A monumental day for human understanding, but I think Stephen Hawking just lost $100 bucks.
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U.S., China, Russia, Elon Musk
Only four entities have put a space capsule in orbit and brought it back: the United States, Russia, China -- and Elon Musk. It is Musk's company, SpaceX, that launched that capsule to the space station today.
What an incredible achievement.
Jeff Bezos finds Apollo 11's F-1 engines
Millions of people were inspired by the Apollo Program. I was five years old when I watched Apollo 11 unfold on television, and without any doubt it was a big contributor to my passions for science, engineering, and exploration. A year or so ago, I started to wonder, with the right team of undersea pros, could we find and potentially recover the F-1 engines that started mankind's mission to the moon?
I'm inspired by Jeff Bezos.
China launches first module for space station
From Al Jazeera:
Thursday's launch brings the growing Asian power closer to matching the US and Russia and comes at a time when budget restraints and shifting priorities have held back US manned space launches.
The module's name, Tiangong, translates to "Heavenly Palace".
Bloomberg Risk Takers: Elon Musk
"Bloomberg Risk Takers" profiles Elon Musk, the entrepreneur who helped create PayPal, built America’s first viable fully electric car company, started the nation’s biggest solar energy supplier, and may make commercial space travel a reality in our lifetime. And he’s only 40.