New Shepard rocket ready to boost Bezos and three crewmates into space
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While Jeff Bezos and his three crewmates worked through a two-day "astronaut" training course, engineers on Sunday tentatively cleared their New Shepard rocket and capsule for blastoff Tuesday on a 10-minute up-and-down flight to the edge of space, matching rival Richard Branson's feat nine days earlier.
Blue Origin, the space company Bezos founded two decades ago, plans to launch the company's New Shepard rocket and crew capsule from its west Texas flight facility at 9 a.m. EDT Tuesday. Liftoff will mark the 16th flight of a New Shepard spacecraft, but the first with passengers onboard. Joining Amazon founder Bezos will be his brother, Mark, 82-year-old aviation pioneer Wally Funk and Oliver Daemen, an 18-year-old Dutchman who is Blue Origin's first paying customer.On May 7, health influencer Paul Saladino, M.D.. posted a video to his X account that promoted feeding "raw dairy" to infants. The post received over 90,000 views and sparked strong backlash before it was removed the following day. Saladino regularly advocates for "animal-based" diets featuring raw milk, including on his TikTok channel where he has over half a million followers.
Everywhere you look, things are getting more complicated. Our phones have over a thousand settings. Showerheads come with apps. Cars have touchscreens. Ovens have touchscreens. "There's no doubt that 'featuritis' is real," said design consultant Jakob Nielsen. "Most of these things are too complicated."
New research is adding to the evidence linking ultra-processed foods to health concerns. The study tracked people's habits over 30 years and found those who reported eating more of certain ultra-processed foods had a slightly higher risk of death — with four categories of foods found to be the biggest culprits.