Yesterday, in Flint, MI Donald Trump said: "Only consequential Presidents get shot at." Donald Trump, Ronald Reagan and John Kennedy had two things in common. Each of them sought to stop the threat of nuclear annihilation and each of them were targets for assassination, one of which succeeded.
Erik Prince, the man who provided flawless security in the Iraq war zone, says supplementing the Secret Service’s advance and planning teams with people who think like a professional assassin, could substantially help the situation. This, we believe, is what must be implemented immediately.
We're issuing a call to action to beef up President Trump's security after the second assassination attempt against him. We also have reports on our interventions with Trump's new GOP in Texas, organizing Michigan auto workers for Trump.
In today's report: maglev hearts and rails, supersonic airliners, the Boeing strike, the Webb Telescope images the edge of our galaxy, and Trump's initiatives presented in New York.
In July, the first patient-volunteer received an implanted artificial heart with only one moving part—the impeller—which is suspended by magnetic levitation and touches nothing but blood. The patient was the first of five to receive the BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart as a bridge device to keep patients alive while waiting for suitable human hearts to become available. The patient lived with the device for 8 days until a transplant became possible. He has been in good health since receiving his transplanted human heart. The test program is being carried out at the Texas Heart Institute of the Texas Medical Center in Houston.
Keri Sprung
By placing their superconducting maglev test vehicle inside a 2-kilometer low vacuum tube, the Institute of Maglev and Electromagnetic Propulsion of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation succeeded in reaching a speed of about 621 kph, exceeding the long-standing Japanese superconducting maglev record of 603 kph. It should be expected that by lengthening the test tube, the Chinese should be able to reach their initial goal of 1,000 kph. That would exceed the speed at which typical jet airliners travel. They ultimately aim for 4,000 kph. As America considers development of high speed rail systems, systems within evacuated tubes should be put at the top of the list of candidate technologies. [Note that the headline of the New Atlas article, referenced below, mistakenly lists the speed as 621 mph instead of 621 kph.]
刘崇懿
China Science via X
At approximately 700 kilometers above the Earth, the crew will attempt the first-ever commercial extravehicular activity (EVA) with SpaceX-designed extravehicular activity (EVA) spacesuits. These suits are critical if we are to industrialize the Moon and Mars.
SpaceX has been ready to fly the 5th test flight of the Starship/Superheavy combination since early August. Now it appears that FAA approval will be delayed until November.
Can we bridge the gap between product design and and the tedious process of setting up machine tools and production lines? Can we leapfrog to manufacturing superpower?
In this edition we cover several upcoming and important space events, the introduction of space-based cell phone service, humanoid robots in the home, the curtailment of irrigation in California, and the danger posed by continued consolidation of dairy farms.
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