/* Hide loading templates */ #js-listings:before, #js-listings:after, .loading-page:before, .loading-page, .loading-page:after, .loading-spinner:before, .loading-spinner:after, body:not(.ember-application):before, body:not(.ember-application):after, /* Hide ui that requires scripting */ #stream_launch_widget, .btn-group { display: none !important; } /* show hidden page elements */ body>#full-page-viewport-wrapper, body>#navigation-menu { display: inherit; } /* show images */ #main img, #series img, #related img { opacity: 1; } /* style warning message */ .noscript-warning { color: #003666; margin: 0 2rem 2rem 2rem; padding: 1.5rem; background: #EBC0B7; border-radius: 5px; } It looks like there's an issue with JavaScript in your browser. For a better experience, we recommend that you enable JavaScript. Go to https://www.whatismybrowser.com/guides/how-to-enable-javascript/ to learn more.

Donate

Member Center

Midday on WNYC

Published by

Midday on WNYC

21st Century Space Race

Nicholas Schmidle's story for the August 20 issue of The New Yorker is titled “Rocket Man: The ace pilot leading Virgin Galactic's billion-dollar quest to make commercial space travel a reality” (online: "Virgin Galactic's Rocket Man"). Schmidle reports on Virgin Galactic, the company owned by British billionaire Richard Branson, which is in a space race with Blue Origin owned by Jeff Bezos and SpaceX owned by Elon Musk to be the first to bring commercial space travel to market.

This segment is guest hosted by Beth Fertig.

Post a Comment