Chinas National Space Administration (CNSA) hat angekündigt, daß bis zum Jahr 2023 11 Starts mit 12 Astronauten erfolgen sollen und bis 2022 die Raumstation eingerichtet sein wird. Diese Ziele wurden am Rande einer Konferenz von dem ehemaligen Astronauten und derzeitigen stellvertretenden Chefingenieur des bemannten Raumfahrtprogramms, Yang Liwei, bekannt gegeben. Laut Tass und Sputnik rief Yang […]
China: Space Station to Be Unveiled by 2022! Mar. 6 (EIRNS)–The China National Space Administration (CNSA), has announced that 11 launches are planned with 12 astronauts by 2023, and the inauguration of a space station by 2022. The goals were made public on the sidelines of a conference of the National Committee of Chinese People’s […]
Vaccination Is Increasing Americans’ Acceptance of Vaccines March 7 (EIRNS) – A number of new polls appear to show a continuing increase in acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination as the vaccines are actually available and their distribution has reached tens of millions of people without ill effects, The Hill reported March 4. There was a point […]
Beethoven: Sparks of Joy — the incomparable violin concerto in D major Beethoven composed his only violin concerto in 1806, specifically for the young violinist Franz Clement, whose playing was described as being of “indescribable tenderness”. The premier was chaotic, with Clement at one point interrupting the program to play one of his own compositions […]
American Scientists Fight Back Against FBI’s Anti-China, Anti-Science Witch-hunt March 6 (EIRNS)–Hundreds of America’s leading scientists, including six Nobel Prize recipients in chemistry, physics and medicine, have issued two powerful denunciations of the FBI’s criminal prosecution of hundreds of Chinese scientists in the United States, including American citizens of Chinese dissent, as well as Americans […]
Hunderte führende amerikanische Wissenschaftler, darunter sechs Nobelpreisträger in Chemie, Physik und Medizin, haben sich eindringlich gegen die strafrechtliche Verfolgung Hunderter chinesischer Wissenschaftler in den Vereinigten Staaten durch das FBI ausgesprochen. Unter den Verfolgten sind auch amerikanische Staatsbürger chinesischer Herkunft sowie Amerikaner, die mit chinesischen Institutionen im Interesse des wissenschaftlichen Fortschritts zusammengearbeitet haben. Diese juristischen Attacken […]
Leading Renewable Energy Company Abengoa, Once the Cat’s Meow, Fails March 5 (EIRNS)–A leading renewable energy firm, Abengoa SA, which has been the darling of the City of London and Wall Street financiers, and green Malthusians, filed for bankruptcy, on Feb. 23. The Spanish company has carried out projects in the United States, and in […]
Hypocrisy of “human rights” cries are exposed. Mar. 5 (EIRNS)–Speaking at the United Nations offices in Geneva on March 4, UN Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, Alena Douhan, and Obiora C. Okafor, UN Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity, said sanctions adopted […]
Beethoven: Sparks of Joy — the 1795 Horn Sextet Though published in 1810, the Horn Sextet was composed some time around 1795, when Beethoven was a newcomer to Vienna and popular taste was dominated by Haydn and the recently-deceased Mozart. Scored for two horns, two violins, viola and cello, the horn parts are so demanding […]
Jubilation in Paraguay Over Launching of First Satellite March 4, 2021 (EIRNS)–With great pride and excitement, Paraguay launched its first satellite, GuaraniSat-1, on Feb. 20, from NASA’s launch facility on Wallops Island, Virginia–an event considered to be of great historic significance for the country. Two days after launch, the Northrop Grumman Cygnus supply ship carrying […]