nollywood this is the way we do it. nollywood starts august 7th on d w. i. this is the news of live from berlin brought back to earth with a splash 2 u.s. astronauts have just made space travel history successfully ending the 1st private test flight into space it's also the 1st lash down for nasa astronauts since the 1970 s. . also coming up disaster is declared in the australian state of victoria. we

can no longer have coped with visioning all those we could no longer have simply. the speed from your announces new restrictions after a 2nd lockdown failed to contain a spike in corona virus tastes. and in formula one not even a blown tire can stop it was hamilton the briton lives over the line to claim yet another victory at his home grand prix in silverstone. i'm on the and use of welcome 2 u.s. astronauts have splash down in the gulf of mexico on board space x.'s dragon capsule successfully ending the 1st private test flight into space astronauts doug hurley and bob behnken left the vessel after receiving initial medical checks after some more checks they will be flown to houston to be reunited with their families

the men spent 2 months on the international space station and were the 1st astronauts to be launched from the u.s. soil since 2011. now nasa celebrating the success of this mission which it says could signal the beginning of a market in space travel what an amazing day today we really made history. we are entering a new era of human spaceflight where nasa is no longer the purchaser owner or an operator of all the hardware we are going to be a customer one customer of many customers and a very robust commercial marketplace for human spaceflight to lower earth orbit let's go now to keith cowing in washington he's the editor of the space news web site nasa watch dot com thanks for joining us so this is being called as we saw a new era and space flight why was this missed and mission so significant. well it's interesting because the idea of putting humans in a capsule and launching into space and then having them splash down into water

isn't necessarily moot sifton as was new to new piece we haven't done here in the states in 45 years we've ridden on crews flying around soviet space russian spacecraft before this will be space and they lean and lean and so we haven't had to choose to do this in a long time but def says to engineer in more important things that the spacecraft wasn't a government spacecraft it was bought by the government now the service is run walk by the government under a commercial contract with space x. they also have one with boeing so instead of the 10 trend over the past half a century of only flying people into space and government space now are buying tickets and that she has the chance of going further than just the professional astronauts needed commercial astronauts and maybe someday you will not so this is the beginning of an era of commercial spaceflight what is nasa is role going to be from here on out. well nasa had the insight back several presidential

administrations ago to the bush administration of trying to go to commercial with the obama administration toward the money necessary into this to make it happen and so now the even though it looks like it's just something that this administration did they spent a lot of time getting ready for this and the idea was that if you can lower the cost of operations in space that need your money will go for her. role has the prime the pump some speak to invest in the right places so that the commercial space and prized can create these vehicles but more importantly the larger community can say hey there's actually a market there maybe we'll have this some money into it so our views private company is contributing to the tech not technological advances or is a more just about bringing the prices down it's both and it's sort of a piggyback is if you talk to the space x. in the boeing folks will say oh no we all agree to get to nasa and all the work that they did but they went and took a government program so how can we do it more effectively and efficiently in

a private sector and they're going to be competing against each other so if you just look at the private sector now you know with commercial air travel when it was not being documented been genic now you'd see people fighting for the nicer interiors and then things like that and so you could have market forces injuring into that so yes it provided the opportunity to private sectors providing the initiative and it both sort of feeding off of each other was never work it was only when he answers going to government space going right but of course there is another side to this some are calling us the privatization of spaceflight is there not a danger here and transferring so much responsibility from the government in the hands of private individuals people like you on moscow has come under fire for saying some antiscientific things to put it frankly online. well 1st of all although this contract was procuring the rights commercially. air space corporations have been building spacecraft for half

a century here in the us in europe japan and elsewhere it's that mechanism where this ride was procured that is different but in terms of whether you have one or 2 individuals with you know who have personalities how we say in their companies the flip side is you know are you interested in the product they sell or the personality the person rooms the company i mean if you know some people make their buying decisions that way i'd be looking at which the safe to ride in the cheaper right keep going editor at nasa watch dot com thanks for joining us now to. the australian state of victoria has declared a state of disaster amid a surge in corona virus infections a range of new lockdown measures has also been imposed including a nighttime curfew for the city of melbourne this comes after previous lockdown measures failed to curb a spike in new covered 1000 cases. their last moments the freedom before the curfew came into effect the new measures are the country strictest to date now than

is already under a 6 week lockdown but the infection numbers are still rising victoria's premier has now declared a state of disaster. we cannot longer have people visiting out as we can no longer have people simply asking about for not a good reason whatsoever it is not an easy decision to mike but it is the decision that is necessary and that is war i have my date and that's why place will be out in force and you will be stopped and you will be asked and you will need to demonstrate that you are lawfully out and that you are not breaching that curfew the premier said people are not taking the virus seriously enough officials reported that one quarter of those who recently tested positive had violated the lockdown rules. authorities now have greater powers over melbourne's $5000000.00 residents additional restrictions for work places are to be announced on monday the

latest stay at home order will be in effect for at least 6 weeks. now australia is not the only country experiencing a surge in corona virus infections germany has also seen a spike in the mess the cases in recent weeks but that didn't stop nearly 20000 people from holding a rally in the capital berlin on saturday to protest against restrictions german leaders have slammed the rally as irresponsible. sunday's protest in berlin against the rules to fight the coronavirus demonstrators failed to keep their distance from each other and they didn't wear masks either politicians are entrenched. these are. on the one hand they're exercising their right to protest but there are rules which they disregard their behavior is playing with people's lives you make them leave them on the image hide and freedom and

responsibility go hand in hand there's the freedom to exercise one's right to demonstrate but also a responsibility to abide by the rules. instead of a relaxation of the restrictions that bavarian state premier mock was into would rather see a tougher enforcement by authorities to fight the virus if the police the people who come from risk areas don't take a coronavirus test or refuse to take one along with those who deliberately violate the measures must face a fine otherwise all of this makes little sense. doesn't faction's rise in germany the best way to deal with the pandemic looks set to cause further debate. now to some of the other stories making news around the world. tropical storm has been downgraded from a hurricane and is churning off the atlantic coast of florida that's after it dumped torrential rains on the bahamas forecasters say they expect little change to the storm strength in coming days as it heads up the east coast the so-called

islamic state has claimed responsibility for a car bomb and gun attack on a prison in eastern afghanistan several people were killed and dozens more injured it comes a day after afghan special forces killed a senior islamic state commander hundreds of acres of forest are burning it italy's a brutal region following suspected arson strong winds and high summer temperatures have been hampering firefighters efforts to contain the blaze. the fire could also damaged the area's electrical grid. in saudi arabia programs have performed the final rites of the hugged by casting pebbles at 3 large columns a muslim symbol for stoning the devil. has been drastically impacted by the coronavirus this year only a 1000 pilgrims already residing in saudi arabia were allowed to join. aug 2nd is the european roma holocaust memorial day in memory of the half

a 1000000 romani and cindy people killed by the nazi regime during the 2nd world war 2 memorial for the victims right here in berlin is at the center of a growing controversy plans to build a railway tunnel underneath it have sparked outrage. every day at 1 pm in the heart of berlin a moment of remembrance the memorials fresh flower replaced daily commemorating the $500000.00 cindy and roma murdered during the nazi regime for roxana lorraine vit it's a special moment she says. her grandparents survived the holocaust. for one thing this place is a burial site for those whose ashes are still adrift in auschwitz it's hallowed ground for the community of the city romani and all people. on. the memorial is located in the heart of the capital a stone's throw from parliament its proximity to the center of political life is

symbolic but that proximity has become a problem germany's rail operator is planning a new underground line connecting berlin's main station with potsdamer platz it says to maintain a safe distance from parliament the route must run through the memorial site the city and roma are outraged even if the disruption is only temporary during construction berlin is now looking for a new route that would not endanger the monument. complex task because around the building and in the tear garden there are already tunnels and pipes underground you have to look hard for an alternate route but we are optimistic a solution can be found from representatives of the central council for cindy and roma have been included in the planning process they want more public information about the genocide then yes indeed if there is no other option than to run the trainline beneath a memorial. it would be an opportunity to realize our longstanding demand

for a place of information to be included in the underground construction. by using. the sheet on sushi from until the new line has been rerouted germany's sinti and roma will remain vigilant. victory. at silverstone not even a huge slice of. lead in the championship to 30 points. but there was certainly plenty of. the efforts of the emergency services. predictably soared away from the. the british performance was so dominant that red bull's mucks for

a distant 2nd decided to make a late pit stop it was a costly move that meant the young dutchman couldn't take advantage when hamilton's front left tire blew on his last lap the mercedes months somehow trundled over the line and even he couldn't quite believe it was such. a funny afterwards the relief was plain oh my god i was just praying to try and get around the 2 so. i needed to get around the last 2 quarters but i got it he did an 80 seven's win for hamilton then that puts him just 4 away from michael schumacher all time record. you're watching the news here's a reminder of the top story wolf we're following for you. 2 u.s. astronauts have splashed out of the gulf of mexico completing the 1st manned space flight operated by a private company space x. dragon capsule brought the men safely to earth inaugurating what's being called a new era for for profit space travel. you're watching news

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