Deep Blue Aerospace secures strategic funding, landmark VTVL rocket test soon
14 Aug
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Deep Blue Aerospace secures strategic funding, landmark VTVL rocket test soon

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Top Stories Tamfitronics The Nebula-M1 test article during its VTVL test flight above Tongchuan, Shaanxi Province, on May 6, 2022. Credit: Deep Blue AerospaceHELSINKI Chinese commercial rocket firm Deep Blue Aerospace announced new funding Tuesday, with a 100-kilometer-level launch and landing test scheduled for later this month.Deep Blue Aerospace announced the successful completion of its B3 strategic financing round Aug. 13 without disclosing the amount of funds raised. It follows a number of funding rounds secured this year by the company.The new round was led by Zhengyue Investment, a strategic investment firm focused on high-growth sectors, and Zhenghe Yunfan Fund, a private equity fund particularly active in industries such as defense technology and advanced manufacturing.Both funds are examples of how private equity and venture capital in China are increasingly aligned with national...
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Phoenix Exit Sparks ‘Outrage’ & Questions
14 Aug
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Phoenix Exit Sparks ‘Outrage’ & Questions

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Top Stories Tamfitronics Sony Pictures News broke last week of Joaquin Phoenix’s abrupt and unexpected exit from Todd Haynes’ next film just five days before production was to begin in Mexico.The untitled project has been dubbed a 1930s detective noir and will focus on an intense romance between characters that were to be played by Phoenix and Danny Ramirez. As financing was reportedly reliant on Phoenix’s involvement, the project is now effectively dead.The departure came as a big surprise as it was made clear Phoenix first brought the project to Haynes and his producers Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler, and was developing it alongside them.Several sources say Phoenix got cold feet...
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JD Vance and the politics of vegetarianism in a red-meat Republican Party
14 Aug
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JD Vance and the politics of vegetarianism in a red-meat Republican Party

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Politics tamfitronics The ebullient audience at the Republican National Convention was ready to be served up some red meat, but Usha Chilukuri Vance, onstage to introduce her husband, vice presidential candidate JD Vance, delivered the exact opposite. “Although he’s a meat-and-potatoes kind of guy, he adapted to my vegetarian diet and learned to cook food from my mother — Indian food,” she said.If it was an applause line, it didn’t have the intended effect, eliciting a few “whoops” and sparse clapping. She pressed on, joking about her husband’s beard and eventually eliciting a “JD!” chant.For some, the speech last month raised a dietary question both in the senator’s home state of Ohio and abroad. ...
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