nursing leaders in england have made a direct appeal to rishi sunak, saying an improved pay offer could be enough to stop strikes, scheduled for monday and tuesday. now it s time for the new space race. 50 years ago, astronauts would regularly go to the moon. back then, many thought it wouldn t be long before people lived there. now, finally, that could be happening. we re notjust settling for doing the same old, same old. we want to push further. and rocket launches are now commonplace, sending up spacecraft for the benefit of life on earth. space is an integral part of society. our way of working only functions with satellites for telecom, for navigation, for earth observation, for weather forecasting, for many things. so we need these satellites for our daily life. the country that first sent a person into space is crashing back to earth because of its war in ukraine. if russia doesn t partner up with another nation or field its own space station, which given the current c
now, finally, that could be happening. we re notjust settling for doing the same old, same old. we want to push further. and rocket launches are now commonplace, sending up spacecraft for the benefit of life on earth. space is an integral part of society. our way of working only functions with satellites for telecom, for navigation, for earth observation, for weather forecasting, for many things. so we need these satellites for our daily life. the country that first sent a person into space is crashing back to earth because of its war in ukraine. if russia doesn t partner up with another nation or field its own space station, which given the current circumstances and sanctions is quite unlikely, it might not have any crewed space flight. what became a story of collaboration is now once again one of competition and conflict. china has its own space station. india wants one. and private companies are getting in on the act, too, sending up their own rockets. i m pallab ghosh, th
boosters ignition. and lift off of artemis one. we rise together, back to the moon and beyond. roaring off launch pad 49 be at the kennedy space center, the next chapter in americas love affair with all things space. and is on the core stage into solid rocket boosters now prevailing the vehicle at 128 miles per hour. nasa s artemis rocket, the most powerful ebel built headed for a multi day crew orbit around the moon. a test flight before astronauts climb into the orion spaceship and head for a lunar landing, perhaps within 2 to 5 years. flanked with two booster rockets, artemis looks like apollo on steroids. 15% more powerful than the monster center five rockets that carried apollo astronauts to the moon. there is a lot out there to explore, and this is the next beginning. and this is the artemis generation. artemis is all about asserting america s leadership of space, building a lunar base, and orbiting lunar space station. then, in the late 2030 s, a mission to m
Now, obviously, we still see soft power playing out in space, and space stations play a huge role in that, too. three, two, one. boosters in ignition. and liftoff of artemis i. we rise together, back to the moon and beyond. currently, america s space spending still dwarfs china s. nasa s latest mission, artemis, has begun and is ambitious. it s a long term commitment. the eventual aim is to have a human outpost on the moon by 2030. and it comes at a colossal price. $93 billion, with the american taxpayer footing the bill. the budget of nasa is increasing every year by 6%, 7%, 8%. if i take china, the missions to the moon, the missions to mars, the human space flight capability, satellites and earth observation and telecommunication and navigation, it s enormous.