WASHINGTON – American intelligence agencies have been unable to determine whether the coronavirus pandemic was the result of an accidental leak from a laboratory or whether it occurred more naturally, according to released parts of a report released to the White House on Friday. The country’s espionage agencies, according to the office of the director … Read more
The Estes New Shepard model rocket uses standard model rocket launch equipment, including a single C6-3 or C6-5 engine. (Estes Industries via YouTube) Rocket fans can soon follow in Jeff Bezos’ footsteps when it comes to owning a New Shepard suborbital spacecraft. Just be warned that everything will be scaled down: the Blue Origin New … Read more
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos (wearing a cowboy hat) with Jose Andres (left of Bezos) and Van Jones (right of Bezos), recipients of $ 100 million charitable gifts from Bezos, announced after his Blue Origin flight into space on Tuesday . (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) After what some critics call the world’s most expensive midlife … Read more
A mural painted on an abandoned building in Van Horn, Texas shows Jeff Bezos and his brother Mark, who will ride the Blue Origin suborbital spacecraft on Tuesday. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) VAN HORN, Texas – The last time I visited this West Texas city in 2006, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Space Venture planned … Read more
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s greatest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3:00 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for July 15, 2021. Good news from the TechCrunch front: The agenda for our big disrupt conference in September is set. It’s going to be incredible, … Read more