Continuing its quest to become the Amazon Web Services for biomanufacturing, Ginkgo Bioworks has launched a new spinoff called Motif Ingredients with $90 million in funding to develop proteins that can serve as meat and dairy replacements. It’s the second spinout for Ginkgo since late 2017 when the company partnered with Bayer to launch Joyn […]
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Oil and gas giants Chevron and Occidental are backing tech to combat carbon emissions
Carbon Engineering, a Canadian company developing technology to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and process it for use in enhanced oil recovery or in the creation of new synthetic fuels, has locked in financing from two big industry backers — Chevron and Occidental Petroleum — to bring its products to market. The undisclosed amount […]
View More Oil and gas giants Chevron and Occidental are backing tech to combat carbon emissionsVirgin Galactic reaches the edge of space
Richard Branson, who is competing with the likes of Tesla and Amazon, is reaching new heights. The SpaceShipTwo passenger rocket hit a new height of 82.7km. It took off from the Mojave Desert in California. Read more…More about Space, Mashabl…
View More Virgin Galactic reaches the edge of spaceVirgin Galactic’s most recent test flight looks pretty dang impressive in a new video
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Virgin Galactic flies to the edge of space for 1st time, setting the stage for commercial missions
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And just like that, Virgin Galactic made it to space.
For the first time in the company’s 14-year history, the Richard Branson space outfit has sent one of their suborbital SpaceShipTwo spacecraft to space — at least by their definition.
A test flight on Thursday brought the company’s VSS Unity ship — carrying two co-pilots — 51.3 miles up above Earth, making it the company’s highest flight yet, once confirmed, according to Virgin Galactic.
Some define space as 100 kilometers — or 62 miles — above Earth, but others, use 50 miles as the boundary.
The Thursday flight could pave the way for the company to begin flying their commercial customers to suborbital space sometime in the relatively near future, a huge boon for the company that has faced its fair share of setbacks on the road to spaceflight. Read more…
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Virgin Hyperloop One has a new CEO and board chairman
High-speed futuristic transportation company Virgin Hyperloop One is changing up its leadership. CEO Rob Lloyd has left after three years at the helm and Jay Walder, who ran bike-sharing operator Motivate, is now heading up Virgin Hyperloop One, the company said Thursday. Sir Richard Branson, who stepped down as chairman in October, has been replaced […]
View More Virgin Hyperloop One has a new CEO and board chairmanRichard Branson steps down as chairman of Virgin Hyperloop One
Richard Branson has reportedly stepped down from the chairman role of Virgin Hyperloop One. In a statement, cited by Reuters, Branson said that the company would require a more time than he could devote to the company. “At this stage in the company’s evolution, I feel it needs a more hands-on Chair, who can focus on […]
View More Richard Branson steps down as chairman of Virgin Hyperloop OneRyan Reynolds and Richard Branson fall out during gloriously awkward promo
If you’re going to make a promotional video together, it’s crucial to make sure everybody’s on the same page.
Someone should have told Ryan Reynolds and Richard Branson that, at least. In the sketch above, filmed to announce a new partnership bet…
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Blue Origin could charge $200k-$300k for a trip to space
How much would you pay to leave our dumpster fire of a world for just a few minutes? Blue Origin is considering charging $200,000 to $300,000 according to a Reuters report. For that price, passengers would get a seat on Blue Origin’s New Shepard, the commercial space vehicle from Jeff Bezos’ rocket company. The rocket […]
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