Author: LMD International

Space.com – 26 June, 2023 Virgin Galactic has set a launch date for its first commercial spaceflight. The company, a part of billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, announced Monday (June 26) that it will send three Italians and a Virgin Galactic flight instructor to space no earlier than Thursday (June 29), two days later than a previous estimate. A livestream of the flight will run here at Space.com, through Virgin Galactic, if possible. Events will begin at 11 a.m. EDT (1600 GMT, or 9 a.m. local time in New Mexico) on July 29. The mission will launch from New Mexico’s…

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CNN – June 23, 2023 “Titanic” director worries implosion will have a negative impact on citizen explorers Film director James Cameron said Thursday he’s worried that the Titan submersible’s implosion will have a negative impact on citizen explorers. “These are serious people with serious curiosity willing to put serious money down to go to these interesting places,” the “Titanic” director told CNN’s Anderson Cooper. “I don’t want to discourage that. But I think that it’s almost now a lesson.The takeaway is, make sure if you’re gonna go into a vehicle, whether it’s an aircraft or surface craft or a submersible, that it’s been through certifying…

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