Section: Business Insider (USA)
Thanks To Putin, Space Travel Is About American Prestige Again
On Tuesday afternoon, NASA administrator Charlie Bolden announced that SpaceX and Boeing would be testing a manned spacecraft by the end of the year, a vehicle capable of delivering humans to the International Space Station or any other point within low-earth orbit. SpaceX’s Dragon 2, or Boeing’s CST-100, would be the first...
LIVE: NASA Announces Boeing, SpaceX As Winners Of Commercial Crew Shuttling Contracts
Watch the announcement live here at 4pm EST: Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream At 4 p.m. ET today, NASA announced the winners of the contract for its Commercial Crew program, in a teleconference with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, Commercial Crew Program Manager Kathy Lueders, and Astronaut...
These Are The 3 Commercial Space Capsules Competing For A NASA Contract Worth Billions
At 4 p.m. ET today, NASA will announce the winner of the contract for its Commercial Crew program. Worth billions, the contract is not only lucrative but historic, as whoever receives it will play a pivotal role in the future of manned space travel, by establishing what will essentially be a taxi service to and from low-Earth orbit and...
10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell (DIA, SPY, SPX, QQQ)
Good morning! Here’s what you need to know: Alibaba Is Hot. In a new SEC filing, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba raised its IPO pricing range to $66-$68 per share from $60-$66. At the midpoint of the new range, the company would raise about $21.4 billion, with the value of the company set at a bit more than $165 billion. Alibaba prices on...
German investor sentiment falls ninth month in a row: ZEW
Berlin (AFP) – Investor sentiment in Germany fell for the ninth month in a row in September amid jitters about the economic fallout from global crises, a survey indicated on Tuesday.The widely watched investor confidence index calculated by the ZEW economic institute fell by 1.7 points to 6.9 points in September, it said in a...
Ukraine Cease-Fire Is Falling Apart In The Pro-Russian Rebel Stronghold
Nice days into a truce between Ukrainian troops and Russian-backed separatists, fighting is raging. The situation in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine is “critical,” according to local leaders. Rebels have been attempting to take control of Donetsk airport. “We are still in a stage of war and the key aggressor...
US-led military exercises due to begin in western Ukraine
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – US-led military exercises involving 15 countries were set to begin in Ukraine Monday, as fighting rumbles on in the restive east between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in violation of a ceasefire.Heavy fighting erupted around the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, piling further...
BIS central bank warns against ‘illusion of permanent liquidity’
Zurich (AFP) – Loose monetary policies have created an “illusion of permanent liquidity” that is spurring investors to make risky bets and push up asset prices, the Bank for International Settlements said Sunday.”The longer the music plays and the louder it gets, the more deafening is the silence that follows,”...
Ukraine accuses pro-Russian rebels of threatening truce
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Sunday accused pro-Russian rebels of jeopardising the fragile peace push by intensifying their attacks on government positions despite a nine-day old ceasefire.”The terrorist actions are threatening the realisation of the Ukrainian president’s peace plan,” said National Security and Defence Council...
Europe fears Scottish independence contagion
Brussels (AFP) – The prospect of Scottish independence is raising fears in Europe that it could inflame other separatist movements at a time when the continent’s unity and even its borders are under threat, analysts say.While nationalists from Catalonia to Flanders will watch Scotland’s referendum with hope, Brussels is nervous...
