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BizNews Top of the Pops September 2024
Top Stories Tamfitronics Find the 15 best-read stories of September 2024 on BizNews.com below and see what the tribe found most interesting last month. Scroll to the bottom for the top 10 most-watched BizNewsTV videos from August 2024. Let the countdown begin…Sign up for your early morning brew of the BizNews Insider to keep you up to speed with the content that matters. The newsletter will land in your inbox at 5:30am weekdays. Registerhere.BizNews Reporter15🔒 John Matisonn: Tshwane mayor vote brings day of reckoning for Gauteng ANCThe ongoing conflict between President Cyril Ramaphosa’s ANC leadership and its Gauteng counterparts has resurfaced, centring on the upcoming no-confidence vote against Tshwane mayor Cilliers Brink. Find the full story here.14🔒 John Matisonn: Obstacles to the Musk-Ramaphosa Starlink bromanceThe GNU faces a challenging test as President Cyril...
What the papers say – September 23
Politics tamfitronics The Monday papers mostly cover the Chancellor’s upcoming speech to the Labour conference in Liverpool.The Telegraph reports Rachel Reeves will warn Britain faces economic “ruin” unless public finances are stabilised.The i says the Chancellor will promise a difficult Budget next month will help economic growth.She will also hail Britain’s “immense” potential, according to The Times and Financial Times.The Daily Express leads with union backlash to Labour’s plans to strip winter fuel payments from 10 million pensioners.The Chancellor is set to promise action to tackle tax dodgers and claw back money from flawed Covid-era contracts, reports the Daily Mirror and The Guardian respectively.Elsewhere, the Daily Mail says Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner billed taxpayers for a photographer.The Sun reports Strictly Come Dancing has recorded the lowest viewing figures for the first live show of...
The Marshall Star for September 18, 2024
NASA Space Technology NASA Chief Scientist and Senior Climate Advisor Kate Calvin, center left, joins team members at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center for a Climate and Science Town Hall on Sept. 17 in Activities Building 4316. Calvin took part in a question-and-answer session during her visit that was live streamed agencywide. Joining her in the session were, from left, Rahul Ramachandran, research scientist and senior data science strategist for the Science Research and Project Division at Marshall; Marshall Earth Science Branch Chief Andrew Molthan; Marshall Chief Scientist Renee Weber; Marshall Center Director Joseph Pelfrey; and Marshall Science and Technology Office Manager Julie Bassler, who moderated the panel. (NASA/Krisdon Manecke)Molthan answers a question during the Climate Town Hall. Topics discussed during the town hall included the response by NASA and Marshall to climate change,...
The Marshall Star for September 11, 2024
NASA Space Technology
NASA and its industry partners continue to make progress toward Artemis III and beyond, the first crewed lunar landing missions under the agency’s Artemis campaign. SpaceX, the commercial Human Landing System (HLS) provider for Artemis III and Artemis IV, recently tested a 1.2% scale model of the Super Heavy rocket, or booster, in the transonic Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel at NASA’s Ames Research Center. The Super Heavy rocket will launch the Starship human landing system to the Moon as part of Artemis.
During the tests, the wind tunnel forced an air stream at the Super Heavy scale model at high speeds, mimicking the air resistance and flow the booster experiences during flight. The wind tunnel subjected the Super Heavy model, affixed with pressure-measuring sensors, to wind speeds ranging from Mach .7, or about 537 miles...