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Project purple: IAG moves away from being an analogue business
Jamieson said some areas that IAG is looking to expand its business into include motor and home repair services, spinning up brand new businesses such as in mobility services, and through acquisitions of startups, such as its most recent purchase of Carbar, a subscription-based car ownership platform. … [Read more...] about Project purple: IAG moves away from being an analogue business
Axiom names first private crew paying $55 million for a trip to the ISS
Larry Connor, an entrepreneur and nonprofit activist investor; Mark Pathy, the Canadian investor and philanthropist; and Eytan Stibbe, the former Israeli fighter pilot and an impact investor, were revealed by Axiom on Tuesday morning as the company’s inaugural crew. Connor, 71, is president of The Connor Group, a luxury real estate investment firm based in Ohio. He’d become the second-oldest person to fly to space after John Glenn, who flew the US space shuttle Discovery at 77 years old. … [Read more...] about Axiom names first private crew paying $55 million for a trip to the ISS
What we can learn about SpaceX’s trip to the Moon from the Apollo 8 mission
Borman was an experienced astronaut who had joined NASA in 1962 as part of the second Astronaut Group, and was the Command Pilot for the Gemini 7 mission, flying alongside Jim Lovell in 1965. His crew would reunite him with Lovell, who would fly the Command Module, and bring on William Anders, who had been training to fly the Lunar Module. The crew threw themselves into their work preparing for the mission. By December, they were ready. … [Read more...] about What we can learn about SpaceX’s trip to the Moon from the Apollo 8 mission
SpaceX’s Moon flight will be the first truly private ticket to space
Of course, Elon Musk didn’t invent space tourism, and he isn’t proposing anything that’s beyond its current capabilities. Since 2001, a Virginia company called Space Adventures has offered multimillionaires the opportunity to hitch a ride on a Russian flight to the space station, ferrying seven people to the International Space Station over the course of eight years. It’s not clear Musk’s proposed Moon tour is beyond Space Adventure’s capabilities. The company is currently advertising translunar trips, but no one’s taken them up on it yet. … [Read more...] about SpaceX’s Moon flight will be the first truly private ticket to space
