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Inspiration 4: Amateur astronauts set for orbital spaceflight
Four “amateur astronauts” are about to launch into orbit in another landmark mission for space tourism. It’s the latest flight to help open up access to space for paying customers, following on from
The trip has been paid for by Us billionaire businessman Jared Isaac-man, who will travel with three crew-mates. A healthcare worker, a science educator and a data
They hope to inspire others with their adventure and to raise money for children’s cancer medicine. The mission has been named Inspiration 4
The crew’s Dragon vehicle, manufactured by Elon Musk’s company Space X, will ride atop a Falcon-9 rocket. It is
The mission follows hot on the heels of Sir Richard Branson’s flight aboard his Virgin Galactic rocket plane on 11 July, and fellow billionaire Jeff Bezo’s trip to space nine days later in the New Shepard vehicle.
Some commentators have voiced concern about the
Space X’s Falcon-9 rocket uses highly-refined kerosene(煤油)fuel which produces the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2), along with nitrogen oxides, which also help
In the 60 years since Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin first went into space, fewer than 600 people have followed in his footsteps; and most of those have been military-trained personnel flying on government-
California-based Space X intends to sell many more orbital flights to interests beyond traditional space agencies. Nasa helped fund the development of a lot of the technology used by Elon Musk’s company, and did so to try to
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Caring about others and being ready to help are traditional Chinese moral virtues. In the West, there are many people doing good deeds and reminding us of the power of giving.
As a six-year-old Canadian schoolboy, Ryan had trouble believing the words spoken by his teacher that many people in developing African countries couldn’t get enough clean water. At first, he cleaned windows and did gardening for his family to earn money to build a single well in Africa.
Later, Ryan was determined to help other children have clean water.
Finally, in Uganda, Ryan saw the finished well with his own eyes and a great warmth filled him. He really had made a difference for these children. Ryan’s experience led him to set up a foundation to encourage more people to help.
Now, as an adult, Ryan says that the question to ask is not “Why don’t I help?”, but “How can I help today?”. He is really a six-year-old boy who had the courage and perseverance to make his dream a reality.
Doing good deeds is actually quite easy. There are opportunities to do good deeds every day. Please remember—
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Soaring newsprint costs make life even harder
The cost of paper around the world is rising to record highs, pushing up expenses for newspapers from Mumbai to Sydney. When times were good, before ads
Paper mills had the worst of it for years as newspapers went
That hesitance has disappeared; mills are taking out newsprint capacity and
Then economies reopened. Newsprint demand shot up. That, combined with much reduced capacity and coupled with soaring energy prices, has resulted in a price shock. Particularly
Newspaper firms reckon this amounts to
Germany’s print and media industry association has warned that mills are going to force newspapers to