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Daily Archives: March 29, 2022
Flexibility let the City keep its crown after Brexit, says Lord Hill – live updates – The Telegraph
Posted: March 29, 2022 at 12:57 pm
Good morning.
It's set to be a positive start for the FTSE 100, which is poised to reverse yesterday's losses at the open.
The blue-chip index closed down lower on Monday, dragged down by oil prices as fresh lockdowns in Shanghai sparked fears over demand.
But hopes of progress in negotiations between Russia and Ukraine helped to boost investor sentiment, with US and Asian stocks rising overnight.
1) P&O Ferries has second vessel detained over safety concernsShip remains in Dover days after ferry not allowed to leave port in Northern Ireland
2) Security flaws leaves electric cars at risk of cyber hacksElectric cars can be hacked into via charging points
3) Gas imports to soar without more North Sea investment, warns industryOffshore Energies UK says that Norway now supplies more of UK's oil than country's own producers
4) Brussels takes legal action against UK over use of British parts in wind farmsThe EU has complained to the World Trade Organisation, in its first such move since Brexit
5) Waitrose on the warpath after Asda launches Just Essentials rangeSupermarkets argue over branding of their lower-cost products
Asian stocks rose on Tuesday as a slump in oil and the prospect of more ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine helped sentiment.
Shares rose in Japan and Hong Kong but wavered in China.
Japanese shares led gains in Asian stocks as the Bank of Japan defended its ultra-easy stance, while oil slid on fears of lower demand from China as Shanghai applied a "zero-Covid" strategy by locking down.
Japan's Nikkei gained 0.91pc in early trade, while MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.64pc.
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Exporting the Midlands in a post-Brexit world | TheBusinessDesk.com – The Business Desk
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The UK has been looking to reshape its trading relationship with the world in recent years. Whether driven by necessity or the chances created by a new vision, businesses from across the Midlands are well-placed to make an impact on the global stage.
Our managing director Alex Turner discussed with a panel of experts how the Midlands is exporting in a post-Brexit world.
Are you looking to grow at the moment into international markets or just looking to consolidate what you have?
Laura Clarke, Director, Chilwell Products
We have quite a lot of return business anyway. Its just ensuring that our lead times remain unaffected. Lead times for us is one of the biggest things and weve invested in new machinery. So weve got the additional capacity and were able to do things quickly.
It will be the challenges with transport and external factors that we cant control. We have tried to put ourselves in the best position possible to obviously navigate through it. I think, in some ways, having had the pandemic and obviously, now were looking at the war, people are almost used to uncertainty and used to challenges which is actually quite a good thing.
Where do you see the hotspots for UK businesses?
Shehzad Chaudhary, Midlands Deputy Director, DIT
The key focus for us is agri-food and drink that is particularly strong in certainly in the East Midlands and financial professional services. Birmingham is quickly becoming home to booming sectors, such as creative industries, education, tech and digital consumer figures and clean growth.
The governments never had more of a focus on place-based approach now with levelling up and putting that extra support in so were working across with our counterparts.
When negotiating free trade agreements based on the feedback for businesses like from the panel today we need to negotiate across those issues that youre facing. Sometimes these are regulatory, or things such as shipping tariffs.
Its really about listening to businesses at this stage in terms of what theyre experiencing with markets.
What have you learnt from your experiences?
Guy McEvoy, CEO & Founder, GuyKat
I think theres a low barrier to entry if you have digital or professional services and products, because those you know, the bureaucracy associated with shipping finished goods isnt something I have to worry about.
Technology has allowed us to deal with customer inquiries from literally anywhere on the planet. We have done obscure places like Chile. To do business effortlessly with Mexico or Australia wouldnt have seemed possible 10 years ago.
You shouldnt believe if youre in professional services, or in digital, that there are enormous barriers to stopping youre entering the thing when my mindset changed from that, that transformed our business.
What are some of the things that you would highlight to a first-time exporter?
William Brown, MD, SuperFOIL Insulation
To know your terms would be one of the most important ones. We work with a few corporates and they wanted it done in a very specific way. When we went and made that first transition, I think we got 16k of that. We paid and then they paid and it was all up in the air trying to get that deal which probably took a year to take effect.
Also getting everything as straight as you can. Weve worked with the local Chamber of Commerce, and theyve provided loads of different trading resources and courses. Theyve been really helpful to get our team to that point where theyre more like experts in shipping.
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‘Thoroughly dishonest’ Project Fear dismantled as London claims huge title in Europe – Express
Posted: at 12:57 pm
With the City of London topping the charts as Europes largest financial centre, the likes of Paris, Dublin and Frankfurt have once again been upstaged by Britains capital. Such is the promise of the ongoing strength of Londons financial clout, remarks have also emerged suggesting the city could rival other global players.
Taking to Twitter to celebrate Londons success, former MEP David C Bannerman, now a strategic consultant and writer said: Despite Brexit, City of London retains position as Europes Largest Financial Centre; and vies with New York for Number One in world.
Project Fear was thoroughly dishonest.
The news was echoed by Richard James, a Global Britain ambassador who also wrote on Twitter: Brexit Britain has secured a huge win after London retained its crown as Europe's leading financial centre, beating rivals Frankfurt, Paris, Madrid and Amsterdam.
The UK capital ranks only behind New York, according to the Global Financial Centres Index.
According toHedgeweek.com: New York has held onto the top position in the latest edition of the Global Financial Centres Index published by Z/Yen Group, and has now been in the top spot for three years.
London remained in second place but dropped 14 points in the ratings.The other centres in the top 10 are closely matched, with only eight rating points separating third-place Hong Kong from Shenzhen on 10th.
Elsewhere in Britain, other cities also did post-Brexit Britain proud.
Edinburgh and Glasgow have improved their rankings as globally international recognised financial centres.
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The report noted Edinburgh had moved into the unpredictable centres area on the report, meaning it was not able to predict growth or devaluation.
The city also moved into the established industrial sector for the first time.
Separately, commercial property advisor CBRE revealed Glasgow had retained its position in the top three leading tech cities in the UK outside of London.
However, not all social media users expressed as much joy of the news as Mr Bannerman.
David Beckler, replying to the former MEP wrote: Why don't you tell the whole story?
It's hanging on despite a big drop, when speaking of the 14 points slip London witnessed.
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Remdog warned European cities will eventually catch up and surpass London.He wrote: London was already the largest in Europe, retaining it a year later is not hard.
Transformation takes time and Paris, Amsterdam, Dublin, Frankfurt have already taken a share of London business.
Attacking Mr Bannerman directly, David Ellis said: This tweet is not going to age well, Im sure lots of screenshots have been taken, this will come back to haunt you.
And Willson, also took aim at the Tweet by saying: Do you realise how stupid this tweet is?
Youre not celebrating a win; youre celebrating retention because you know how much Brexit has damaged the City.
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Several high profile financial companies have left the UK since Brexit.
Europes largest stock exchange Euronext moved its headquarters from London to Milan.
Speaking of the decision to move, CEO Stephane Boujnah said: Now the UK has decided to build its future outside the EU, critical Euronext infrastructure will stay within the European Union, hence outside the UK.
And Brexit is big decisions, and big decisions come with big consequences.
According to Government figures, In 2020, the financial services sector contributed 164.8 billion to the UK economy, 8.6 percent of total economic output.
The sector was largest in London, where half of the sector's output was generated.
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Space Exploration Will Cost You – Wealth Daily
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Today, theres yet another Blue Origin tourism flight into space.
This will be the 20th mission for Blue Origins New Shepard and it will be taking off from a spaceport in West Texas. This flight will have six passengers. You might even recall a few weeks ago, it was announced that a Saturday Night Live comedian, Pete Davidson. would be one of those passengers on this mission. However, he withdrew his participation a week before the flight, which lead to the flights postponement from March 23 to todays date.
This is a suborbital flight that takes its passengers about 350,000 feet above the ground. It lasts about 10-minutes and allows passengers to experience weightlessness for a few minutes. You might remember last year when company owner Jeff Bezos and Star Trek actor William Shatner took a similar suborbital flight, which left William Shatner astonished and speechless when interviewed after landing.
This flight includes a married couple Sharon Hagle and Marc Hagle. Sharon Hagle founded SpaceKids Global in 2015, which is a non-profit that provides assistance and encourages young people, especially girls, in subject areas like science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. Marc Hagle is the president and chief executive of a residential and commercial property development company, Tricor International.
The flight also includes:
Gary Lai is replacing Pete Davidsons spot on the flight, but Lai is extremely familiar with New Shepard and Blue Origin since he has been responsible for leading the team through designing and developing many key safety systems on the crew capsule. Lai joined Blue Origin in 2004 and was one of the companys first employees.
According to a report by Research and Markets, the global market for space tourism was estimated at $651 million in 2020 and is expected to reach $1.7 billion by 2027 growing at a CAGR of 15.2% over the period from 20202027. The market growth for space tourism is growing significantly.
More importantly, its becoming more common and acceptable. Ordinary people are being launched into suborbital space, and its shifting peoples views on space travel. Instead of being this unattainable thing, it's becoming a real possibility (of course, that's if you have the money to spare for your 10-minute space trip).
You could compare whats happening right now to when the opportunity was first available for the average person to fly on an airplane. A ticket on a commercial flight was most likely very expensive, but the people who could afford it at the time knew that they were making history. An article from Business Insider says that the first commercial flight, which occurred in 1914, lasted for 23 minutes and cost $400. And in 1914, $400 was a hefty price tag.
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Now, after more than a century, people are ready for the next innovation and opportunity and thats leading them into space. As space tourism becomes wildly popular and accepted, it brings up the need for the U.S. government to create and maintain a presence in the aerospace industry. And that need is already being explored
The U.S. military has been planning to extend its reach in space. One of its priorities includes extending space awareness capabilities beyond geostationary orbit with a new satellite called the Cislunar Highway Patrol System (CHPS). This new satellite will be a moon-patrolling probe to get a better understanding of the area around Earth that stretches past the moons orbit.
Brian Weeden, director of program planning for the nonprofit Secure World Foundation, spoke about this new initiative and said:
Its the first step for them to be able to know whats going on in cislunar space and then identify any potential threats to U.S activities.
Becoming a leader in space innovation and exploration is going to cost the U.S. a lot of money. President Bidens $773 billion budget request for the Defense Department for the fiscal year 2023 includes $24.5 billion for the U.S. Space Force. Thats $7 billion more than what was requested in 2022 from the White House. In a recent budget summary, the White House said:
Space is vital to U.S. national security and integral to modern warfare. The budget maintains Americas advantage by improving the resilience of U.S. space architectures to bolster deterrence and increase survivability during hostilities.
The breakdown of the enormous $24.5 billion budget for the Space Force includes:
In addition to this, the budget will also include $1.1 billion for three national security space launches (NSSL) and $314 million to launch three batches of Space Development Agency satellites to low Earth orbit. Obviously, this is a massive investment into space and securing space. Government spending will most likely only increase in the years to come when it comes to the Space Force. Keeping an eye on this budget and how the U.S. government plans to spend money for space initiatives is going to be important for investors. And the time to explore these types of opportunities is right now
My colleague Jason Simpkins is ready to pull back the curtain on the Black Budget, which consists of clandestine military programs that the U.S. government spends billions on. All of these important details about these programs are only shared with a small group of insiders giving this small group the chance to become incredibly wealthy.
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New EEG headset to analyze impact of space travel on astronauts’ brains – The Next Web
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A SpaceX Dragon rocket is due to take off this week with some unusual cargo on board: an EEG headset.
The device will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) for a first-of-its-kind experiment.
The mission? Analyzing the neurological activity of astronauts to understand how microgravity affects the brain.
There is still little known about the effects of space travel on the brain. While astronauts are typically measured for various physiological changes, from heart rate to muscle mass, there is currently no high-quality longitudinal data about neural changes during space missions.
This information could be crucial in understanding how the brain adapts to long-term space travel.
In future missions, the journeys will last much longer, and the effects of microgravity on the condition of astronauts will have a major impact, said Yair Levy, the CEO of brain.space, the company behind the device.
Then we will have a tool that can measure the impact on cognition and we can invent tools that can regain cognitive capacity during the mission.
The first step towards this goal is testing the headset on the astronauts of Axiom-1 (AX-1), the worlds first all-private mission to the ISS.
The brain.space system uses electroencephalography (EEG) to pick up tiny electrical signals produced when neurons in the brain communicate with each other. AI then denoises the signals and interprets the data.
Previous neural studies in space used low-resolution gel-based EEG systems, but these were complex to set up and only measured basic brain signals.
Brain.space replaced the gel with a dry system comprised of around 500 sensors that look like tiny brushes. The company says this makes the headset easier to use and more effective.
The device has already taken baseline measurements of the astronauts cognition on Earth. Upon arrival at the ISS, the systems software will be set up on a laptop at the space station.
Each of the three crew members will then wear the device for three 20-minute periods spread across the eight-day mission. Data collected in orbit will be transferred to brain.space and Ben-Gurion University researchers after each session for analysis.
After the astronauts return to Earth, the same experiments will be performed to assess the after-effects of microgravity.
Brain.space was initially founded to analyze neurological activity during treatment for brain injuries.
Ultimately, the company wants to develop a big data platform that researchers, developers, and medical practitioners can use to integrate brain activity into their products and services.
The company hopes the ISS experiment will join the list of space projects that have improved life on Earth. But for now, its focused on preparing our brains for long-term space travel and off-world living.
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Director Ken Kwapis talks ‘Space Force’ Season 2 and wrangling a crazy comedic crew – Space.com
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The mad team of geeky stargazers populating Netflix's hilarious sci-fi parody "Space Force" returned with a second season last month with all-new bureaucratic hijinks, bird-eating astronauts, and massive budget cuts.
The "Space Force" TV series (not to be confused with the real-life U.S. Space Force) first launched on Netflix back in May 2020, and chronicled the misadventures of Mark R. Naird (Steve Carell), a four-star general who's assigned command of a polarizing division of America's military aimed to bolster the nations dominance in space and getting boots back on the moon.
Now for "Space Force" Season 2, General Naird is dealing with a new administration in the White House that's skeptical about this freshly-formed unit of the armed forces. With mounting scrutiny regarding the bumbling organization, Naird and his offbeat crew of scientists and space voyagers are given five months to prove their worth before the President cancels his position.
Series regulars Jimmy O. Yang, John Malkovich, Ben Schwartz, Tawny Newsome, Diana Silvers, Lisa Kudrow, Patton Oswalt, and Don Lake are all on board for Season 2. Some behind the camera changes have been made this time around with Canadian screenwriter Norm Hiscock ("Parks & Recreation," "Brooklyn Nine-Nine") uniting with series co-creator Greg Daniels as co-showrunner.
Ken Kwapis, the award-winning director of such Hollywood feature films as "He Said, She Said," "A Walk in the Woods" and "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants," has signed on to helm all seven episodes. In contrast, the premiere season of "Space Force" was shot by a variety of directors. Here, Kwapis delivers a master class on deftly orchestrating an ensemble cast thats operating at maximum comedic thrust.
Besides working with Carell and Daniels directing the pilot episode of "The Office," the Hollywood veterans impressive resume includes directorial gigs for "The Office," "Malcolm in the Middle," "Freaks and Geeks" and "The Larry Sanders Show."
Space.com spoke with Kwapis about the synthesis of his talented actors, what's new for the second season, balancing jokes with grounded drama, creating chemistry and improvisation on set, and if Netflix might approve a "Space Force" Season 3.
Space.com: How did you score the 'Space Force" gig and why were you the best person for the job?
Ken Kwapis: Well, Season 2 of "Space Force" was an important reunion for me. It was the first time I'd working with Steve and Greg since The Office. I didn't work on the first season but I did enjoy it. Steve and Greg told me that they tried to create a show that was as visually different as possible from "The Office." They encouraged the directors to put on their Stanley Kubrick hats and create things that were visually bold and they did. The first season is very striking in that way.
For Season 2 they wanted to focus less on the look of the show and more on the characters and the ensemble feeling and that's why they enlisted me. They wanted to get to each character's emotional arc and the arc of the Space Force team.
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Space.com: What changes can fans expects in "Space Force" Season 2?
Kwapis: One of the great things about the scripts in the new season is that the stakes are high. In the first episode we learn that Space Force is on probation and Steve Carrels character has a few months to prove himself or hell be replaced. Its an underdog story and my job as a director is how to get the audience involved. And every character is very well drawn this season.
Malkovich's character Dr. Mallory is fighting to maintain his integrity as a scientist as the budget is slashed.And Diana Silvers playing Erin Naird, Steve's characters daughter, is struggling to figure out what direction her life should go in. Tawny Newsomes character battles with PTSD after the near-calamity on the Moon. And Jimmy O. Yangs character pining after Tawny and worried that hes in a go-nowhere relationship with her.
They all have a distinct journey and for me, the job is how to balance the character comedy and the emotional content. The best kinds of scenes are ones that start in one direction, then surprise you and go in another. What appears to be a comic moment turns on a dime and suddenly it's an emotional moment.
All credit to the writers and to Greg, Steve and Norm for overseeing the stories. They gave me such rich material to work with.One of the things I hear from viewers who love the second season is that it does have strong emotional content.
There are a lot of laughs but there's also a lot of heart. Being able to deliver that is in my skill set. Sometimes I feel like my superpower as a director is that I know how to take a comedic scene and ground it in reality, and conversely, I know how to take a dramatic scene and find the humor hiding in it. Its also a first for me in that Ive never directed an entire season of anything.
Space.com: What sort of improvisation occurred while filming and did you encourage it?
Kwapis: Oh, I definitely encouraged it and there were some major league improvisers in the cast. Don Lake for example. He's so brilliant at improvisation. He can take any line of dialogue and spin twenty-five different variations of it without breaking a sweat. And Tawny Newsome, like Steve Carell, a Second City alum. Just a marvelous improviser. Ben Schwartz is able to pull things out of a hat that surprised me take after take. Everybody in the core ensemble had strong improv skills.
The goal for me was to get all these different actors to see they were part of the same family. As a director I tried to shoot scenes where the characters are in the frame together so I often favored two-shots, three-shots, four-shots, just to reinforce the idea of chemistry. Its not about my joke versus your joke, it's about the energy between people. Thats the secret weapon of Season 2 as far as Im concerned.
Space.com: The practical joke montage is the series is a fan favorite. Were there a lot of goofy pranks going on with the actors between takes?
Kwapis: There weren't as many as there might have been if we'd shot this in the pre-pandemic era. Because of COVID protocols it was a little more restricted. Someone should right a book about famous pranks done on sets over the years.
Space.com: What was your gateway into space travel and sci-fi. growing up and how did they serve you on "Space Force" Season 2?
Kwapis: I was definitely a fan of science fiction movies as a kid, but not so much sci-fi novels. I was always captivated by films about space travel and in addition to famous movies like 2001, I was also a super fan of "Silent Running." I remember when I first saw the film in 1972 I was so taken by Joan Baezs theme song in it. I was a big "Lost in Space" fan too.
"Space Force" Season 2 is pretty Earth-bound compared to Season 1. What I really drew upon was my experience directing a number of wonderful workplace comedies, certainly "The Office," but also a show I helped developed for NBC, "Outsourced." The only broadcast network show ever set in India.
Going back to the early '90s, I helped launch "The Larry Sanders Show" for HBO. And I love films about a group of people having to work together to solve a problem, like "The Flight of the Phoenix" and "Only Angels Have Wings."
Space.com: Patton Oswalt has an extraordinary cameo in Season 2 as Mars mission astronaut Capt. Lancaster.How did that performance play out?
Kwapis: That's a great example of a scene that seems at first to be simply a comic scene. Patton enlists Diana Silvers to go find different types of food so he can enjoy some human food vicariously while he's en route to Mars.Over the course of the sequence its revealed that he also misses a lot about being on Earth and that hes actually quite depressed being isolated in this capsule. All of that is something that Dianas character is unprepared to deal with to the point where she wonders if Pattons character is suicidal. All credit to the writers for taking us down a comedic road then taking a terrific left turn into something thats more poignant. Patton did the heavy lifting on that. I reminded him that it's ultimately a scene about being lonely and isolated. It's like that David Bowie song, "Space Oddity."
Space.com: A lot of fans are excited to see how the Space Force team is going to deal with the season finale cliffhanger! Will there be a "Space Force" Season 3 and will you be a part of it?
Kwapis: I can't say too much except that we've received such a lot of positive feedback from Season 2 that it would be a shame if we couldn't continue.
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Here is What the Passengers of First Private Mission Aboard ISS Will Be Devouring – News18
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French cuisine got a galactic boost recently when some of the countrys top chefs, Thierry Marx and Alain Ducasse, concocted some special dishes for French astronaut Thomas Pesquet during his missions aboard the International Space Station. So while the famous dish of boeuf bourguignon was in the spotlight for that mission, during the next SpaceX trip, which will be the very first private flight to the ISS, an iconic Spanish dish, paella, will be the featured dish for astronauts to nosh on. But not just any paella, paella con during the next SpaceX trip, which will be the very first private flight to the ISS, an iconic Spanish dish, paella, will be the featured dish for astronauts to nosh on. But not just any paella, paella concocted by star chef Jos Andrs.cocted by star chef Jos Andrs.
The history of privatized space travel is about to reach a new milestone. While last Septembers first-ever orbital mission with no professionals on board was a success, a private flight to the International Space Station is now scheduled for April 3. A collaboration between Axiom Space, SpaceX and NASA, the trip will be shared by four individuals, including Spanish-born former NASA commander Michael Lopez-Alegria. The mission will last ten days in total, and the group will spend eight days on the International Space Station.
When its time to sit down to dinner, passengers will have a chance to taste the creations of legendary Spanish-American chef, Jos Andrs. While Andrs is famous around the world for his humanitarian work he is currently organizing a food distribution on the Polish border with Ukraine through his association World Central Kitchen the star chef based in Washington DC is also known for his involvement in issues concerning the food of tomorrow. Jos Andrs has long been working with the education and philanthropy branch of his ThinkFood Group to implement solutions. And meals in space is one of the topics they reflect upon.
During this private mission aboard the ISS, the passengers will share a meal composed of paella, made with chicken and mushrooms, a key recipe in Jos Andrs repertoire. Of course, the presentation has been adapted so that this iconic dish of Spanish cuisine can be packaged in soft pouches suited for space travel. But, the chefs goal is to encourage guests to share the paella, in the same way that Spaniards traditionally place the large pan in the middle of the table.
The menu will also include a dish called Secreto de Cerdo with Pisto," made with Iberian pork, tomatoes, onions, eggplant and peppers. In the passengers luggage, there will be Bellota Iberian jamn, but also a salchichon, a traditional sausage from the Iberian Peninsula, as well as Marcona almonds, considered one of the top varieties in the world, provided by companies of Fermn and that of another great Spanish chef, Albert Adri.
On board the International Space Station, astronauts are now pampered by top chefs who work on tasty meal ideas for many months before departure. Last year, Thomas Pesquet ate some gourmet dishes created by Franois Adamski, during a collaboration with Servair, the subsidiary of the Air France/KLM group dedicated to catering. The French astronaut also tasted Alain Ducasses recipes, since his Ducasse Conseil team has been working with CNES (Frances National Centre for Space Studies) since 2004. Thierry Marx, the Michelin-starred chef from the Mandarin Oriental, was also a partner of Thomas Pesquet during his first mission.
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First space hotel due to open its doors to guests in just five years – The Mirror
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The project is being run by the Gateway Foundation, who have said that the hotel will feature a range of low-gravity activities which are not possible while on Earth
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The first ever space hotel is due to open its doors to guests in just five years time, it has been announced.
Plans for the luxury cruise ship style station include a rotating structure which will simulate gravity around its edges.
The accommodation will float above Earth's atmosphere, providing guests with low-gravity activities which are not possible on Earth's surface, the Daily Star reports.
Its structure would be made up of 24 modules which will be connected together via elevator shafts.
The whole station, set to open in 2022, would resemble a wheel, that would rotate in order to simulate gravity.
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Company Gateway Foundation is part of the project, which began in 2019 when the project was called the Von Braun Station.
Since then the futuristic hotel has been named Voyager Station and is being built by Orbital Assembly Corporation.
The construction company, which focuses on gravity-enabled structures, plans on unveiling the hotel in the next few years.
Senior design architect at the Gateway Foundation Tim Alatorre told CNN : "The station rotates, pushing the contents of the station out to the perimeter of the station, much in the way that you can spin a bucket of water.
"The water pushes out into the bucket and stays in place."
Mr Alatorre also said the company was hoping to bring a slice of Earth to outer space.
He added: "We're going to have a number of different recreation activities and games that'll highlight the fact that you're able to do things that you can't do on Earth.
"Because of the weightlessness and the reduced gravity, you'll be able to jump higher, be able to lift things, be able to run in ways that you can't on Earth."
The company's former pilot John Blincow told the publication that right now is a significant time for space travel.
He concluded: "We're trying to make the public realise that this golden age of space travel is just around the corner. It's coming. It's coming fast."
It's unclear how much the accommodation will be, but it definitely won't be cheap.
The Gateway Foundation said they eventually want to make the hotel similar to a "trip to Disneyland".
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A space for all: Adventures beyond the planet are now open to all, even if its a name on a microchip – The Financial Express
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Your wish to fly around the moon may not be possible anytime soon, but chances are that your name can be flashed on the most awaited moon mission. Instead of people on board, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has invited names of people for the Artemis I mission.
How do you enroll? Its a simple process. Click on the NASA website link (https://www.nasa.gov/send-your-name-with-artemis/), enter your name and a custom pin to generate a boarding pass. The pass is important for access in the future as it is your ticket to ride with information such as launch site (which is the Kennedy Space Centre, Florida), launch vehicle type (Space Launch System or SLS), rocket type (Orion) and destination (Lunar Orbit).
The Artemis I will be the first uncrewed flight test of an SLS rocket and the names will be launched on an Orion capsule that will travel around the moon. The journey dates are yet to be confirmed but NASA is eyeing end of May or starting June for a possible launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
However, this is not the first time when NASA has opted for flashing names on a mission. For its Mars rover mission, over 11 million names along with the Perseverance rover had taken off inside Jezero Crater, on February 18, 2021. The Send Your Name to Mars campaign invited people around the globe to submit their names, which were etched on three fingernail-sized chips on board the Perseverance rover.
How did it work? NASAs Laboratory used an electron beam machine which could etch features as less than 1 micron.The launch of the Artemis I will be a historic moment for NASA and the first in a series of increasingly complex missions to build a long-term human presence at the moon for decades to come. Additionally, theres incredible excitement for the Artemis programme that will land the first person of colour on the moon and the first woman and the next man on the lunar South Pole by 2024.
Previous space missions have also seen a diverse next-generation of explorers in gender and ethnicity. There was a time when the only people who touched the moons surface in 1972 were white men. Gradually, this changed over the years.Guion Bluford became NASAs first African-American astronaut to fly in space on the STS-8 mission in 1983, the first of his four spaceflights. Among a long list of women who have travelled to space is Mae C Jemison. On the STS-47 mission of the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992, she became the first African-American female in space. The first woman in space was Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova who flew on Vostok 6 on June 16, 1963; the first American woman in space, Sally Ride, flew aboard the Space Shuttle STS-7 in June of 1983. Other notable firsts: Roscosmos cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya participated in a spacewalk in July, 1984; NASA astronaut Susan Helms was the first female crew member aboard the space station, a member of Expedition 2 from March to August 2001. The 2013 astronaut class was the first with equal numbers of women and men. Kalpana Chawla also became the first woman of Indian origin in 1997 to travel in space as the mission specialist and primary robotic arm operator aboard the US space shuttle Columbia. In December 2006, Sunita Williams became the second woman of Indian origin to venture into space on a 12-day repair mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
But the 2024 Artemis III mission will be humanitys return to the surface of the moon. After launching on SLS, the astronauts will travel about 240,000 miles to lunar orbit aboard Orion, at which point they will directly board one of the new commercial human landing systems, or dock to the Gateway to inspect it and gather supplies before boarding the landing system for their expedition to the surface, states the agency website.
Whats important here is that Artemis moonwalkers will wear revolutionary spacesuits that stand up to the Moons harsh environment and keep them safe. Spacesuits include life support, pressure garments, informatics, and avionics, tools and equipment, vehicle interfaces, flight and ground support hardware.
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New on Netflix: Dasvi, Hard Cell and more – The Hindu
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Here is the full list of titles coming to the platform in the first two weeks of April
Here is the full list of titles coming to the platform in the first two weeks of April
Avail on 4/1/2022
Trivia Quest
Test your knowledge of history, art, science and more across varying levels of difficulty in this interactive trivia series.
Battle: Freestyle
Amalie is elated when her and Mikaels dance crew is selected to compete in Paris, but becomes distracted when she reunites with her estranged mother.
Forever Out of My League
Life hangs in the balance after Martas operation, with true love just within reach. But can the heart prevail against old secrets and fickle fate?
Celeb Five: Behind the Curtain
Jokes and improv take center stage as comedian girl group Celeb Five brainstorms material for a comedy special in this behind-the-scenes mockumentary.
The Last Bus
After embarking on a life-changing field trip, a group of whip-smart students fight to save humanity from an army of ruthless drones.
Avail on 4/5/2022
Ronny Chieng: Speakeasy
In this stylish follow up to his highly acclaimed debut Netflix stand-up comedy special, Ronny Chieng performs live in New York City in the intimate setting of the Chinese Tuxedo bar and restaurant.
Ronny Chieng: Speakeasy. c. Marcus Russell Price/ Netflix 2022| Photo Credit: Photo Credit: Marcus Russell Price
With a unique blend of intelligence, rage and physicality, Ronny shares his take on the pandemic, race relations, cancel culture and stories from his experiences as an international touring comic.
Directed by Sebastian DiNatale and produced by All Things Comedy, Ronny Chieng: Speakeasy premieres globally on Netflix on April 5.
Avail on 4/6/2022
Furioza
A policewoman makes her ex-boyfriend an offer he cant refuse: Either he infiltrates and informs on a gang of hooligans, or his brother goes to jail.
Furioza. (L to R)Mateusz Damiecki as Golden, Wojciech Zielinskias 'Kaszub' and Mateusz Banasiuk as Dawid in Furioza. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix | Photo Credit: Courtesy of Netflix
Michela Giraud: the Truth, I Swear!
Career success. Fames shortcomings. The cringeworthy label of curvy and tough ballet days during her youth. Michela Giraud has a whole lot to unpack.
Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story
TV star Jimmy Savile charmed a nation with his eccentricity and philanthropy. But sexual abuse allegations expose a shocking unseen side of his persona.
Avail on 4/7/2022
Return to Space
Elon Musk and SpaceX engineers embark on a historic mission to return NASA astronauts to the International Space Station and revolutionize space travel.
Dasvi
A politician finds out the hard way that being good with people doesnt make you good with the syllabus of class 10th.
Avail on 4/8/2022
Yaksha: Ruthless Operations
On assignment in a perilous city to inspect a Black Ops team and its notorious leader, an upstanding prosecutor steps into a deadly war between spies.
Yaksha: Ruthless Operations (L to R) Sul Kyung-gu as Ji Gang-in in Yaksha: Ruthless Operations. Cr. Jeong Kyung-hwa/Netflix 2022| Photo Credit: Jeong Kyung-hwa/Netflix
Green Eggs and Ham: Season 2
A secret story, an unsolved mystery, a new beginning and spies! Settle in for a second helping of Seuss-inspired fun and epic adventure.
Avail on 4/12/2022
Hard Cell
Events planner-turned-womens prison governor Laura Willis documents the thrills and spills of life behind bars in this delightfully dry comedy series.
The Creature Cases
Special agents Sam and Kit hop the globe with their sleuthing skills, science facts and cool gadgets to solve the animal kingdoms many mysteries.
Avail on 4/13/2022
Smother-in-Law
Living with her family since the pandemic struck, the meddling Isadir does her best to disrupt the lives of her bumbling son and rival daughter-in-law.
Our Great National Parks
An epic five-part series narrated by President Barack Obama that invites viewers to celebrate and discover the power of our planets greatest national parks and wild spaces.
Avail on 4/14/2022
Ultraman: Season 2
Ultraman is joined by Seven, Ace, Zoffy, Jack and Taro and together, the united Ultraman brotherhood takes on a new alien threat.
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