypersonic travel
On a recent trip to Manchester Airport’s Runway Visitor Park I was privileged to climb aboard Concorde.
Graced regularly by the likes of the Queen, Elton John and Madonna, the world’s first supersonic airliner was decommissioned in 2003 after 27 years of commercial service.
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