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Elon Musk Wins $ 775 Million Performance-Based Tesla Payout
The award is valued at about $775 million. This same option, after the cost to purchase the shares, would net the CEO a profit of almost $775 million if sold at Thursday's closing price of $805.81. Musk owned approximately 18.5 percent of Tesla as of May 1 according to FactSet, an ownership stake worth around $24 billion. In an SEC filing in advance of a shareholder meeting, the company confirmed ... [Full Article...]
SpaceX rocket ship lifts off with two astronauts
Image Source: John Raoux/AP/Shutterstock10-year-old Jack Hurley waves at his dad, NASA astronaut Douglas Hurley , as Hurley and fellow astronaut Robert Behnken depart the Neil A. SpaceX conducted a successful test flight of Crew Dragon to the ISS in March 2019 with a sensor-laden mannequin on board named Ripley, after the character played by Sigourney Weaver in the "Alien" movies. [Full Article...]
Trump Overhauls Landmark Endangered Species Protections
One of the changes will allow an economic analysis to be done while determining whether a species warrants protection, though that analysis will not be a part of the listing decision. "That's the reason that Congress way back. prohibited the Service from doing that", he said. Prior to joining the Service a year ago, one of Everson's last duties as a private consultant was speaking at a legal educ... [Full Article...]
SpaceX to Bring Astronauts to Short-Handed Space Station for Longer Stay
The stage is now set for the first NASA mission to send humans into orbit from USA soil since the retirement of the space shuttle fleet in 2011. SpaceX flew a successful unpiloted mission of its Crew Dragon capsule in March 2019 and passed further launchpad and flight tests in November and December, paving the way for the Demo-2 launch . [Full Article...]
Police ID remains on Long Island beach as woman killed in 2000
In addition, the police found the remains of four other people, including those of the woman known as "Jane Doe 6" who has now been identified; a man, a girl, and the possible mother of the girl, the latter unidentified. Within days, three other bodies were found, all within a short walk of one another. Mack was identified using genetic genealogy, reportedly a first of its kind for a police inve... [Full Article...]
SpaceX to reattempt manned rocket launch in Florida
Nasa and SpaceX will try again to make history as they seek to launch astronauts into space from the United States for the first time in nine years, just days after their first attempt was cancelled. NASA has urged crowds to stay away from Cocoa Beach, the traditional viewing spot - but that did not deter scores of space fans on Wednesday and large crowds were expected again on Saturday. [Full Article...]
NASA astronauts enter routine quarantine for historic SpaceX Crew Dragon launch
However, for crews getting ready to launch, "flight crew health stabilisation" is a routine part of the final weeks before liftoff for all missions to the space station, NASA said on Wednesday. Unlike previous crewed spacecraft, this impossibly futuristic spacecraft has a tryptic of three touchscreens that house all of the control and flight information. [Full Article...]
Tropical Storm Bertha Floods Mount Pleasant Roads
Wherever it forms within the Atlantic basin, the next tropical storm would be named Cristobal. "Interaction with land and fast movement will be a great limiting factor with major strengthening of this feature, but the main impact will be a continuation of heavy rain moving forward during the middle of the week over the Carolinas then to some extent farther north over the central Appalachians... [Full Article...]