And getting there isnt even that expensive. At least not compared with the early days of manned space flight masters Apollo Missions of the 960. 00 s. Cost nearly 330000000. 00 euros a shot space x. Round trip cost a mere 43000000. 00. The economic boom in space is our topic 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 4 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 carter on Mining Metals in space. On the 15th of february, just on 13, an asteroid entered earths atmosphere over russia. All 3 of them created a fireball brighter than the s
A coming Vaccination Programs possible treatments and rapid testing. Do you think do you feel that these solutions will be spread out to distribute it in an equitable way. Well i think that as you say these are encouraging news especially on the vaccines i think we still need to look at that they dont we need to rely on more than press releases we need to look at very good publications of the results but in the meantime our regulators here in europe and the United Kingdom and the United States are proceeding with emergency authorization process is and thats important and understandable in terms of i could have the access i think its reasonable to assume that wealthier nations those with those advanced deals with companies will be the 1st to get the vaccine and distribute to their populations followed by resource constrained countries professor how long a way is there still ahead of us i mean people are so encouraged by this use of vaccines now are being approved but realistically are w
Say its an attempt to gag the media and iraq protests in cubas capital. Dozens of odd historian, a demonstration calling for the release of a jailed, spotless government has begun what its calling it final assault on the regional capital of t. Great leaders of the Peoples Liberation front say the city of mckenna is being bombarded by heavy weapons and artillery. But the government rejects allegations and says it is carrying out that allegation that is carrying out indiscriminate shelling the u. N. Has appealed for access to the area as concern grows about civilians and thousands of refugees from eritrea who live in tikrit in neighboring sudan. Meanwhile, authorities are struggling to help more than 43000 refugees who fled the fighting and up to 200000 more i expected in the coming days as get the latest from aljazeera. As malcolm webb who is monitoring developments from neighboring kenya, malcolm, what more 1st say to hearing about the situation currently in tikrit and these reports of
Being forced from their homes as serious head back to rebuild their lives, to revive a culture. So hong kong prodemocracy activists, joshua wall has pleaded guilty to Unlawful Assembly during last years mass protests. He was joined in court by 2 other activists, agnes chow, and ivan lam. The 3 will be held in custody until sentencing nest next week. Im sorry and could face 5 years in jail. Last years protests outside of hong kongs Police Headquarters were triggered of course, by the introduction of the controversial extradition bill. Well ahead of his appearance in court one promised to continue his fight for freedom. Perhaps apologies. Wish me to stay in prison, but im persuaded that neither person balls the election bias nor any other arbitrary power will stop us from activism. What we are doing now is to explain the well of freedom to the world through our compassion, the home we love. So much that we are willing to sacrifice the freedom of the court now in hong kong. So he says, de
Welcome to todays hybrid hearing to have subcommittee on the committee of oversight and government reform. Some members will appear in erson and others will appear remotely via webex. Pursuant toe latest guidance from the house attending physician, all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask. Members who are not wearing a face mask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders for those members that are appearing in person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when they are speaking in what is known as active speaker mode. A timer is visible directly in front of you. For the members appearing remotely i know that you are all aware by now. But let me remind everyone of a few points first. You will be able to see each other speaking during the hearing. Whether they are in person or remote as long as you have your web said to active speaker mode. If you have any questions about this activation, plea