Here on bbc news. Good morning. A group of mps, including some rebel conservatives who were expelled from the party, are preparing legal action if borisjohnson refuses to agree to a parliamentary bill which would require him to ask for a further delay to brexit. The Prime Minister has said he would rather be dead in a ditch than ask for the eu for another delay, beyond the october 31 deadline. With me is our political correspondent, matt cole. Just to explain where we are, Boris Johnson looks like he is going to be compelled to ask for a delay but it isnt clear whether there is any loophole out of that . Yes, some people wonder whether he is spending the weekend trying to think his way out of a box in position, as many see him. The law being worked on by the house of commons and passed by the house of commons and passed by the house of lords may be locked into the statute book, by that point, borisjohnson, into the statute book, by that point, Boris Johnson, theoretically, if he does n
In california on a hot afternoon in pasadena for our monthly Public Lecture series. Im preston dikes. 50 years ago three human beings set out on a journey across a quarter million miles of space to the moon. Two of them set down in a fragile Landing Craft on the lunar surface, and one of them stepped into history uttering a phrase we all know by heart. For that one human being to make that one small step took the focussed efforts of hundreds of thousands of people over the course of a decade. An industry and universities and in government. For their part, jpl and cal tech didnt play the leading roles in the apollo effort, but for all who contributed to apollo, as for all of us who play even a small role in the Space Program today, the true reward lay not in the glory of the moment but in contributing to something greater. Something that mattered. Jpl ease primary role then and now is to help lead the Robotic Exploration of the solar system including technologies that contributed to apo
Im melissa chan welcome to news asia its good to have you with us we start in india where the 2nd times the charm for its historic Lunar Mission todays launch brings india closer to its goal of becoming the 4th country ever to land a spacecraft on the moon after the United States russia and most recently china the chinese giant to lift it off from its launch pad in prada state as planned this time at 2 43 pm local time to start in celebrations at the teach space center the successful liftoff comes a week after an aborted initial attempt the unmanned spacecraft will explore the Lunar South Pole heres more on historic mission. Chandrayaan truth is indias most Challenging Mission so far a highly complex undertaking. The spacecraft should reach its destination in the 2nd week of august when it enters an elliptical orbit of the moon. Then it will approach the lunar surface. When the landing robotic separates from the craft the most exciting phase begins indias 1st soft landing on the moon.
Im melissa chan welcome to news asia its good to have you with us we start in india where the 2nd times the charm for its historic Lunar Mission todays launch brings india closer to its goal of becoming the 4th country ever to land a spacecraft on the moon after the United States russia and most recently china the chinese giant to lift it off from its launch pad in and drop prada state as planned this time at 2 43 pm local time spark in celebrations at the Satish Dhawan space center a successful liftoff comes a week after an aborted initial attempt the unmanned spacecraft will explore the Lunar South Pole heres more on the historic mission. Chandrayaan 2 is indias most Challenging Mission so far a highly complex undertaking. The spacecraft should reach its destination in the 2nd week of august when it enters an elliptical orbit of the moon. Then it will approach the lunar surface. When the landing robot separates from the craft the most exciting phase begins indias 1st soft landing on
Im melissa chan welcome to news asia its good to have you with us we start in india where the 2nd times the charm for its historic Lunar Mission todays launch brings india closer to its goal of becoming the 4th country ever to land a spacecraft on the moon after the United States russia and most recently china the chinese giant to lift it off from its launch pad in and drop their state as planned this time at 2 43 pm local time sparking celebrations at the satish dajuan space center the successful liftoff comes a week after an aborted initial attempt on the unmanned spacecraft will explore the Lunar South Pole heres more on historic mission. Chandrayaan is indias most Challenging Mission sort of far more highly complex undertaking. The spacecraft should reach its destination in the 2nd week of august when it enters an elliptical orbit of the moon. Then it will approach the lunar surface. When the landing robot vic separates from the craft the most exciting phase begins indias 1st soft