cosmic girl landed safely. 0rbit�*s next launch will be back over the mojave desert.ng what went wrong in the skies above the uk and the company says it hopes to attempt another uk launch later this year. the uk space race is now on. two conventional vertical rocket launch facilities are being built in scotland. the prize of getting a satellite into orbit from uk soil is still up for grabs. while on our recent us travels i got hands on with some of the latest kit to make your house a smart home. for some of us wanting to smarten up our homes we do not want to add a lot more devices. certainly not ones that look obvious. so this board here is based around the idea of calm technology, something that has functionality without being in your face. when it is launched later this year it will be based on the matter platform that can be connected to different smart home devices and then you have the choice of which ones you want listed when you bring it to life. you could have a weather forecast, if you want to set a timer for your lights to go off you can do that by drawing

orbit�*s next launch will be back over the mojave desert.t wrong in the skies above the uk. the company says it hopes to attempt another uk launch later this year. the uk's space race is now on. two conventional vertical rocket—launch facilities are being built in scotland. the prize of getting a satellite into orbit from uk soil is still up for grabs. that was marc. now, of course, you know what the most famous thing that's in orbit around the earth is, don't you? the moon. yeah. ok, faircall. what's the second—most—famous thing in orbit around the earth? the international space station. exactly. there it is. and recently, i was lucky enough to meet the man who's in charge of the lab that's on board. the international space station has been in operation for over 20 years. since 2005, we've also had a national laboratory, and that national laboratory enables access to microgravity, and the continuous observation of earth from space for companies all across the world. and what sorts of things can you do in microgravity that are useful for us

he's already played a role in three successful rocket launches from cosmic girl over the mojave desertthe united states. can you take us through a mission, how it works? we're going to get airborne from the runway behind us| and head out to what's called a race track. - that's the point we're . going to drop the rocket. that phase is called captive carry. - we're reallyjust looking - after the rocket, making sure it's healthy, using the launch engineers in the back- and mission control on the ground. - we commence a pull—up. it's about 26. so if you are a passenger. on this aeroplane, you feel yourself being pushed downjust slightly in the seat, _ and we go to about 35 degrees, nose up. - and what we're doing - there is trying to transfer energy from the aeroplane to the rocket. _ by us going to that, _ the moment the rocket comes off, it's already heading where it wants to. - it's not wasting any fuel. when we get to about 35. degrees, nose up, we wait for the right speed and then the co—pilot will press - a button to release the rocket. at that point, the aeroplane's off all the way

orbit�*s next launch will be back over the mojave desert. says it hopes to attempt another uk launch later this year. the uk's space race is now on. two conventional vertical rocket—launch facilities are being built in scotland. the prize of getting a satellite into orbit from uk soil is still up for grabs. that was marc. now, of course, you know what the most famous thing that's in orbit around the earth is, don't you? the moon. yeah. ok, faircall. what's the second—most—famous thing in orbit around the earth? the international space station. exactly. there it is. and recently, i was lucky enough to meet the man who's in charge of the lab that's on board. the international space station has been in operation for over 20 years. since 2005, we've also had a national laboratory, and that national laboratory enables access to microgravity, and the continuous observation of earth from space for companies all across the world. and what sorts of things can you do in microgravity that are useful for us down here on earth? well, there's lots of fun

is made from limestone blasted out of the side of drained worries like this one in california's mojave desert area steve runs the operations for cal portland's plant. limestone contains calcium, the binding agent in cement. but limestone also contains carbon dioxide. the main greenhouse gas rapidly warming the planet. >> of course, the co2 is the obvious elephant in the room. >> he took us to the top of the plant. >> watcher hard hats it does not fall off red >> reporter: he showed us the top of this giant kiln where the limestone is superheated to about 2700 degrees. using these piles of coal. the process releases tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. >> this stack is where it comes out. >> reporter: it's a time-tested and reliable building material. the industry works to make it cleaner. beckett brimstone, cody has discovered a potentially game changing , yet shockingly simple shortcut. >> the same thing from a different rock. >> reporter: there called calcium silicate rocks and do not contain any planet warming co2. >> is there enough to go around to change the industry? >> it is abo

a money making machine in the dry mojave desert. it arguably couldn't exist at all, were it not able to draw water from lake meat 30 miles away, which as the right of the satellite picture shows has steadily shrunk as the city has grown over the past 30 years. back then, the lake was full. the white line on the rocks. now every year it's levels fall to some, a glaring metaphor for americans reluctance to fully acknowledge global warming over those same 3 decades. they also have to do touch with. people don't like to do. god forbid you've got good, good, good. you do have a fire had a good the way. you'll have a 50 yard thought when required, so it won't be able to value to the other side. they don't do that. we'll see a little while back. so with so much evidence of climate change to hand, why are so many americans still reluctant to accept the families? we obviously feel very strongly that if we ignore that science and sort of put our head in the sand and think it's all about vegetation management. we're not going to succeed togeth

most trnt is deone.blasteout the of the gian quarries like this one in california's mojave desert. steve regis runs cement operation for the cement plant. limestone contains calcium, the binding agent in cement. it contains carbon dioxide. the main greenhouse gas rapidly warming the planet. >> the co2 of the stack is the obvious elephant in the room. >> he took us to the top of the plant. >> watch your hardhats . >> to show us this giant kiln. the limestone is heated to about 2700 degrees using these piles of coal. the process releases tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. >> the stack is where the co2 comes out. >> regis argues concrete is a time-tested and reliable building material. the industry is working to make it cleaner . at brimstone, cody has discovered a potentially game changing yet shockingly simple shortcut. >> making the same thing from different rock . >> they are called calcium silicate rocks and don't contain any planet warming co2. >> is there enough of your rock to go around to really change this industry? >> it's about 200 times more abundant than limesto

the mojave desert is pockmarked with hundreds of mine shafts. > the search and rescue folks explained, there was a guy who knew a lot about the desert. knew a lot about the caves. would be a great resource to us. >> this is the man we are talking about. cave dug, to his pals. as much desert rat, as the gold miners who used to roam the mojave, a century ago. instead of a pickaxe, and a mule, he is outfitted with a gps, and a homer. >> i've been down every single one of these minds, including the one we're in front of right now. i know how deep they are, i know what is inside. >> when they were having the lead, billings was hanging off a rope, catching rats. by the time he could hold a rope, he was traveling the world, and exploring the underworld, but the mojave is his home. detective newport, and billings, all started talking. a relationship, quickly, formed. >> every day, doug and i would talk on the phone. he would send to be photographs, aerial images, satellite images, and say, check out these mine shafts. here is more than i have located. >>

we will tell you about it now and show you how it passed its tests in the mojave desert.rnia, the second test flight of the world's largest aircraft with a wingspan of 117 m was successfully completed. the 6 hour flight will reach a maximum altitude of 7 km, it was originally planned to be used as an aircraft for air launches of launch vehicles, however, and then the concept. the liner was changed and repurposed to test equipment for hypersonic aircraft, according to the designers' plan, under the wing between the fuselages of the aircraft, there will be three pylons for launching hypersonic vehicles, which, after being dropped, will go into free flight, the maximum aircraft speed is 853 km / h. there's nothing here amazing the crew consists of three pilots, the co-pilot and the flight engineer, the places that are located in the right fuselage in the picture, of course, you don’t understand, you don’t understand. yes, how big is it? well , here you need something to explain what you see, as if two planes. yes, but they are made into one, yes, united into one, which is wh

>> they've done five of them successfully from mojave desert.t type of launch platform. what happened was this airline called cosmic girl took off and dropped the rocket at about 38,000 feet and then the rocket fired and it blasts off into space and goes hypersonic and during the second stage of the rocket something went wrong. something they called an anomaly. so it was in space. it had done all of the hard work and something went wrong. we don't know exactly what it is. it is extremely significant because the private space, space is very crowded and competitive now and every setback represents many, many years of work and millions of dollars lost, and a slip in their competitive standing in all likelihood. >> space is hard. tom foreman, thank you so much. >> you're welcome. >>> thanks to all of you for join us today. i'm erica hill. >> and i'm jim sciutto. "at this hour" with kate bolduan starts right after a quick break. okay everyone, our mission is complete balanced nutrition. together we support immune function. supply fuel for immune cell

is made from limestone blasted out of the side of giant quarries like this one in california's mojave deserts like the flintstones come to life. >> yep. >> reporter: steve regis runs cement operations for cal portland's oro grande cement plant. >> this is limestone? >> reporter: limestone contains calcium, the binding agent in cement. but limestone also contains carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas rapidly warming the planet. >> now, of course, the co2 up the stack is the obvious elephant in the room. >> reporter: he took us up to the top of the plant -- >> just watch your hard hat so it doesn't fall off. >> reporter: -- to show us this giant kiln. >> that's really the heart of the cement lab. >> reporter: where the limestone is super heated to about 2,700 degrees using these piles of coal. that process releases tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. >> this stack is where the co2 comes out? >> correct. >> reporter: regis argues that concrete is a time-tested and reliable building material, and the industry is working to make it cleaner. but back at brimstone, cody finky has discover

that will include several marijuana farms and cannabis retailers is likely coming to california's mojave desert approved the project during a city council meeting this week. barstow about halfway between los angeles and las vegas developers plan to turn in abandoned retail outlet mall into a 29 acre complex that will include 20 cannabis farms. several distribution and manufacturing companies and to retail dispensaries. the only city council member voted against the cannabis mall expressed concern over the attention it would bring to the town and wants the plan to be reviewed. there's no timeline as to when construction will begin for wine lovers, there is a new trend in winemaking. for decades , chardonnay has been the most popular wine in the u. s something not blanc has grown very popular. it has what wine lovers call a racy character that goes well with food. but because it's aged in oak barrels , it can also be enjoyed on its own one. experts say. another reason it's growing in popularity is younger people want to wind that is different than what their parents like. that's always the story.

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