Click gets rare access into nasa hq to take a look at the research and engineering that is going to make space exploration possible. This week, another chance to see our race to space, where we hit the road, built a house and, shh. Whispers:. Locked up some astronauts. Jump on in. Thank you. So you re not using the steering wheel at all? you re using a. Oh, wow! laughter. Which way are we going? which way are we going! i m at nasa in houston where lucienjunkin is taking me for a spin. Using both a steering wheel and a joystick, you can point this vehicle in one direction and drive it in another. You feel the forces in your tailbone. Oh, i can feel the forces in my tailbone! laughter. And if that seems really confusing, well, it is. But this is drive by wire technology, which means the onboard computer works out which way you want to go, and then calculates what to do with the wheels. All right, so, we ll just go this way. This is just one of many experiments into how we might live, wor
City, herat, some two weeks ago. With a population of more than 500,000, the city is a strategically important capital. We spoke to residents there who say they fear for their lives since the taliban arrived. Now on bbc news, click. This week, another chance to see our race to space, where we hit the road, built a house and, shh. Whispers:. Locked up some astronauts. Jump on in. Thank you. So you re not using the steering wheel at all? you re using a. Oh, wow! laughter. Which way are we going? which way are we going! i m at nasa in houston where lucienjunkin is taking me for a spin. Using both a steering wheel and a joystick, you can point this vehicle in one direction and drive it in another. You feel the forces in your tailbone. Oh, i can feel the forces in my tailbone! laughter. And if that seems really confusing, well, it is. But this is drive by wire technology, which means the onboard computer works out which way you want to go, and then calculates what to do with the wheels. All
This is bbc news. We will have the headlines and all of the main news stories of the top of the hour. This week, another chance to see our race to space, where we hit the road, built a house and, shh. Whispers:. Locked up some astronauts. Jump on in. Thank you. So you re not using the steering wheel at all? you re using a. Oh, wow! laughter. Which way are we going? which way are we going! i m at nasa in houston where lucienjunkin is taking me for a spin. Using both a steering wheel and a joystick, you can point this vehicle in one direction and drive it in another. You feel the forces in your tailbone. Oh, i can feel the forces in my tailbone! laughter. And if that seems really confusing, well, it is. But this is drive by wire technology, which means the onboard computer works out which way you want to go, and then calculates what to do with the wheels. All right, so, we ll just go this way. This is just one of many experiments into how we might live, work and drive on the moon or mars
The government has announced plans to tighten rules on the importation of dogs to the uk, in response to a rise in puppy smuggling. The proposals include raising the minimum age for imported dogs from 15 weeks to 6 months, and banning heavily pregnant animals. Lebu diseko has more. Hundreds of puppies brought into the country illegally are intercepted each year. The numberfound not to have met the uk s pet import rules more than doubling between 2019 and 2020 alone. Many have health problems and had not been checked by certified vets. An increase too in the number with docked tails and cropped ears, more than 600% in the last five years. The government is proposing new rules for puppy welfare standards, including raising the minimum age at which they can be imported from 15 weeks to six months, a ban on importing heavily pregnant dogs and an end to importing dogs with cropped ears or docked tails. When it comes to ear cropping unfortunately we have seen is an increase in demand for dog
Hello this is bbc news. The headlines: seven more people died outside kabul airport yesterday as thousands try to leave afghanistan. British armed forces ministerjames heappey says some calm is now being restored in the area. For all that we have seen on the news over the last few days, and they have been the most awful images, the reality is that things are flowing now quite well. Former world leaders criticise the us withdrawal. Former british prime minister tony blair accuses president biden of following an imbecilic policy. The west has to understand that when you do something like this, the signal it sends out is one of inconstancy. It s one that says, look, when the going gets tough, we re out. A state of emergency is declared in parts of new york state ahead of the forecast arrival of hurricane henri and don everly, one half of the everly brothers duo with his late brother phil, has died at the age of 8a. Now on bbc news, click gets rare access into nasa hq to take a look at the