. >> reporter: virgin or bit is the other sce company owned by billionaire sir richard branson, a startupng and launching small rockets to put sml satellites in orbit. rgin one is developing a 70-foot-long rocket it hopes to send on its first test fligh in a f weeks. >> it will put about 400 kilograms of payload into lower orbit, serving customers from communication to earth re urces toscience. >> reporter: unlike spacex, whoseta 230-foo falcon nine rocket can boost up to 50,000 pounds to low earth orbit, launcher one is limited to payloads weighing 660 pounds or less. the company touts contracts with nasa and t defense department. launch price, $12 million. it is an emerging area of space sector, but one expected to have significant implication. > we communicate using satellites the information we get about our environment and as we go forward out our businesses, about reurces, we'll have better communication across mobile devices, aircraft, ships, the internet of things, all of these business ideas are percolating. what has hhepened is t cost of satellites has come down substantially, a

they won the prize and the company was taken over later by richard branson who said he will be on his own private spaceship on the suborbital flight here in a couple months now these private-sector firms are very interested. but most of us know the two heavyweights i will mention the commercial orbital transportation services basically nasa over the last decade has begun to contract out work much closer with private companies and of course in the end that means space x. now they carry cargo to the iss. then you have elon musk and space x building rockets and jeff is a little more working the way he has three rocket designs the first is the armstrong which is suborbital the other one puts people in orbit than the armstrong which is something you can carry interplanetary. this is very exciting. how many know robert bigelow? right here in north las vegas and 2001 he invited a group of 15 or 20 space geeks here to las vegas and said he made a billion dollars in his hotels and said i want to spend half of that on the private space station to make sure i don't run afoul of regulators who wi

richard branson said there is no personal or business relationship between the two, nor has there everffman hosted a dinner in palo alto for a famous neuroscientist, where elon musk supposedly introduced epstein to mark zuckerberg, so all three of them get pulled into this discussion. reid hoffman saying he has had only limited contact with jeffrey epstein, always at request from academics and in the context of academic fundraising. elon musk denied introducing epstein to zuckerberg, saying he's "obviously a creep." a zuckerberg spokesman said they had only met in passing. and did not communicate again. but what are the implications, though, of even the hint of contact between these folks? >> by the way, the dinner you just referenced, that was only a couple of years ago. and that means that was well after epstein was declared a registered sex offender. what is atreally stake here. in new york as well, you have a massive private equity firm, apollo, whose cofounder had a deep standing relationship with jeff epstein, and their own investors now say this care is a -- carries a reputation

bert - - won that prize and his company was later taken over by richard branson.ho says in a couple weeks or months, he will be on his own private spaceship. while this will be a suborbital flight. the fact is you have private sector folks getting interested and involved. most of us know about two heavyweights. let me mention the commercial orbital transportation services and the other stuff. basically, nasa, in the last decade or so, has begun to contract out and work closer with private companies. in the end, what it meant was world and spacex now carry cargo to the international space station. and of course you have elon musk and jeff bezos with blue origin and elon musk with spacex. building rockets. more of the celebrity type, jeff bezos is kind of working away. he's got three rocket designs. the first one is armstrong which is a suborbital. second one is the glenn to put people in orbit and the third is the armstrong which can carry interplanetary to them one or elsewhere. this is very exciting. how many of you know robert bigelow? yeah, he is right up here

richard branson has virgin galactic, but also another virgin spin-off, virgin orbit, which may be a fewiing launches joining us now, virgin orbit's president and ceo, dan hart, who's live at the company's california factory, where they are currently working on six new rockets. dan, thanks for joining us today. >> well, good morning. it's great to be here. >> let's talk a little bit about that rocket behind you 70 feet tall or long, i guess i should say, called launcher one. what is it going to be capable of doing >> well, launcher one is geared towards putting up a whole new generation of satellites satellites have gotten smaller and the capability that you can put into a small package is incredible, just like we see in smartphones. so launcher one will go up on the wing on a 747 and put about 300 kilograms of payload into low earth orbit, which will serve a whole bunch of customers from communications to earth resources to science >> yeah, this so-called small launch service market really seems to have come out of nowhere in the last couple of years, but is already burgeoning, more tha

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itselhe world's very first purpomm-built cial spaceport, and it is home to virgin galactic, richard branson's company hoping to send fee-paying customers to space. the spaceport's exterior is the product of british architects. it has cost 179 million pounds to build.ch a bill was been floated by state government and local taxpayers. eventually five spacecraft will reside in the hangar, and it is here passengers will receive three days training before blasting off into the upper atmosphere. virgin's tickets cost 200,000 pounds for a 19-minute flight. so far, 600 people have signed up. but at a time of increased bout the environment, is it responsible to send wealthy people to space for fun? >> we actually don't have a very big rocket motor in the back. the per-person co2 commissions --ra emissions for the a flight is around that of a business-class flight from new esrk to the u.k. there is an awarof our planet documented scientifically with astrouts, they come back changed, with the greater realization of the fragility of our ecosystem. reporter: the irony of this idea isn't lost on thace expe

world's very first purpose—built commercial spaceport and it's home to virgin galactic, sir richard branson'se. fire, fire! the spaceport‘s exterior is the product of british architects foster + partners. it's cost £179 million to build, a bill which has been footed by state government and local taxpayers. eventually, five spacecraft will reside in the hangar and it's here passengers will receive three days' training before blasting off into the upper atmosphere. virgin's tickets cost £200,000 for a 90—minute flight. so far, 600 people have signed up. but at a time of increased concerns about the environment, is it responsible to send wealthy people to space for fun? we actually don't have a very big rocket motor in the back, and so the per person co2 emissions is for the average flight around that of a business class flight from new york to the uk. there is an awareness of our planet documented scientifically with astronauts — they come back changed, with a greater realisation of the fragility of our ecosystem and ecosphere. the irony of this idea isn't lost on space experts, though. the fac

wiki leaks distributed and how come you realize all of this when say as regards venezuela policy richard branson the live aid concert to support us in the you policy why do you know and people like branson dude bronson's not enter branson is not interested in the reality branson is interested in candyfloss and branson. he doesn't care about politics in my view he couldn't care less he's interested in making a splash for branson anybody who knows him will tell you that weighty actually he broadcasts it to be fair to him he doesn't hide the fact that he's a fluffy opportunist who really has no interest in anything real except his own eco but you are all you i was in touch with people in venezuela all the way through february who were with their reporting out of venice way that friends of mine and i was asking pertinent questions about what was actually going on and so if anybody did any research and didn't just listen to the narrative that was being repeated over and over again maduro is a dictator the people list of ng the us is trying to help them with humanitarian aid. we have to pull out and t

has cut nasa as a budget for civilian space exploration jeff bezos richard branson and a lawn musk all have launched private ventures into the solar system john hendren al-jazeera washington. more. thanks. to. thank you so much world number one and defending champion naomi osaka is search of this year's u.s. open 3rd round after beating magdalen net in straight sets but top seed won this match 62 and 64 against her polish opponent may have won in straightforward fashion but only landed 47 percent of her 1st serves that's something she'll want to improve on as she approaches the lead around. but 2 time wimbledon champion patrick witold was jumped out of the tournaments on thursday germany's on the day at petco bitch sweeping into a 6464 victory at flushing meadows johana khan to an elise merton's have also progressed to the 3rd round of this year's competition. well i think. the whole match was on a pretty high level today and i was i was very pleased with how it played and i was also pleased with how the match went i think petra played well i played well and i just the few opportunitie

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has cut nasa as a budget for civilian space exploration jeff bezos richard branson and a lawn musk all have launched private ventures into the solar system john hendren al-jazeera washington. still ahead here on al-jazeera there's bad news for england ahead of the 4th ashes test one of the strictly a peter will have all the set. to strengthen the good you have to shoulder court all the more with the come still fight against corruption. new chiro heroes like new who are about to refuse to $15000000.00 brian the achievement of heroes like him to showcase by the international ace award it shines a light on these heroes because the best way to fight a dark used to shine a light let's make the road to a better place nominate your anti corruption mirror. talk to al jazeera we ask what guarantees will you give to the people will be attending the minimal workshop we listen i'm supposed to explain apologize for someone who is also terrorizing we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter on the soldier's 0. it's time to get all the day's sports news here peter thank you

has cut nasa as a budget for civilian space exploration jeff bezos richard branson and a lawn musk all have launched private ventures into the solar system john hendren al-jazeera washington. another u.s. city is urging its residents to stop using east cigarettes or beeping products after 16 people were admitted to hospital with a severe lung disease milwaukee's health department says the patients have chemical numan itis where the lungs become inflamed from breathing in irritants they've been vaporing in the weeks and months before falling ill milwaukee's among 10 u.s. areas and cities that have reported health issues citizens are going to say and business owners say it is a legal product i can sell it and they can but i think the health commissioner has taken a higher level. british politicians say next week could be their only chance to prevent a new deal bricks its prime minister boris johnson is suspending parliament for 5 weeks from september limiting the time for debate on the u.k.'s withdrawal from the e.u. the announcement sparked protests across the u.k. legal challenges and

has cut nasa as a budget for civilian space exploration jeff bezos richard branson in iran musk all have launched private ventures into the solar system john hendren al-jazeera washington. and the u.s. government is moving to reduce regulations on natural gas leaks from wells and pipelines which scientists fare could increase emissions that cools global warming the rules will be relaxed around me thane which is the main component of natural gas even though some major energy companies have called for the regulations to be kept in place white house correspondent kelly how cat explains. white house says it's rolling back these protections because it says they are unnecessary and even burdensome but environmental groups say that what is really happening is an effort to limit the legal authority of the environmental protection agency in trying to combat climate change and stop global warming so what we're hearing here is that this is now a proposal there will be a period of comments there will be potential court challenges but ultimately environmentalists say they've seen the script before in

has cut nasa as a budget for civilian space exploration jeff bezos richard branson and a lawn musk all have launched private ventures into the solar system john hendren al-jazeera washington. all right let's have a look at the top stories here it is there are 2 prominent for a democracy activists have just been released on bail by hong kong called joshua wong and miss child were among a group of campaign is arrested over the past 12 hours they're being accused of inciting him participating in an illegal protest the police have also banned a mass rally planned for saturday i urged international communities to send a clear message to the presidency sending ships or using emergency order is not the way out we will continue our fight no matter how they are arrest and prosecute us huge crowds in pakistan of back the prime minister's call for a nationwide show of solidarity for people in indian administered kashmir cities across the country have observed what in one count called kashmir our prime minister val's pakistan will stand with kashmiris in testing times indian administered kashmir h

has cut nasa as a budget for civilian space exploration jeff bezos richard branson and a lawn musk all have launched private ventures into the solar system john hendren al-jazeera washington. and it's an american tribe in the u.s. state of new jersey has filed a lawsuit against its neighbors the rama poet lineup a nation accuses a homeowner's association of violating its right to gather and pray on its own land al-jazeera as christensen any reports now from new jersey. what we've been using for thousands of years those holding this native american ceremony believe a puff of tobacco smoke will cleanse guests taking part the local mountains take their name from the rampolla nop a nation but this field barely an hour's drive from manhattan is all that's been left to them for them this land is sacred what about this land i mean how important is that to the world's very with it and it's the last drop away and we have that we can overly freely do ceremony. despite having a permit to use the land for religious and cultural purposes the tribe started receiving fines in tickets in 2016 i was su

the world's very first purpose—built commercial spaceport and its home to virgin galactic, sir richard branson'sarchitects foster and partners. it's cost £179 million to build. a bill which has been footed by state government and local taxpayers. eventually, five spacecraft will reside in the hangar and it's here passengers will receive three days' training before blasting off into the upper atmosphere. virgin's tickets cost £200,000 for a 90—minute flight. so far, 600 people have signed up. but at a time of increased concerns about the environment, is it responsible to send wealthy people to space for fun? we actually don't have a very big rocket motor in the back, so the per person co2 emissions is for the average flight around that of a business class flight from new york to the uk. there is an awareness of our planet documented scientifically with astronauts — they come back changed, with a greater realisation of fragility of our ecosystem and ecosphere. the irony of this idea isn't lost on space experts, though. the fact they have to go that far into space above the planet to have that emot

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. >>> richard branson will give us the first glimpse of virgin galactic's mission control.t offers an area for pilots to prepare and lounge for paying customers atwo level building new mexico. it will offer space for two of virgin galactic's carrier planes and rocket ships. they still need to carry out test flights before they can carry out the commercial flights. they have 600 reservations and each ticket costs a quarter million dollars. >>> some people say taking a break from technology is not as relaxing as you might expect. people who go off the grid can experience withdrawal symptoms. researchers asked tourists to restrict their access to technology for 24 hours. at first they felt anxious and frustrated but eventually enjoyed the digital detox. >>> let's see what's happening on the roads. is everybody behaving? >> people in the south bay may need a traffic detox because things are getting active. 237 east of matilda. there's a sig-alert. two lanes are completely shut county. a multi-vehicle accident involving a motorcycle. and the backup extends almost the entire stre

. >> richard branson is offering the first glimpse of virgin galactic's new mission control.erations from california to new mexico. the facility called spaceport america offers an area for pilots to prepare an allowance or paying customers to wait for their flights to space. it allows space for two carrier planes and the rocketship. virgin says they still had to carry out a few more test flights before they can offer the first commercial flight. virgin galactic says they have 600 reseions already. needs to cost a quarter million dollars. >> coming up today at 4 we will t down with marco michael cardoza with a behind the scenes look at san francisco's treatment of criminals and what some say are lenient policies for those offenders. >> this is after a man was caught on camera attacking a woman outside of her home on san francisco's beale street. he was released from jail within 48 hours. this is coming up today on the 4. >> a new dating trend taking the internet by storm. according to the washington post dog fishing is like cat fishing but instead of lying about your appearanc

. >> reporter: with a help of british billionaire, richard branson, the mavericks group decided after day, the wild 44 had more to give. >> and you thought to yourself wow that rusty bucket is sitting right here? >> at that point it became obvious that we could do something with it and it would be bigger than normal and change things. >> reporter: change things they did. r rob filmed and artists collaborated. together and told and slowly buried beneath the waters. a dive site from the violence of pearl harbor to a peaceful grave of 65 feet down. >> it is not just a wi-fi. it is so much more than that. >> reporter: on the seabed, the wild 44 still serves as a reminder of a tax on our nation. both decades ago and more recently. >> it was pretty amazing. >> walter masters enters for the first time. >> i was at the world trade september on septemb center at september 11th. >> it is stunning and makes me think of my dad who was a pilot in world war ii. one of the nation's most violent events now in tombed. the wild 44 finally taken down to the seabed on her own terms. for "sunday today," k

and sir richard branson, who operates virgin or owns virgin atlantic airways partnered with bert rutan and his company scale composites to do a larger version of spaceshipone. in this case we worked with the owner, manufacturer, designer, burt rutan. and also his business partner paul allen who is one of the co-founders of microsoft. and we approached them after the first flight in he has named it virgin galactic. june and it will hold 12 people. of and it is being developed for 200 the express purpose of providing 4 space flight to paying customers . who want to have the experience and of space flight. they don't have a set debut date said regardless of yet. whether they suffered a real setback when one of their test flights you crashed. win but it's still out there on the the horizon as something that is x likely to happen. prize or not, we think space ship one deserves to be and virgin galactic is by no in means the only such company. the there are other companies who national are developing spacecraft for al collection. because it was the first private -- privately developed spacec

has cut nasa as a budget for civilian space exploration jeff bezos richard branson and a lawn musk all have launched private ventures into the solar system john hendren al-jazeera washington. and the u.s. government is moving to reduce regulations on natural gas leaks from whale wells and pipelines which scientists fable increase emissions the cold global warming the rules will be relaxed around methane that's the main component of natural gas even though some major energy companies called for the regulations to be kept in place. another us city is aging people to stop using cigarettes or vaporing products of the 16 word miss is a hospital with severe lung disease where walkies health department says the patients have chemical numan ictus their lungs became inflamed from breathing in written they'd been vaporing in the weeks and months before falling ill is among 10 u.s. counties and cities reporting health issues. citizens are going to say and business owners say it is a legal product i can sell it and they can but i think the health commissioner has taken a higher level. a native ame

has cut nasa as a budget for civilian space exploration jeff bezos richard branson and a lawn musk all have launched private ventures into the solar system john hendren al-jazeera washington i coming up after the weather criticize responds to wildfire president gets his hand standing helping to put out the fanes also hate on dominic cain on the campaign trail and sucks and where the governing christian democrats i'm basing a stiff challenge from the far right. hello again welcome back we have been talking about tropical storm puddle of the last few days making its way across the south china sea and it is going to be making landfall here in vietnam but take a look at the satellite image and the magnitude of the clouds associated with this tropical storm and that is really the problem with the storm is that we're going to be seeing a lot of rain across much of this area over the next few days we could be seeing 402450 millimeters of rain falling across parts of vietnam as well as here across parts of laos so we're going to be watching that very careful for a localized flooding and flash

has cut nasa as a budget for civilian space exploration jeff bezos richard branson and a lawn musk all have launched private ventures into the solar system john hendren al-jazeera washington. and the u.s. government's moving to reduce regulations on natural gas leaks from wells and pipelines which scientists fear could increase emissions that cause global warming the rules will be relax around me thing which is the main component of natural gas even though some major energy companies have called for the regulations to be kept in place here's our white house correspondent kimberly how can it. white house says it's rolling back these protections because it says they are unnecessary and even burdensome but environmental groups say that what is really happening is an effort to limit the legal authority of the environmental protection agency in trying to combat climate change and stop global warming so what we're hearing here is that this is now a proposal there will be a period of comments there will be potential court challenges but ultimately environmentalists say they've seen the script

i really would love to begin having dialogues with people like elon musk and richard branson, because i think we have to start planning now for that inevitable pointing in time. and i know lucianne's done pretty amazing work creating base and beginning to deconstruct these colonialist terminologies and thinking through new ways of describing voyages and journeying. i'll let you talk about that, but i -- yeah. of it's, we need, we need a whole new vocabulary for how we're going to do this. >> yeah. i think there are a lot of really exciting possibilities especially because, you know, i think in some ways private-based industry like the elon musks and jeff bezoss of the world get too much credit for making it more accessible. you know, it's still not accessible if you have to sell your house to go to space. but one of the opportunities that is there is that there are more people now, i think, having dialogue from different sections of study and expertise. so, for example, people who are interested in taking the tools of archaeology and anthropology to understand not only, like, you know

has cut nasa as a budget for civilian space exploration jeff bezos richard branson and a lawn musk all have launched private ventures into the solar system john hendren al-jazeera washington. and native american tribe in the u.s. state of new jersey has filed a federal lawsuit against its neighbors the rama poland a nation accuses a homeowner's association of violating its right to gather and pray on its own land christensen who reports from new jersey. what we've been using for thousands of the years those holding this native american ceremony believe a puff of tobacco smoke will cleanse guests taking part in the local mountains take their name from the rampolla nation but this field barely an hour's drive from manhattan is all that's been left to them for them this land is sacred what about this land i mean how important is that to the world's very important it's the last drop away and we have that we can openly and freely do ceremony. despite having a permit to use the land for religious and cultural purposes the tribe started receiving fines in tickets in 2016 i was surprised at th

has cut nasa as a budget for civilian space exploration jeff bezos richard branson and a lawn musk all have launched private ventures into the solar system john hendren al-jazeera washington so it is activists gretz a phone bank has joined other teenagers in a climate protests in new york the 16 year old along with dozens of others held banners they gave speeches calling for greater action to combat climate change the embargo arrived in new york on thursday after a 2 week transatlantic journey on board a carbon free sailboat she's there to speak at the united nations climate action summit next month. these are our top stories here on al-jazeera russia has announced a unilateral cease fire in syria's province starting on saturday morning government forces backed by russian airpower have been waging an offensive on the last rebel held territory for weeks protesters are calling on russia i'm turkey to end the violence that's killed more than 550 civilians and displaced hundreds of thousands of people since a turkish president says its military is prepared to handle the situation in its le

has cut nasa as a budget for civilian space exploration jeff bezos richard branson in lawn musk all have launched private ventures into the solar system john hendren al-jazeera washington. a u.s. city is its citizens to stop using the cigarettes or vapor in products to 16 people were admitted to hospital with severe lung disease the walkies health department says the patients have chemical pneumonitis where the lungs become inflamed from breathing in their absence. ok let's recap the top stories for you so far this half hour protests planned for hong kong this weekend called off now following the arrest of 3 prominent activists they are joshua wong and the chair and agnes child they are now all in custody in hong kong they've been at the forefront of weeks of protests against hong kong leaders and china's growing influence in the territory yemen's internationally recognized president says the u.a.e. has been attacking his forces in the southern port city of aden. they've been targeting terrorists when attacking saudi u.a.e. coalition forces middle east analyst gordon explains why saudi a

. >>> happening today, british billionaire richard branson will give us a first look at mission galactics an area for pilot toss prepare and allow to wait for flights into space. the two-level building in new mexico will also have space for two of virgin galactic's carrier planes. they will have a few more test flights before the first test flights begin. they will already have 600 reservations. each ticket costs a quarter million dollars. >>> a new survey says the newest job is tax manager. glass door says the average based salary for a tax manager, $112,000. others sales force developer, product designer and strategy manager. >>> still to come on the nine. >> this is yours. >> before you take your children to the movie theater, we'll let you know what is in store for the second installment of angry birds. >> and you're not alone, if you lost your wallet, keys am coming up, how festival organizers are helping hundreds ever people get those items back. >>> last weekend's festival marks the first time attendees could legally buy and consume cannabis products and they purchased a lot of it