Friday, June 28, 2019
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Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Monday, June 24, 2019
Flight Surgeons:Aerospace Medicine Beckons to Many
Aerospace Medicine is a specialty that has an appeal to many medical students,offering the chance to work closely with the topline explorers of today's world,the astronauts and cosmonauts;and,indeed,the chance to fly in space themselves.There are five aerospace residency programmes in the United States.The most popular is perhaps that at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston,Texas near the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston..*
Two of the residencies are military:at Wright-Paterson Air Force Base,Ohio and the Naval Aerospace Medical Institute in Pensacola,Florida.The other civilian residencies are at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester,Minnesota and Wright State University in Dayton,Ohio.*
Flight surgeons support the health,safety and well-being of pilots,aircrews and astronauts.It is preventative and occupational medicine with an expeditionary twist.The field is competitive,but the future looks promising with the proliferation of commercial spaceflight firms and the ongoing government exploration programmes looking to scientifically colonise the Moon and beyond.
Two of the residencies are military:at Wright-Paterson Air Force Base,Ohio and the Naval Aerospace Medical Institute in Pensacola,Florida.The other civilian residencies are at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester,Minnesota and Wright State University in Dayton,Ohio.*
Flight surgeons support the health,safety and well-being of pilots,aircrews and astronauts.It is preventative and occupational medicine with an expeditionary twist.The field is competitive,but the future looks promising with the proliferation of commercial spaceflight firms and the ongoing government exploration programmes looking to scientifically colonise the Moon and beyond.
Friday, June 21, 2019
Thursday, June 20, 2019
Monday, June 17, 2019
Upcoming:The SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch the US Department of Defense Space Test Program-2 Mission,an extremely complex mission with DOD,NASA and university research projects.The mission,scheduled for a 24 June 2019 launch,is managed by the US Air Force and will be launched from Kennedy Space Center.
Friday, June 14, 2019
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Tuesday, June 4, 2019
Monday, June 3, 2019
Facebook Ramps Up Its Cryptocurrency Plan - in talks with government officials
An informed source says Facebook is having talks with a US financial regulator,the Commodity Futures Trading Commission,about whether the company's prospective digital currency would fall under the CFTC's supervision.What is more,Facebook has reportedly been floating its idea before the the US Department of the Treasury,several ecommerce firms and the Bank of England.Indeed,last month Facebook is believed to have started a subsidiary in Switzerland that deals with blockchain technology,global payments,investing and data analytics.*
The Wall Street Journal believes that Facebook's digital currency project may entail operating a global payments network.The currency,thought to be called GlobalCoin,could be activated in 2020 in up to 12 countries.More details are expected over the summer months.*
The code name for Facebook's plan is rumoured to be "Project Libra."You may be able in future to pay with GlobalCoin on leading ecommerce sites.GlobalCoin could be used as a reward for people who view Facebook ads or otherwise interact with Facebook content,such as by shopping on Facebook advertisers' websites.It may also be possible to transfer money with GlobalCoin on Facebook's WhatsApp platform.
The big plus for using GlobalCoin would be the absence of fees for doing so.Very significant is the fact that GlobalCoin would be tied to a leading currency for stability.*
The CFTC is at this point in an early stage of talks with Facebook,but is keenly interested in hearing what the giant firm has to say.*
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The Wall Street Journal believes that Facebook's digital currency project may entail operating a global payments network.The currency,thought to be called GlobalCoin,could be activated in 2020 in up to 12 countries.More details are expected over the summer months.*
The code name for Facebook's plan is rumoured to be "Project Libra."You may be able in future to pay with GlobalCoin on leading ecommerce sites.GlobalCoin could be used as a reward for people who view Facebook ads or otherwise interact with Facebook content,such as by shopping on Facebook advertisers' websites.It may also be possible to transfer money with GlobalCoin on Facebook's WhatsApp platform.
The big plus for using GlobalCoin would be the absence of fees for doing so.Very significant is the fact that GlobalCoin would be tied to a leading currency for stability.*
The CFTC is at this point in an early stage of talks with Facebook,but is keenly interested in hearing what the giant firm has to say.*
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