And getting there isnt even that expensive, at least not compared with the early days of manned space flight. Nasa is Apollo Missions of the 960. 00 s. Cost nearly 330000000. 00 euros, a shot of space x. Round trip cost. 43000000. 00, the economic boom in space is after opic today. Here on made the business magazine on t. W. Now long before space was recognized as a higher dimension for investors, people saw the universe as a mysterious and often menacing realm. It was the origin of asteroids that frequently blaze across the sky and sometimes even fall to earth, causing huge destruction. Now we know that these celesio chunks of rock are incredibly rich in valuable resources that are difficult to mine here on our planet. Forward thinking, entrepreneurs are looking beyond earth because a lot of it out there. Heres chris, collar on Mining Metals in space. On the 15th, off a bridge doesnt 13. An asteroid entered earths atmosphere over russia all through it created a fireball brighter than
Many satellites. They can be as small as a wine bottle. The advent of small satellites marks a new era. There are a lot cheaper, but still provide important services. Planet labs is an earth Imaging Company in San Francisco that already uses many satellites to photograph the globe. Students throughout europe are learning to build the little devices. One class of small satellite, nano satellites. A team at berlins Technical University devised a project to deploy 4 of them to enable faster transfer of large amounts of data. They were launched 2 years ago. Small satellites have the potential to revolutionize earth monitoring, as well as global telecommunications. To start up, smart small satellite systems does what its name suggests. Its a cube sats can exchange precise information about their orientation so as to point in the desired direction. They cost tens of thousands of euros a piece in your tooth. It is the miniaturization of Electronic Components that enable such development to ly
Gusts even this morning and that red flag warning has been extended until 5 00 this evening. Warm temperatures will continue today as we will have some calmer weather by the end of the week. Well take a look at all of this in the forecast coming up. Mike, how is it looking for the morning commute . Its looking calmer as well. Observing, very calm in general. Green spencers around the bay, oakland toward 23rd a lot less slowing than before. We think those crews might be clearing earlier even though theyve been given permission later. Gusty winds across the benicia and antioch as well. Back to you. Those winds kari was talking about, the red flag warnings still in effect with high fire danger. And thats why thousands of people across the bay area are waking up without power. Today in the bays bob redell is live for us in downtown orinda. Bob, any word when the power will be restored there . Reporter pg e says places like orinda behind me will have their power back on by today, tonight at
Afternoon, warmer than where we should be. At least we do have calmer weather by the end of the week as we check out our high temperatures this is what you can expect a high of 75 in palo alto and oakland. San francisco will reach 72. A high of 72 today in santa rosa. Well talk more about the fire danger coming up. Mike, how is it looking now for the commute . Actually, kari, we have a very smooth commute but there is an issue that just came in through the newsroom if youre just joining us. Lets take you out to the maps where the Speed Sensors are looking great right now. No major problems. We do have the bay bridge metering lights on but light backup. The metering lights only have a backup and no major problems on the maze. Up near the top of the screen i will circle it right there, highway 12 at 160 in rio vista north of the antioch bridge. Marcus, we have a cluster of fires up there which seem to be growing. It sounds like its windy as well. Well send it off to you. Weve been hearin
Conference call, calling it, quote, embarrassingly stupid. Caught on camera, a car crashes into a canal. The two people inside are trapped in the chilly water. What some Good Samaritans did next. Plus, oscar winning actor jeff bridges with news about his health. And just in time for halloween, a very different way to trickortreat. Good tuesday morning, everyone. Im mona kosar abdi. And im andrew dymburt. Kenneth is off. Election day is two weeks from today, and we learned overnight that the final president ial debate will be different than the first. The candidates microphones will be regulated to prevent interruptions. Also this morning, the Supreme Court has handed down a decision regarding how votes will be counted in pennsylvania. Meanwhile, dr. Anthony fauci is responding to the latest attack from President Trump, who called fauci a disaster and called his fellow scientists idiots. Also overnight a new endorsement. Retired Navy Admiral William Mcraven who led the raid that killed