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☆ Mark Cuban says the election is now a battle between Kamala Harris and Elon Musk, not Donald Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-22 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Mark Cuban on CNBC said the presidential campaign is now a fight between Kamala Harris and Elon Musk. Cuban said the outcome of the election hinges on voter turnout, which Musk has made a priority. AdvertisementBillionaire businessman Mark Cuban on Monday said the presidential campaign has become a battle between Vice President Kamala Harris and Tesla CEO Elon Musk rather than Donald Trump. "And the crazy thing is, it's the Harris campaign versus Elon — not even versus Trump." AdvertisementThe Harris campaign and representatives for Musk did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.

Persons: Mark Cuban, Kamala Harris, Elon Musk, Musk, —, Donald Trump, Harris, Elon —, Elon, Brian Hughes, David Sacks, Trump, Matthew Alvarez, Tucker, Musk hasn't Organizations: CNBC, Service, Trump, Elon, Musk's America PAC, Business, Cuban, Rutan Locations: Cuban

AdvertisementElon Musk's latest gambit to help elect former President Donald Trump may be illegal, some election law experts say. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 20, 2024In this instance, the problem may be that giveaway participants are required to be registered voters. According to the America PAC website, the giveaway program is "exclusively open to registered voters in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada, Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin and North Carolina. Other election law experts also said that Musk is either barely toeing the line or has outright broken the law. Rick Hasen, an election law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, wrote on his blog that the giveaway constitutes "clearly illegal vote buying."

Persons: Elon Musk, —, Elon, Donald Trump, It's, Musk, Richard Briffault, Briffault, he's, Rick Hasen, Hasen, Matthew Alvarez, Tucker, Alvarez, Trump, We're, Josh Shapiro, Shapiro, Tim Walz Organizations: Service, America, Trump, America PAC, Department, Justice Department, Columbia Law School, Department of Justice, University of California, Rutan, DOJ, Musk's America PAC, Pennsylvania, Business, Gov Locations: Harrisburg , Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania , Georgia, Nevada , Arizona , Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Los Angeles

As of Thursday night, two tornado reports had been made in Indiana and five in Ohio, according to the Storm Prediction Center. More than 10,000 homes and businesses in Indiana and nearly 37,000 in Ohio were without power late Thursday night, according to PowerOutage.us. In Winchester, Indiana, state police were helping with search and rescue efforts after a tornado likely struck the area, and temporary shelters have been set up for residents, agency spokesperson Sgt. State police Superintendent Doug Carter described the storm in Winchester as a “terrible, terrible event” with many reports of significant injuries. The tornado reports in Indiana and Ohio came as a system of strong thunderstorms swept across parts of the central and eastern US on Thursday.

Persons: CNN —, Injuries, wouldn’t, Scott Keegan, Doug Carter, Carter, “, ”, Mary Rutan, David Crissman, Crissman, Alena Roberts, Mike Robbins, Robbins, CNN’s Taylor Ward, Raja Razek, Andy Rose, Jamiel Lynch, Jason Hanna Organizations: CNN, Storm Prediction, Authorities, Emergency Management Agency, Storm Prediction Center, National Weather Service, Mary Locations: Indiana, Ohio, Texas, Pennsylvania, Winchester , Indiana, Winchester, Selma , Indiana, Delaware, Ohio’s Auglaize, Logan, Wilmington , Ohio, Ohio’s Logan County, Indian Lake, Lakeview, Logan County, Bellefontaine, Parts, Mercer, Celina, Indiana and Ohio, Oklahoma , Arkansas, Missouri

Virgin Galactic leases part of the facility. The flight marked a long-delayed breakthrough for Virgin Galactic Holding Inc (SPCE.N), finally inaugurating commercial service after nearly 20 years of fraught by development setbacks. Rounding out the crew was their Virgin Galactic trainer, Colin Bennett, the company's lead "astronaut instructor," and Unity's two pilots, Michael Masucci and Nicola Pecile. Virgin Galactic said Unity topped out its flight at an altitude of nearly 52.9 miles (85.1 km). An earlier prototype of the Virgin Galactic rocket plane crashed during a test flight over California's Mojave Desert in 2014, killing one pilot and seriously injuring another.

Persons: Richard Branson, Joe, Branson, Burt Rutan, Jeff Bezos's, Elon Musk's, Walter Villadei, Angelo Landolfi, Pantaleone, Colin Bennett, Michael Masucci, Nicola Pecile, Bezos, Shepard rocketship, Jose Luis Gonzalez, Steve Gorman, Will Dunham, Nick Zieminski Organizations: Virgin, REUTERS, Virgin Galactic, National Research Council, VSS Unity, America, Galactic, Virgin Galactic Holding Inc, . Virgin, Elon Musk's SpaceX, Italian Air Force, International Space, Air Force, Unity, NASA, U.S . Air Force, Thomson Locations: New Mexico, U.S, Italy, Mexico, Italian, Los Angeles

Virgin Galactic leases part of the facility. The flight marked a long-delayed breakthrough for Virgin Galactic Holding Inc (SPCE.N), finally inaugurating commercial service after nearly 20 years fraught by development setbacks. Virgin Galactic said Unity topped out its flight at an altitude of nearly 52.9 miles (85.1 km). A final crewed test flight to space was conducted with little fanfare five weeks ago. An earlier prototype of the Virgin Galactic rocket plane crashed during a test flight over California's Mojave Desert in 2014, killing one pilot and seriously injuring another.

☆ Virgin Galactic launches first paying customers to the edge of space
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Virgin Galactic, the venture founded by British billionaire Richard Branson, successfully launched its first paying customers to the edge of space — a milestone two decades in the making. (Future Virgin Galactic flights, however, are expected to include a range of high-profile customers.) Bennett’s role was to assess the comfort and function of the flight, using that information to inform future changes Virgin Galactic might make to its rocket-powered space plane, VSS Unity. Organizations such as NASA have routinely flown experiments on suborbital rockets, including Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin missions. In a tragic 2014 accident, Virgin Galactic’s space plane broke apart during flight, killing the mission’s copilot, Michael Alsbury.

Persons: Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic’s, Jeff Bezos’s, Walter Villadei, Angelo Landolfi, Colin Bennett, Pantaleone, Branson, Burt Rutan, Paul Allen, Hamish Harding, Michael Alsbury, — Organizations: CNN, Virgin Galactic, Italian Air Force, Virgin, SpaceX, Italy’s National Research Council, Branson, VSS, VSS Unity, NASA, International, National Research Council, Microsoft, Galactic, OceanGate, Scaled Composites, Origin, Congress, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA Locations: British, New Mexico, United States

☆ Cel mai mare avion din lume a efectuat al doilea zbor de test
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-01 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Cel mai mare avion din lume a efectuat al doilea zbor test, marcând un nou pas către următoarea generație a tehnologiei de lansare aeriană, scrie Telegraph, citează hotnews.ro. Avionul a fost supranumit ”Roc”, după pasărea mitologică ce putea căra un elefant dintr-o poveste cu Sinbad. Proiectul Stratolaunch a fost demarat în 2011 de Burt Rutan și co-fondatorul Microsoft Paul Allen, acesta decedând înainte de primul zbor de test, ce a avut loc în aprilie 2019. Inițial, acest ”monstru” aerian a fost proiectat pentru a duce rachete la marginea atmosferei, de unde să fie lansate din zbor, cu scopul de a face trimiterea de sateliți pe orbită ”la fel de simplă ca achiziționarea unui bilet de avion”. Dar, în 2020, Stratolaunch a anunțat că schimbă direcția spre lansarea de avioane supersonice care să zboare de cinci ori mai repede decât viteza sunetului.

Persons: Sinbad, Burt Rutan, Microsoft Paul Allen, Stratolaunch, David Millman Organizations: Facebook, Microsoft Locations: american California, american, SUA, China, Rusia

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