Anonymous ID: 942fdb June 29, 2023, 8:23 a.m. No.19094799   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>4811

Virgin Galactic starts livestream for Italian researchers launching toward the edge of space

A team of Italian researchers will be taking a ride aboard Virgin Galactic’s rocket-powered plane. They’re scheduled to launch Thursday morning from Spaceport America in the New Mexico desert.

 

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A team of Italian researchers expects to reach the edge of space Thursday morning, flying aboard Virgin Galactic’s rocket-powered plane as the company prepares for monthly commercial flights.

 

The flight is scheduled to launch from Spaceport America in the New Mexico desert, with two Italian Air Force officers and an engineer with the National Research Council of Italy focusing on a series of microgravity experiments during their few minutes of weightless.

 

One will wear a special suit that measures biometric data and physiological responses while another will conduct tests using sensors to track heart rate, brain function and other metrics while in microgravity. The third will be studying how certain liquids and solids mix in that very weak gravity.

 

https://apnews.com/article/virgin-galactic-livestream-launch-italian-researchers-ae50a4580aaeae734d02722b546e3e9b

Anonymous ID: 942fdb June 29, 2023, 8:27 a.m. No.19094821   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>4828 >>4859 >>4861 >>4878 >>5008 >>5076

Supreme Court rules against affirmative action, in favor of religion

 

The Supreme Court also issued a decision on whether an employee can be forced to work on their Sabbath

 

including a ruling against using affirmative action in the college admissions process and another unanimously ruling in favor of a Christian whose beliefs prevented him from delivering packages on Sundays.

 

The Students for Fair Admissions filed two cases dealing with affirmative action against the University of North Carolina and Harvard.

 

The legal group had argued that the University of North Carolina violated the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause by using race as a consideration in admissions when it is not needed to achieve diversity in its student body. 

 

In the case against Harvard, the group argued that the school violated the Civil Rights Act by discriminating against Asian Americans, who are less likely to be admitted than white, black or Hispanic applicants with similar qualifications.

 

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who served on a Harvard board until recently, recused herself from the case.

 

https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/supreme-court-rules-against-affirmative-action-two-cases