With Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson both flying to space in craft made by their own private companies, July 2021 was perhaps the highest-profile month for space in years. But these events have been met with a mix of opinion .
I am an associate professor of public relations and study how opinions on topics like politics, entertainment and even space launches vary between different groups of people. I worked with colleagues at The Harris Poll to find out what U.S.
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Inspiration4: The Quest to Push the Limits of Space Travel | TIME
TIME Studios is producing the Netflix documentary series Countdown: Inspiration 4 Mission to Space , starting Sept. 6.
The group, part of Isaacman’s Black Diamonds aerobatic team, was rehearsing for an air show and trying to come up with a flashy new finish. What they decided on called for flying in a square formation and then suddenly veering toward one another, before pulling back at the last second.
Past Forward: The New Space Race. Who Will Own the Stars? (Virtual)
As the Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic space programs successfully sent civilians to space for the first time, new questions about space travel have arisen. Who gets to go to space? Is space travel only for the rich? Why are we so fascinated by space, and where are we going next?
Amazon Customers Are Cancelling Prime Membership After Jeff Bezos' Space Trip: Find Out Why |
"I also want to thank every Amazon employee and every Amazon customer because you guys paid for all of this," Bezos said after his flight, adding, "So seriously, for every Amazon customer out there, and every Amazon employee, thank you from the bottom of my heart, very much.
Tone deaf doesn't begin to describe this @JeffBezos quote.
I'm sure your workers who get blocked from unionizing at every turn are just giddy with excitement about your neato field trip to outer space that they subsidized. https://t.co/pmgCUIp7kp
Skywatch: Entering a new space age travel | Outdoors | daily-journal.com
Meanwhile, Blue Origins and Virgin Galactic have launched billionaires Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos into sub-orbital flight. For the first time in human history, space has become accessible by a private entity rather than a government.
Chain mail-inspired material developed for space travel - California News Times
According to the developers, new materials inspired by the chainmail used in the armor worn by medieval knights could be used to create future spacesuits.
The material can hold more than 30 times its own weight and is flexible, California Polytechnic Institute in Pasadena.
Cryptocurrency and Space Travel: Taxing Innovation | National Review
The infrastructure bill recently passed by the Senate contained a provision that would impose on the trading of cryptocurrency the same reporting requirements applied to the transaction of other traditional financial securities, such as stocks. U.S.
One may even contend that the scientific development associated with space innovation is itself driven by financial interest.
Boeing to ground Starliner indefinitely until valve issue solved | Ars Technica
Boeing said Friday that its Starliner spacecraft will be grounded indefinitely while it continues to investigate problems with the valves in the propulsion system.
In the 10 days since Boeing and NASA scrubbed the launch in Florida, technicians and engineers have sought to open 13 valves that control the flow of dinitrogen tetroxide (NTO) oxidizer through the service module of the spacecraft.
Analysis can predict individual differences in cardiovascular responses to altered gravity: New
With recent trips to space travel by business moguls like Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson, visiting the edge of space has never been more within the grasp of commercial travel.
In a study, Texas A&M University researchers have used a simulation-based approach to accurately predict the effects of altered gravity on an individual-by-individual basis.
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