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Health experts from the Trump, Obama, and Bush administrations want the government to pay Americans $50 a day to self-isolate, like jury duty
Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowSign up for our newsletter to receive our top stories based on your reading preferences — delivered daily to your inbox.Something is loading.The coronavirus pandemic has brought together a group of health experts who worked under the Trump, Obama, and Bush administrations.The bipartisan group wrote a to Congress on Monday contending that the US should spend $46.5 billion to try to ensure a...…Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowSign up for our newsletter to receive our top stories based on your reading preferences — delivered daily to your inbox.Something is loading.The coronavirus pandemic has brought together a group of health experts who worked under the Trump, Obama, and Bush administrations.The bipartisan group wrote a to Congress on Monday contending that the US should spend $46.5 billion to try to ensure a...WW…
SpaceX's next Starship rocket may soar 15 kilometers high on Tuesday, but Elon Musk says there's a 2-in-3 chance the flight could fail
The words "Business Insider".Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.This week, SpaceX may take its big step forward yet in a quest to further revolutionize space travel.Company founder Elon Musk on Monday night that a prototype of SpaceX's enormous Starship spacecraft — a fully reusable vehicle the company eventually wants to use to send humans to the and — could see its first high-altitude test as soon as Tuesday.The flight attempt to 15 kilometers (9.3 miles), follows a successful November 24 rocket-engine test...…The words "Business Insider".Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.This week, SpaceX may take its big step forward yet in a quest to further revolutionize space travel.Company founder Elon Musk on Monday night that a prototype of SpaceX's enormous Starship spacecraft — a fully reusable vehicle the company eventually wants to use to send humans to the and — could see its first high-altitude test as soon as Tuesday.The flight attempt to 15 kilometers (9.3 miles), follows a successful November 24 rocket-engine test...WW…
A Texas superintendent reveals how — and why — he got SpaceX to turn his rural school district into a Starlink satellite-internet laboratory
The words "Business Insider".Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.When it rolled out a big test of its Starlink satellite-internet project this summer, SpaceX decided to make Ector County Independent School District, a rural education system in western Texas, a vital experiment.Superintendent Scott Muri had been on the job less than a year when the coronavirus pandemic struck. Suddenly, all 34,000 students were out of school."We sent them off on spring break, and they never returned because of COVID-19," Muri told Business...…The words "Business Insider".Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.When it rolled out a big test of its Starlink satellite-internet project this summer, SpaceX decided to make Ector County Independent School District, a rural education system in western Texas, a vital experiment.Superintendent Scott Muri had been on the job less than a year when the coronavirus pandemic struck. Suddenly, all 34,000 students were out of school."We sent them off on spring break, and they never returned because of COVID-19," Muri told Business...WW…
SpaceX's Resilience spaceship autonomously docked to the space station with 4 astronauts inside, kicking off a historic mission for NASA
Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowGet a daily selection of our top stories based on your reading preferences.Something is loading.On Monday night, four astronauts arrived at the International Space Station inside SpaceX's Crew Dragon spaceship, teeing up what could be a in orbit.The NASA-funded commercial mission, called Crew-1, marks the first "operational" human spaceflight by SpaceX, the rocket company Elon Musk founded...…Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowGet a daily selection of our top stories based on your reading preferences.Something is loading.On Monday night, four astronauts arrived at the International Space Station inside SpaceX's Crew Dragon spaceship, teeing up what could be a in orbit.The NASA-funded commercial mission, called Crew-1, marks the first "operational" human spaceflight by SpaceX, the rocket company Elon Musk founded...WW…
Astronauts explain why nobody has visited the moon in more than 45 years — and the reasons are depressing
Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowGet a daily selection of our top stories based on your reading preferences.Something is loading.Landing 12 people on the moon remains one of NASA's greatest achievements, if not the greatest.Astronauts collected rocks, took , performed , planted , and then came home. But those stays during the Apollo program didn't establish a lasting human presence on the moon.More than 45 years after the...…Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowGet a daily selection of our top stories based on your reading preferences.Something is loading.Landing 12 people on the moon remains one of NASA's greatest achievements, if not the greatest.Astronauts collected rocks, took , performed , planted , and then came home. But those stays during the Apollo program didn't establish a lasting human presence on the moon.More than 45 years after the...WW…
A car-size asteroid flew within 1,830 miles of Earth over the weekend — the closest pass ever — and we didn't see it coming
Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowGet a daily selection of our top stories based on your reading preferences.Something is loading.A car-size asteroid flew within about 1,830 miles (2,950 kilometers) of Earth on Sunday.That's a remarkably close shave — the closest ever recorded, in fact, according to asteroid trackers and a compiled by Sormano Astronomical Observatory in Italy. Because of its size, the space rock most...…Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowGet a daily selection of our top stories based on your reading preferences.Something is loading.A car-size asteroid flew within about 1,830 miles (2,950 kilometers) of Earth on Sunday.That's a remarkably close shave — the closest ever recorded, in fact, according to asteroid trackers and a compiled by Sormano Astronomical Observatory in Italy. Because of its size, the space rock most...WW…
Trump falsely said NASA 'was closed and dead' before he was president and appeared to take credit for a private SpaceX launch
The words "Business Insider".Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.SpaceX on Tuesday night hundreds of feet into the air, hovered it across the beachside launch site, and then landed it on a concrete pad.The full-scale vehicle, called Starship SN5 (for serial number 5), looked more like a flying grain silo or beer can than an early version of a Mars-bound rocket. Still, the feat represents a key step toward SpaceX founder Elon Musk's dream of creating that can reach, return from, and help .In Wednesday rife with falsehoods,...…The words "Business Insider".Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.SpaceX on Tuesday night hundreds of feet into the air, hovered it across the beachside launch site, and then landed it on a concrete pad.The full-scale vehicle, called Starship SN5 (for serial number 5), looked more like a flying grain silo or beer can than an early version of a Mars-bound rocket. Still, the feat represents a key step toward SpaceX founder Elon Musk's dream of creating that can reach, return from, and help .In Wednesday rife with falsehoods,...WW…
SpaceX must pass a new environmental review before it can launch Starship-Super Heavy rockets from Texas, and it might add years to Elon Musk's Mars timeline
An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowSpaceX is zealously developing Starship-Super Heavy, a nearly that may redefine how humanity gets to space, and even .The design calls for a 16-story spaceship, called Starship, stacked atop a 22-story rocket booster, called Super Heavy. Both sections would be fully reusable, and as a result — if company founder Elon Musk is correct — reduce the cost of launching anything to space by about 1,000-fold.SpaceX is focusing its Starship development and factory production around Boca Chica Beach, a...…An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowSpaceX is zealously developing Starship-Super Heavy, a nearly that may redefine how humanity gets to space, and even .The design calls for a 16-story spaceship, called Starship, stacked atop a 22-story rocket booster, called Super Heavy. Both sections would be fully reusable, and as a result — if company founder Elon Musk is correct — reduce the cost of launching anything to space by about 1,000-fold.SpaceX is focusing its Starship development and factory production around Boca Chica Beach, a...WW…
Code on SpaceX's Starlink website contains the first official photos of Elon Musk's 'UFO on a stick' — and key details about the satellite-internet project's test program
An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowHidden in the code of a SpaceX website are the first official pictures of satellite dishes designed to connect subscribers to Starlink, a fleet of low-flying, .What's more, a review of the site's code by Business Insider and, as we later learned, reviews by members of turned up numerous credible details about how an might work.SpaceX's founder, Elon Musk, has described the satellite dishes — called user terminals — as looking like a "." Though the company has not formally shared images of the...…An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowHidden in the code of a SpaceX website are the first official pictures of satellite dishes designed to connect subscribers to Starlink, a fleet of low-flying, .What's more, a review of the site's code by Business Insider and, as we later learned, reviews by members of turned up numerous credible details about how an might work.SpaceX's founder, Elon Musk, has described the satellite dishes — called user terminals — as looking like a "." Though the company has not formally shared images of the...WW…