Im christine one guy. Its good to have your company. Fighting has erupted between moroccos on me and the polish sario front, along a buffer zone, patrolled by the united nations. And this brings an end to a cease fire that was nearly 3 decades old in the disputed territory. Ownership off whiston sorry, but the palace already of front is demanding independence. Tensions have simmered for you is and on the whole fairing up. The newest flashpoint in an old conflict crossing is a border point in the south of western sahara. It controls a highway that runs all the way from morocco to mauritania, a vital route to the rest of africa. In recent weeks, theres been reports that protesting separatists blocked off the road. Last week, the Moroccan Army posted these images to its facebook page. It says they show burning tents belonging to the police, sorry, of front police arias says those targeted were not fighters, but civilian protesters. Now that conflict seems to be spreading along the buffer
Pacific time last couplemazing of days. I just cant tell you how wonderful it was to see the crew come to the hatch and weve been talking a lot about all the firsts. Uss mission was a dream of to be able to one day be able to crew Transportation Services to the International Space station. And today that dream became a reality. A huge step for us. ,t took a huge team of folks not only spacex folks, and our and allagency friends of the dod, a ton of people made this happen today. Feat was notng easy. This was hard. On top of this, one of the other firsts was we all had to do this in the time of a pandemic. I think there are some of us that if you would have thought about all the things this team had to go through, they wouldve said this is too much. But it wasnt. This team has done a phenomenal job. The crew will do phenomenal things of the next months. We will keep doing crew missions. Proud of the nasa team, and ourency nation for stepping up to win this. Thank you. We will go next to
Lets kick it off with kathy. What an amazing last couple of days. I cant tell you how wonderful it was to see the crew come to the hatch. We have been talking about all of the firsts. His mission was a dream for us to one day be able to have crew Transportation Services to the International Space station, and today that dream came a reality. A huge step for us. Folks, a huge team of not only spacex folks but nasa folks and our federal agency dod come a ton of people made this happen today. It was not easy. If you think about all the things this team had to go through, they would have said this is too much, but it wasnt. This team has done a phenomenal job. Do crew on orbit is going to phenomenal things over the next six months and we are going to keep doing Crew Missions and it is the start of a new era. Am very proud of the nasa, and for stepping out and doing this. Thank you. Will go next to mark. You forwant to thank your leadership in making this happen. It is a terrific day for na
Six months, and when you keep doing Crew Missions. Its the start of a new era. I am very, very proud as the nasa space x, the agency team, and our nation for stepping out and doing this. Thank you. Thank you, kathy. Next to mark geyer. Thank you kathy ottawa to thank you for your leadership especially in making this happen. It is a terrific day for nasa and for the country in general. Its really exciting to see the seven crew members on iss, four a, two russian and our japanese partners. Its great to be starting this crew rotation plan and not being able to utilize iss as we envisioned. Im honored to with the increment 64 pin today, so its a great start to that mission. The astronauts are doing great. You saw them as they came through the hatch. They are excited to start their mission. They are very well trained. They ready to get started. We believe nasa unites with our partners to achieve bold omissions and in this case they can be commercial partners or international partners. Next
A bit of class. So missing along to see this to come from super good seats for interactive exercises. Everything is online and interactive. Benjamin 5050 w. 10 kuroda vaccine candidates are now in late stage trials. The world is celebrating. What could be the breakthrough in fighting coke at 19 from a Suitable Companies are also cheering. The Public Sector has invested billions more in development, but its the private sector that will break in the cash. Under existing agreements, they control the price and get the profits from a firm say thats fair, development is expensive, and time consuming and results are not guaranteed. Its a gamble for governments to which are reserving millions of doses of vaccine they hope will work. Still other coronaviruses could come along. Vaccines could become big pharma as new cash cow. Well, of the 20 largest pharmaceutical companies, only 4 had special vaccine units last year. Now everyone is getting in on the act, which is great, but they using our mon