Of international affairs. This is 2. 5 hours. Our keynote speaker Jim Bridenstine is here. And one of my former graduate its now at nasa headquarters is also online and we will have him in the first panel. The topic today on Publicprivate Partnerships in space. I think some person said, does this mean too big to fail . There are lots of uncertainties about these kinds of things. Concern about the Industrial Base goes back to the beginning of aerospace in the United States. The creation of the predecessor to the Nasa National Advisory Committee on aeronautic was funded by 5,000 carved out of the main budget back in the early 20th century. Several years after the ride the Wright Brothers have already flowed. Europe accelerated is plans. If you did not hear about American Craft in world war i. You heard about french and english and japan. America was not deprived prime leader in that time. In a concern, a natural Advisory Committee for aeronautics was put together which included industry
With sam. Very good afternoon to you. Im sam francis. Very good afternoon to you. Im sam francis. The headlines im sam francis. The headlines at 12 00 to israel first, where Israeli Forces say they believe 100 hostages are still alive in gaza after recovering the bodies of three israelis whod been captured by hamas. Israeli forces say theyve been battling hamas fighters in northern gaza overnight in some of the fiercest engagement since returning to the area a week ago in the south of the territory, militants have also been attacking tanks around rafah. Attacking tanks around rafah. Meanwhile, here in the uk, thousands are expected to to take the streets in the capital this lunchtime to protest about the war with hamas. Demonstrators from stop the war and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign are calling for an end to the conflict and a ban on arms sales from the uk to israel. A conservative mp has accused his local Water Company of being incompetent after supplies were contaminated by par
A right wing religious party. California that becomes the latest state in the u. S. To legalize the use of marijuana plus. In a few months time the stands here at Luzhniki Stadium in moscow will be filled with football fans from all over the world. And ill have more on this later in the program with russia now in its world cup year. The death toll after five days of antigovernment protests across iran has reportedly risen to fifteen with a Police Officer now among the dead Iranian State media say that Security Forces stopped on protesters trying to take up police stations on military bases peter shop has the latest. On the fifth day of protest and the social media blackout imposed by the government has done little to stop the demonstrators out on the street. Posting these videos from cities across iran this was big john on monday. Night gunshots scattering the people on the streets. At Shahin Shazam buildings on fire the protests showing no sign of losing its momentum i dont think we c
Is allowing anyone to purchase a firearm who is prohibited under current law or regulations. I want that to be very clear. I want it to be very clear right after the bat so that no one misinterprets this as some effort to let people own firearms who would normally be prohibited. This legislation is needed because a very disturbing trend has occurred in the past decade share the glory with someoneade else and we think theres good in legislation and every piece of legislation has hat the Veterans Administrations relying are way back if the 1970s. That predates even the National Instant criminal background check system and is way, way long before the Supreme Court held the Second Amendment to be a fundamental, constitutional right. These regulations grant limited authority to determine incompetence only in the context of financial matters. The regulation reads like this. Quote, rating agencies have Sole Authority to make an official determination of competence or incompetence for the purp
That the discovery of a solar system nearly 40 lightyears away that contains seven planets orbiting a star and some of the planets may have elements capable of sustaining life. Supporters say the discovery leads to the importance of exploring the solar system and the universe while some have criticized the need to spend money on nasa and Space Exploration. For the next hour we want to get your thoughts on the topic of exploration and costs and if you think it is worth it to explore the universe. 2027488000 for those who it support exploration and 2027488001 if you oppose space explorers and, and if youre not sure, 2027488002. Host post on our twitter feed and our Facebook Page. Facebook. Com cspan. From the Washington Post, highlighting the discovery from 1. A, calling it trapist less than a 10th of the size of our own sun and a quarter as warm, the planets circle, it takes one day and a half to complete in orbit and the most distance takes 20 days come if the planets orbited a larger