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Buzz Aldrin: A New "Race for Space" Dr. Buzz Aldrin, the second human to walk on the moon, is a leading advocate of space science and planetary exploration. He is the co-author of several books, including "Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration" and "No Dream Is Too High: Life Lessons From a Man Who Walked on the Moon." He lives in Satellite Beach, Florida. Given President-Elect Trump's interest in putting in place a space council, I envision a more unified approach to shaping and overhauling aspects of America's civil, military, and industrial space sectors. And get ready for intense competition in the development of human spaceflight systems, not only for use in low Earth orbit but also outward from our home planet. This commercial "race for space" will lead to technical and business innovations we don't yet appreciate or understand. I think the year ahead will see Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin group wring out its New Shepard reusable suborbital launch vehicle and press forward on its New Glenn booster. Similarly, Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo will hasten the pace of testing to create suborbital passenger service. And keep an eye on the maiden flights of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and the SpaceX Dragon 2 capsules — stepping stones to restore our nation's capabilities for human spaceflight. I expect Elon Musk and his SpaceX rocketeers will fly their Falcon Heavy launcher from the refurbished Launch Complex 39 pad A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. That's the same site that I rocketed from with my Apollo 11 colleagues, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins, to achieve the first human landing on the Moon in July 1969! China is headed for several milestone achievements. For one, they will use their new Long March 5 and Long March 7 boosters to advance their goal of building their own space station. In addition, look for China to fly to the moon the robotic Chang'e 5 spacecraft and attempt the first lunar sample return to Earth in more than 40 years. Lastly, look for surprises from mysterious Mars! Now orbiting the Red Planet is the European Space Agency's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter that in 2017 will "sniff out" whether methane detected on that world is a product of Martian microbes. Personally, I'll be working as hard as ever to rally public and political willpower to hasten the day when those first footfalls on the Red Planet lead to permanent inhabitation of Mars.
The Nobel jury announces that Emmanuelle Charpentier of France and Jennifer Doudna of the United States have won the Nobel Chemistry Prize "for the development of a method for genome editing." SOUNDBITE
Shanghai/Guiyang, Aug 26 (EFE/EPA).- What if you want to consult a medical specialist but live in remote area without high quality healthcare? Online hospitals in China allows people to consult a specialist from home or ask experts for advice from the local outpatient clinic.Moreover, during the current coronavirus crisis, they are serving the purpose of decreasing crowds in conventional hospitals and thus reducing risk of contracting infectious diseases, especially Covid-19, in the health facilities. (Camera: ALEX PLAVEVSKI/JAVIER GARCIA). FOOTAGE SHOWS DOCTORS CARRYING OUT CONSULTATIONS ONLINE IN SHANGHAI AND GUIYANG, CHINA. SOUND BITE: SUI SUEIY, A DOCTOR AT LONGMASTER'S HEADQUARTERS (IN CHINESE). TRANSLATION: The patients are more stressed when they visit the hospital in person. The Chinese have a lot of respect for the doctor so they are more relaxed with online communication. (02:17-02:29).
Ray Khouw, an engineer at Honda R&D Americas, Inc., lights up when he talks about the joy of taking an idea for a product from the initial design stage to mass production. He is even more passionate about sharing these engineering skills with the students from Team Techno Storm that he coaches in the FIRST LEGO League team.
Shares of Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi fall almost 6 percent in its trading debut in Hong Kong, a long-awaited IPO overshadowed by the start of a US-China trade war and bearish investor sentiment. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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