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...those most able to afford it - can cope with the stress of space travel. "To be commercial viable and safe, we need data on the way people react to g forces and the psychological experience of going into space. We don't know that yet," says Alex Tai, Galactic's chief of operations - and the man who will pilot first Virgin's first spaceship. One possibility is a ride in a centrifuge to see how passengers will react to the g forces. For now, however, there aren't a lot of requirements other than deep pockets...
...name to Rocket? Physicist Stephen Hawking, who believes that mankind must colonize space, sent word that he wants in--which would allow him to slip the earthly confines of his wheelchair. One of the royals (Prince Harry, Princess Beatrice?) is a possible passenger, not to mention publicity bonanza. Pilot Alex Tai, Galactic's chief of operations, claims that the market--even at $200,000 a shot--is huge, with 8 million millionaires worldwide, a couple of whom have already spent $20 million each to fly with the Russians. Branson wants to keep bringing the price down, so middle-class families...
...looking for a vague artistic “fingerprint” of Pollock’s style, he found a literal fingerprint on the back of the canvas that matched one on a blue paint can in Pollock’s studio.Years later, in 2002, a man named Alex Matter discovered a stack of 32 paintings in a Long Island storage facility. He was immediately aware of their potential importance.The paintings Matter found were wrapped in brown paper that explicitly declared their identity as “32 Jackson experimental works,” and also mentioned the name...
...Callaghan just behind her in fifth at 59.09 seconds. Sophomore Jan Ng was fifth in the 800 meters, finishing in 2:15.30. The men were paced by a trio of second-place finishers. Junior Brian Holmquist was second in the 3000 meters with a time of 8:36.77, classmate Alex Lewis tied for second in the high jump with a jump of 1.93 meters, and senior Christian Ayers was second in the weight throw after a heave of 16.57 meters. Sophomore Neville Irani was third in the same event with a 16.06 meter toss, while junior Andrew Lipkin finished fourth...
...Rogers to put the Crimson up 1-0.It was Harvard’s first special-teams goal in its last 17 power plays, but it would not be its last of the night. After Brown’s Jeff Prough responded with a man-advantage goal of his own, junior Alex Meintel managed to tip in an offering from captain Dylan Reese on the power play to regain the lead for the Crimson.Once again, however, Brown evened the score. Prough swooped into the right faceoff circle and sent a wrist shot past freshman goalie Kyle Richter for the game?...