Elon Musk #USA #Engineer #philantropist #Canada #SpaceX #Reuse rockets

Elon Reeve Musk FRS is an engineer, industrial designer, technology entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is a citizen of South Africa, Canada, and the United States.

Musk was born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa. As a child, Musk was so lost in his daydreams about inventions that his parents and doctors ordered a test to check his hearing.

At about the time of his parents’ divorce, when he was 10, Musk developed an interest in computers. He taught himself how to program, and when he was 12 he sold his first software: a game he created called Blastar.

In grade school, Musk was short, introverted and bookish. He was bullied until he was 15 and went through a growth spurt and learned how to defend himself with karate and wrestling.

Musk founded his third company, Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, or SpaceX, in 2002 with the intention of building spacecraft for commercial space travel. By 2008, SpaceX was well established, and NASA awarded the company the contract to handle cargo transport for the International Space Station—with plans for astronaut transport in the future—in a move to replace NASA’s own space shuttle missions.

His success story in a nice video. 

Coronavirus: How dangerous is lifting lockdown? #Covid-19 #lockdown #risk #dangerous

Across the UK we can meet more people, while in England some children are back in school and car showrooms and open-air markets have reopened.

But some scientists, even those advising government, have been in mutinous mood - saying ministers are acting too soon.

And the lifting of restrictions has been described as a "dangerous moment" even by England's deputy chief medical officer.

There were an estimated 100,000 new infections every day in England on 23 March, the day when Boris Johnson announced strict curbs on our daily lives.

That compares with around 8,000 daily infections at the moment.

Trump's former defence secretary denounces president #USA #DonaldTrump #JamesMattis

In rare public comments, Mr Mattis said the president had sought to "divide" the American people and had failed to provide "mature leadership".

He said he was "angry and appalled" by Mr Trump's handling of recent unrest.

In response, the president described Mr Mattis as an "overrated general" and said he was glad he had left the post.

Bollywood music composer Wajid Khan dies of suspected Covid-19: #India #Music #bollywood #wajidkhan

Bollywood composer-singer Wajid Khan of the popular sibling composer duo- Sajid Wajid who passed away in the early hours on Monday in a Mumbai hospital was a popular figure in the Bollywood circles. According to reports Wajid who had a kidney transplant a while ago developed an infection and was on ventilator for the last four days. He was 42.

Sajid-Wajid recently composed songs for Bollywood superstar Salman Khan during the ongoing lockdown, one of which was a number titled Pyaar karona, a pop anthem encouraging all to fight the coronavirus. The song released in April was sung by Salman and also featured the actor in the video.

Easing of some COVID-19 restrictions in Abu Dhabi: #UAE #AbuDhabi #Covid-19

Abu Dhabi Media Office has announced the easing of some restrictions on activities in the emirate in line with the National Screening Programme and the Abu Dhabi Emergency and Crisis Committee for the COVID-19, in collaboration with the Department of Health (DOH), it was announced Sunday.

Early years and childcare sector at risk: #UK #Coronavirus #lockdown #education #earlyyear

The future of the early years and childcare sector is at risk in England, the Early Years Alliance (EYA) has said, as fewer than half of parents with young children plan to take up their childcare places on 1 June, 2020.

Just over 40% of parents of under-fives say they will send their children back to nursery, preschool or childminders this week, according to a poll by the EYA (Early Years Alliance) of more than 6,300 care providers across the UK. A further 13% of parents say they are still “completely undecided”. 

Three in 10 parents gave the government the lowest possible rating on a scale of one to 10, when asked how clear the government has been on the rationale behind reopening childcare settings. The average rating from parents was 3.9 – where one is “very unclear” and 10 is “very clear”. The reason is only the stats below. Parents are really afraid of, as per poll by EYA. Govt is not designing any line to cater the situation in education early year education. 

Confirmed UK cases

274,762

 

New cases

1,936

 

UK deaths

38,489

England

152,176

 

Scotland

15,400

 

Wales

13,995

 

NI

4,716

Astronauts on historic mission enter space station: Mission Space X #NASA #SpaceX #mission #Astronauts

SpaceX flew a first demonstration of its new crew vehicle last year 2019, but that had only a dummy aboard. This sortie is the first to carry humans. Hurley's and Behnken's job on the mission is to test all onboard systems and to give their feedback to engineers. SpaceX and Nasa need a clean crewed demonstration so they can move swiftly to the next phase of the company's $2.6bn (£2.1bn) contract, which will encompass six astronaut "taxi" flights, with the first of these likely to occur at the end of August 2020.

Violence erupts on sixth day of protests in USA: #GeorgeFloyd #Violence #USA #Justice #black

Curfews have been imposed in nearly 40 cities of USA, but people have largely ignored them, leading to tense stand-offs and moved for justice for George Floyd. People are looting malls, banks, state is not position to control the position. 

Riot police clashed with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Los Angeles, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse the crowds.Police vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.

Cartoonist Priya Kurian illustrated well social distancing: #Corona #Covid-19 #Cartoon #Cartoonist #PriyaKurian #Banglore

Cartoonist Priya Kurian has drawn a series of pictures showing how masks became the new normal across India - even before a stringent lockdown was put in place on 25 March, 2020.

Priya Kurian says her art was inspired by her neighbours, as well as people she saw at the airport when she took a flight from the southern city of Bangalore to visit her friend in the eastern city of Kolkata, India. 

This was before masks were made mandatory and flights grounded. However, the threat of Covid-19 had just begun to emerge so some people had already begun wearing face coverings as protection. But no care about social distancing. 

The longest lockdown in the world: #Corona #Covid-19 #Manila #March

In this pandemic, Manila observing the  longest lock down since mid March. More than 12 million people from Manila are still isolated from routine life. Govt is allowing relaxation in lockdown gradually.