hundred people have had the experience. it s going to be a suborbital flight. can you explain and remind us what that means? for a suborbital flight it s only about 11 minutes from launch to landing. they ll touch the edge of space. go up like a cannon ball and come back down in an arc. they ll experience g forces, but they ll only get up to about three times the speed of sound as opposed to an orbital flight where you accelerate to about 1,750 miles an hour. it takes a lot more energy, a lot more power to get up there. about the same amount of time, 9 minutes to get from the launch pad to space. they won t reach the speed needed to stay up there.
together the pods can carry 1,750 visitors in a single rotation lasting 30 minutes. it was officially opened with a laser and firework display. here s a story to make your legs burn. imagine riding a bike at nearly 35 miles per hour, consistently, for a full hour. that s what alex dowsett is planning to do when tries to break a world record in mexico next month. he s also using the opportunity to raise awareness of haemophilia, which he s had since childhood. james burridge has been to see him in training. this is the giant windtunnel which gb cyclist alex dowsett hopes will help him become a world recordholder. he is training for the one hour record, cycling as fast and as far as possible in 60 minutes. so every technical scientific advantage gained in here is critical. basically air is pulled through here, my bike and me are on a large scale and that measures how much wind resistance
is always this new invention on what the direction will be. over the past year american museums and art galleries have been working to broaden their collections. it is part of a wider cultural reckoning over racism in the us that started in 2020. this marks the start of a new chapter in the art world. but how it will play out remains to be seen. catherine karelli, bbc news. crowds have been flocking to the new dubai eye the world s largest and tallest ferris wheel. the giant structure stands at 250 metres tall. together the pods can carry 1,750 visitors in a single rotation lasting 30 minutes. it was officially opened with a laser and firework display. it s the latest attraction to open in the region s tourism and business hub after the waxwork museum madame tussauds opened earlier this week. dubai is hoping to attract millions
las vegas likes to reinvent itself every ten years, so there is always new invention on what the direction will be. over the past year american museums and art galleries have been working to broaden their collections. it is part of a wider cultural reckoning over racism in the us that started in 2020. this marks the start of a new chapter in the art world. but how it will play out remains to be seen. and crowds have been flocking to the new dubai eye the world s largest and tallest ferris wheel. the giant structure stands at 250 metres tall. together the pods can carry 1,750 visitors in a single rotation for a rotation lasting 30 minutes. it was officially opened with a laser and lavish firework display.