Politics and the pandemic. She lays out her roadmap for the year ahead welcome to the program. Joe biden is forging ahead with preparations to take over as u. S. President. His margin of victory keeps growing. Pennsylvania and nevada have become the latest states to certify the president elect as the winner. And by now has formally unveiled some of his top team that she had written, see reports. President elect biden was unequivocal as he presented his National Security appointments and nominees. Its a team that reflects the fact that america is back ready to lead the world, not retreat from it. Once again, sit at the head of the table, ready to confront our adversaries, and not reject our allies ready to stand up for our values. Much was made of the backgrounds of the nominees as examples of the american dream. Linda thomas greenfield, nominated as u. S. Ambassador, a 100 mile costs are latino immigrants nominated to lead the department of homeland security. And avril haynes, the 1st
But is it overload . Weve too many matches putting players a risk during the pandemic. Germany coach, you want him to gives us his feet. Im rebecca riches welcome to the program. Europe is set to secure a 300000000 doses of an experimental covert 19 vaccine developed by germanys violent tech and the u. S. Pharmaceutical giant pfizer. The European Commission president , sort of on the line is due to approve the deal later on wednesday. She describes it as the most promising vaccine. So far. The mike has say, trials show the drug is more than 90 percent effective at preventing covert. 9 tain. Here in germany as elsewhere, there is god, it often isnt over the development. When human trials of b n t, 160. 00 began earlier this year, no one knew if they would lead to a coronavirus vaccine. The reports that this substance is in fact highly effective, have brought new hope. Germanys Research Minister is cautiously optimistic. Has been there for him with an untold. Im very pleased with natural
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
American tilton, thanks for joining us for who has sworn in a new president just one day after ousting their former leader amid corruption allegations, former head of Congress Manual merino will carry out the remainder of the current president ial term, which is set to expire in july next year the change has been met with protests and distrust by many peruvians who see president martin, thats coras removal as an overt power grab the new leader brady to take on the mantle of power. In Manuel Arturo martino de lima. Swear by god, by the country. And by all peruvians, that i will faithfully exercise the office of president of the republic, but outside the congress in the capital, lima, people do not believe in him. Manuel merino is perus 3rd president in just 4 years. The former congress began, has taken over the top job at the height of the pandemic and a crippling economic recession. Many peruvians fear that the change will only lead to more instability, that its terrible, its a coup. W
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