Jeff Bezos, the richest man on the planet, is preparing for a rocket-powered, 11-minute 2,300-mph excursion to the edge of space, capping off a month filled with rocket news and a bit of drama among the world's richest people who are dedicating large portions of their wealth to rocket development.
See inside training base ahead of Bezos' space flight
CNN's Rachael Crane was granted access inside the facility where Jeff Bezos and his crew are training for a rocket-powered trip to the edge of space.
Jeff Bezos, the richest man on the planet, is preparing for a rocket-powered, 11-minute 2,300-mph excursion to the edge of space, capping off a month filled with rocket news and a bit of drama among the world's richest people who are dedicating large portions of their wealth to rocket development.
Alien signal receiver?
This artist's rendering provided by the European Southern Observatory shows the interstellar object named "'Oumuamua," which was discovered on Oct. 19, 2017, by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope on Maui. (M. Kornmesser/European Southern Observatory via AP)
There is still much that scientists do not know about ‘Oumuamua, the interstellar object that was discovered passing through our solar system in 2017. But most agree that it probably isn’t the work of aliens.
Planetary motion — Space Business — Quartz
Take Five: Ledisi Sings Nina, Pat Metheny Gives Some Side-Eye, and Theo Croker Prevails | WBGO
The last full-length release from trumpeter Theo Croker was a boundary-defying statement, Star People Nation, in 2019. His latest single shows that he has only kept pushing.
"Our Hero is put forth by his tribe in a rite of passage to become the chosen one," Croker says in a statement accompanying the track. "In the ceremony he must prove his worthiness and earn the tribe's blessings.
Houston, are we going to have a problem with space nuclear power?
Spiders on Tiny Treadmills Give Scientists the Side-Eye - Scientific American
Humans have long imagined what it would be like to see the world through different eyes. In Greek and Roman mythology, for example, the giant Argus Panoptes used his dozens of eyes to keep watch.
A smaller many-eyed mystery fascinates scientists today: members of the family Salticidae, or jumping spiders , with their front pair of large, round eyes and three smaller peepers on each side of their head.
'Until Proven Safe' Review: Quarantines Then and Now - WSJ
In combatting Covid-19, scientists, public health experts and government agencies have occasionally turned to history for counsel.
At first glance, Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley would seem unlikely authors of "Until Proven Safe: The History and Future of Quarantine" ( MCD, 396 pages, $28 ) . Neither boasts credentials as a historian or a scientist.
Happening on Twitter
🔊Hidden GEM ALERT $JEFF not so hidden anymore… @JeffinspaceETH is making noise as the real Jeff Bezos will be flyin… https://t.co/EN5IE9dYM4 FabriLemus7 Tue Jul 13 20:12:09 +0000 2021
Richard Branson vs. Jeff Bezos: One billionaire is flying higher — but the other will be traveling for much longer.… https://t.co/2qlC3oBj9y MarketWatch (from New York, NY) Sun Jul 11 15:10:52 +0000 2021
Flying alongside Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark Bezos and Wally Funk — an 82-year-old pilot and one of the "Mercury 1… https://t.co/HsTLLr5Tqy CNN Fri Jul 16 22:51:05 +0000 2021
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