stephen hawking's think so. -- stephen hawking thinks so. there is a probability that alien life has evolved and probably looks pretty different from us, but they may be out there. slightly different question. how many of us believe that aliens have visited earth? sergio, the only man with a strength of his convictions. i appreciate that. here is a question. is the idea that aliens have visited earth, in and of itself, a conspiracy theory? sergio? >> i don't think so. >> >> why not? >> if you take into account that we are trying to get to mars, we would technically be alien life there. to say that another life form has become intelligent enough to do space travel and visit another planet is not a conspiracy theory. felix harcourt: that seems fair. >> it depends on how you define the scope of a conspiracy theory. it would take a species collaborating together to land on another planet. is another race working together a conspiracy? i wouldn't think so. felix harcourt: that seems reasonable. it seems a little odd to indict the entire planet of

today, i wish i'd met stephen hawking before he passed away.ry? seeing the morgue trucks parked around the world through covid. and seeing what's happened in india over the past month. my final question, what advice would you give to someone from humble beginnings who wants to run a great company? i've always felt you just need to, more than what your mind says, you need to figure out what your heart is excited by, and it's a journey, and you will know it when you find it. and if you find that, things tend to work out. we are still in the middle of this heatwave, or actuallyjust pastored, some thunderstorms on the way to in the coming days, which should break the heat. but it certainly has been hot in northern ireland. it was wednesday hotspots and co to run. 31.3 degrees. a provisional record for northern ireland, only beating saturday's value bike just 0.1 degrees. on the satellite, we can see some cars to the west of our neighbourhood. it is an developing area of low pressure, it will move forward and bring some slow—moving thunderstorms. we

today, i wish i'd met stephen hawking before he passed away.you last cry? seeing the morgue trucks parked around the world through covid. and seeing what's happened in india over the past month. my final question, what advice would you give to someone from humble beginnings who wants to run a great company? i've always felt you just need to, more than what your mind says, you need to work out what your heart is excited by it, and it's a journey, and you will know it when you find it. if you find that, things tend to work out. the heat continues for many of the next few days. the met office amber warning for extreme heat still enforced until the end of thursday, a combination of high daytime and night—time temperatures have an impact on the health and infrastructure, and also travel. temperatures towards midnight — still storms around south east anglia, a stormy afternoon for some in the east, fading into the night but the heat only slowly up the way in the mid—and high teens as we start wednesday morning. or in the way of mist and low cloud acr

today, i wish i'd met stephen hawking before he passed away. trucks parked around the world through covid. and seeing what's happened in india over the past month. my final question, what advice would you give to someone from humble beginnings who wants to run a great company? i've always felt you just need to, more than what your mind says, you need to figure out what your heart is excited by it, and it's a journey, and you will know it when you find it. if you find that, things tend to work out. hello, shorts and t—shirts weather once again today — pretty much across the board — as those temperatures sky—rocket. the sun is strong, and here's another reminder ofjust how strong it is. very high uv levels across many parts of england and wales. not quite so high in scotland — a bit more cloud here. actually, temperatures across the northern half of the uk will be a somewhat lower today. that's because we have slightly cooler air coming off the atlantic. so 20 in glasgow, for example. in london and the south—east, we'll probably hit around 30—31

he played a clip of the late businesses, stephen hawking, who he said, inspired the name of the space plane community. after that, after the press conference concluded with a few self promotional flourishes, for virgin galactic, there were champagne corks popping celebrations all around. and that's pretty much the best day of richard branson's life, i guess. all right, thank you for that robin live in sarah county. let's go to leo and she was a space analyst. and joining us now from us say, in the south of france, thank you for your time. just give, if you will take how big a day was this for space exploration for ushering in space tourism. well it is a big day for richard branson. there's no question about that. let us not forget his well that those astronaut wings that were handed out just a short time ago at the ceremony. just pre and the people on board got them because the others had already flown aboard the space plain before. and so the people who got the space wings where a column banner to an english months, an employee, richard brown, some and the other person really does de

today, i wish i'd met stephen hawking before he passed away.ry? seeing the morgue trucks parked around the world through covid. and seeing what's happened in india over the past month. my final question, what advice would you give to someone from humble beginnings who wants to run a great company? i've always felt you just need to, more than what your mind says, you need to work out what your heart is excited by it, and it's a journey, and you will know it when you find it. if you find that, things tend to work out. good evening. hot sunshine was the weather story for most parts of the uk today, but the really big story was in northern ireland where, as you can see, it was beach weather in county down, and temperatures at ballywatticock got all the way up to 31.2 celsius — and that is northern ireland's highest temperature on record. plenty of other places not too far behind, but in shetland, lerwick only got up to 13 celsius this afternoon because we had a lot of cloud around. you could see this on the satellite picture, and a lot of cloud gen

today, i wish i'd met stephen hawking before he passed away.seeing the morgue trucks parked around the world through covid. and seeing what's happened in india over the past month. my final question, what advice would you give to someone from humble beginnings who wants to run a great company? i've always felt you just need to, more than what your mind says, you need to figure out what your heart is excited by, and it's a journey, and you will know it when you find it. and if you find that, things tend to work out. hello. the weekend has brought a lot of sunshine and a lot of warmth to the uk. and the week ahead will continue to do so, at least until the very end of the week. we have seen a bit more cloud pushing in to the northern half of the uk, particularly into scotland and northern ireland through sunday, and some cooler air working in here too. that will mean perhaps a more comfortable night, though, with temperatures in the low teens. for england and wales, it stays very muggy and humid. 18, 19 the lows as we move into the small hours of

for sending people to other places in the solar system, but some very serious people including stephen hawking and elon musk subscribe to that theory. >> john, i want you to react to this social media post that has a pretty down view on private companies going into space. the privatization of space is one of the most horrifying things to ever happen in the history of our species. instead of being motivated by scientific discovery and the joy of exploration and the possibilities, we're going to commercialize space. we'll ruin it. do you agree or disagree there, john? >> well, first of all, space has been commercialized since the 1960s. most of the money spent on space and made from space is from private companies launching satellites particularly various forms of communication satellites but also earth observation satellites to deliver services to people on earth. so i don't think that the privaization of space so far has ruined space. there is a very successful co-ist ens between government sponsored and private sponsored space activities. i see no reason why that can't extend to human -- priv

i know the vss unity was named by the late great stephen hawking.had wanted to go, obviously, before he died. he talked about his hope that space travel one day would reach the masses. i remember when he said and talked about it being a great unifier. he said we seem to be able to cooperate with nations in space in a way we can only envy on earth. when we landed a man on the moon, it was about unity, american unity against the soviet union. is this, in your mind, about unity going forward somehow? >> completely. kids should be able to dream of going to space and then one day it should become a reality for them. when you're in space, you look back and see this one world, no bor borders. it's up to our leaders to make sure it's truly a world without borders. and i think that i'm going to devote the rest of my life in trying to tackle the big issues of this world, and i think other people who come back from space will do the same. >> so what about the critics who say here is a billionaire going on a joy ride, great pr for his company, what does this re

but some very serious people including stephen hawking do subscribe to that theory.esse: john, i want you to react to this social media post that has a pretty down view on private companies going into space. "the privatization of space is one of the most horrifying things to ever happen in the history of our species. instead of being motivated by scientific discovery and the joy of exploration and the possibilities, we are going to commercialized space. we'll ruin it." do you agree or disagree? john: first of all, space has been commercialized since the 1960's. most of the money spent on space is from private companies launching satellite, particularly forms of communication satellites, but also earth observation satellites to deliver services to people on earth. so i don't think the privatization of space so far has ruined space. there is a very successful coexistence between government-sponsored in private-sponsored space activities. i see no reason why that can't extend to private human activities in space. there is a legitimate concern about private people going

now, stephen hawking, the great physicist looked at this question and he concluded that wormholes through space are allowed under einstein's equation. he had doubts about going through time, but space, yes. he believed wormholes could in fact go through the fabric of space. so the question is, is time travel possible? there's a wrinkle in all this . the equations say perhaps. but to do it, you do not need a delorean, that's simply not possible.you need a black hole. theenergy of a black hole . that's what it takes to read the fabric of space and time. to turn time into a pretzel it takes energy eon comprehension. so sorry about that. now, there's another problem with einstein's theory. einstein's theory says that the universe must eventually die. this is the second law of thermodynamics. in a closed system things rot, decay and die. that's why we got. we die because errors build up. the second law says errors, entropy builds up in our cells and our cells begin to become sluggish and eventually they die. that's why we die. but if you take a look at evolution, evolution seems to go the oppo

he said he was jealous ofjeff bezos flying into space and he wished he had met stephen hawking and alanevelop boundaries of their own and talking about adapting to technology i should say the full—length version of the interview is on the bbc sounds app and on tv tonight, bbc two, 9pm. sounds app and on tv tonight, bbc two, 9m. ., ~' ,, scientists at imperial college london believe they've discovered the basis for what could be the first diagnostic test for long covid. our correspondent, lucy adams, who has been suffering from long covid herself, has this report. i started recording a video diary when i first got covid in march last year, thinking it would just be a few weeks on this. i've been ill for eight... i've been ill for eight months now. and i'm getting really fed up on it. doorbell rings. hi, guys. how was school? i'm one of a million people in the uk suffering from long covid, an illness with a huge range of symptoms including fatigue, breathlessness and brain fog. it's had a huge impact on me and my family. much about the illness is still unknown. i look fine on the outside,

i think so, stephen hawking thinks so. in a giant universe, there is distinctly a probability that somewhere alien life has evolved and, you know, probably looks pretty different from us, but they might be out there. slightly different question. how many of us believe that aliens have visited earth? sergio, the only man with the strength of his convictions. [laughter] i appreciate that. so here's a question, is the idea that aliens have visited earth in and of itself a conspiracy theory? sergio? >> i don't believe so. >> no? why not? >> well, i mean, if you take into consideration the fact that we're trying to go to mars, we would technically be alien life there. so the fact that another life form has become intelligent enough to do a space travel and visit another planet isn't really a conspiracy theory. >> yeah, seems fair. >> [inaudible] -- how you define the scope of, like, a conspiracy theory because it takes an entire species more or less collaborating together to land themselves on another planet. is an entire race

i think so, stephen hawking thinks so.iverse, there is distinctly a probability that somewhere alien life

i was a friend of professor stephen hawking, who sadly passed away. he made it clear it was the imperative of humanity as do many other scientists i know. the idea of nitpicking at billionaires who have actually invested in the future technologies that could save humanity, i actually find rather distasteful. >> janet, what say you? we were lucky enough to have former nasa administrator charles bolden the last hour. he said, look, i don't care if it's a billionaire going up, kind of echoing what we just heard. what do you think? does it not matter who goes up as long as we are doing this kind of next chapter in exploration? >> well, i think the most important thing is that, you know, the people that go up are the people that have always dreamed about going up. i know i wanted to be an astronaut since i was a child, and i don't know sir richard branson, i've never spoken to him. but i did speak to jeff bezos last week. and he is so excited. this is something that he's dreamed about since a child -- his childhood and has always wanted to do it. he and so

people like professor stephen hawking said it. we are doing the right thing.we are doing. it is a belief based on economics, good science, and good industrialization theory. anna: thank you for joining us, will whitehorn, chairman, seraphim space investment trust. coming up, shareholder activism makes a comeback. the first half of this year has seen a rebound as the economy has started recovering. we discussed what companies can do to improve esg, and how should they gauge with activists. we will speak with david roberts , head of activism emea, ubs. that conversation is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> one thing we can do, and economic and impact activists campaign. we have launched the etf. there is a clue in the name. we launched this etf because it is a way for people to stay invested in these public companies over time, and then we as the manager will vote actively. anna: that was the ceo of the activist firm engine no. 1 at the bloomberg sustainable business summit. it gives long-term investors the opportunity to use their voting power to create change rath

reason for sending people to other places in the solar system, but very serious people, including stephen hawking and elon musk, subscribe to that theory. host: john, i want you to react to this social media post that has a pretty down view on private companies going into space. the privatization of space is one of the most horrifying things to ever happen in the history of our species. instead of being motivated by scientific discovery and the joy of exploration and the possibilities, we are going to commercialize space. we will ruin it. do you agree or disagree there, john? guest: first of all, space has been commercialized since the 1960's. most of the money spent on space and made from space is from private companies launching satellites, particularly the various forms of communication satellites, but also earth observation satellites to deliver services to people on earth. so, i don't think the privatization of space so far has ruined space. there is a very successful coexistence between government-sponsored and private-sponsored space activities. i see no reason why they can't extend to hum

reason for sending people to other places in the solar system, but very serious people, including stephen hawking elon musk, subscribe to that theory. host: john, i want you to react to this social media post that has a pretty down view on private companies going into space. the privatization of space is one of the most horrifying things to ever happen in the history of our species. instead of being motivated by scientific discovery and the joy of exploration and the possibilities, we are going to commercialize space. we will ruin it. do you agree or disagree there, john? guest: first of all, space has been commercialized since the 1960's. most of the money spent on space and made from space is from private companies launching satellites, particularly the various forms of communication satellites, but also earth observation satellites to deliver services to people on earth. so, i don't think the privatization of space so far has ruined space. there is a very successful coexistence between government-sponsored and private-sponsored space activities. i see no reason why they can't extend to human,

spaceship named after his own mother eve, but unity, the space plane itself, was actually named by stephen hawkingctic flights. >> morgan, i guess the question would be for bezos, what are the challenges for his flight? and, i mean, what sort of -- do you see those two trying to outdo each other or essentially match each other as their innovation takes hold? >> it's a great question i think speaking to virgin galactic and to someone like branson, he sees it as a market that has room for more than one competitor where subsorbital space is concerned certainly was, as you heard right there, was very positive and supportive of bezos' upcoming flight. there had been some space shade by blue origins ahead of galactic's flight on twitter last week. that was not received by the industry but in general, and you see this as well, elon musk tweeting congratulations to branson after that flight yesterday. in general, i think there is a rivalry between all of these different commercial space companies and their founders, but also a lot of support. anytime anyone makes it to space or to orbit, it is seen as a m

i'm stephen be in the hawk. >> they soon became fast friends with harvey and his wife divvy. >> what >> he was so funny and he had such a great love of music and he loved to cook and i thought this man is gonna be perfect to go on about with us. >> oh, yes. the boat. he had adopted the l.a. yacht club, a 69 foot beauty called the elon mara. harvey had a big plan for that boat. they talked about ever since the first date. he says what you want to do when you retire? and i said i want to sail all over the world. >> it was her dream of a lifetime and now debbie actually found the man who shared it. they married at the dawn of the loop millennia right here on the front porch of their new texas home. all of that adventure to look forward to. but now harvey had invited stephen to go along as chef on their beloved yacht. steven move the board, lived with him on the boat but before they set sail there was work to do. >> he brought this rusty tub, right? >> yes. greg fashioned all of the stainless steel trim i felt a connection with harvey too. he was a wall street guy, rejecting society. >> a

. >> stephen: i know in the new film, "'12 mighty orphans," which you play mason hawk is a finance yeare that you play in it is with your old friend martin sheen. >> yeah. >> stephen: who, of course, you starred in apocalypse now with in 1979. the scene was improvised. >> i didn't have much to do. rooster mcconaughey is a good friend of mine, matthew's older brother. i said, give me your daughter and we'll come in and we sat there and improvise. >> give me a program for the game. >> i will, for sure. hawk wre delighted you're making the first game. >> thanks, sir. we have a football team thanks to you. >> thanks for bringing in the coach and his wife. how is he doing? >> remarkable. you met juanita. he's a great teacher and coach. >> we finally got a team. thanks to you, sir.to y. it's a true story, a lovely story, ty roberts directed it and luke wilson is excellent as the coach. marty, you haven't seen marty sheen in a long time. and it's just a lovely movie based on fact, and i didn't realize that all the founding fathers were masons except -- >> stephen: jefferson? jefferson. he didn