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CapitalRise reassesses its mission amidst Brexit and regulation change | Startups 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- March 24, 2020
Sat in the plush Chelsea offices of its sister company Finchatton, Uma Rajah, the CEO of CapitalRise is talking about Brexit. And specifically, Rajah is speaking of the impact the UK’s exit from the European Union has had on the slice of the real estate market she is most interested in: the luxury kind. Speaking to
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One scientist’s mission to save the ‘super weird’ snails under the sea | Environment 0
- BUSINESS
- February 26, 2020
It takes an hour from the surface of the Indian Ocean, descending 3,000 metres in a submersible research pod, to reach the bizarre creatures that cluster around hydrothermal vents on the seabed. “You’re in a titanium sphere that is about two metres in diameter,” says evolutionary biologist Julia Sigwart, describing her voyage to Kairei hydrothermal
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Boffin behind NASA Mission Control signs off for final time • The Register 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- July 23, 2019
Obit Chris Kraft, who created the concept of NASA’s Mission Control, died yesterday aged 95. Born in Phoebus, Virginia, on 28 February 1924, Christopher Columbus Kraft joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in 1945 following his graduation. Armed with a degree in Aeronautical Engineering, Kraft was a good fit for the organisation. Describing
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SpaceX delays launch of ISS resupply mission due to technical issues 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- May 4, 2019
The launch of CRS-17 has been delayed several times since 26th April Elon Musk’s SpaceX has postponed the launch of the CRS-17 resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) for 24 hours, due to ‘technical issues’. SpaceX’s Dragon cargo spacecraft was scheduled to lift off aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air
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first privately-funded mission crashes on moon, but its significance is huge 0
- BUSINESS
- April 14, 2019
It came so close. It even took a selfie. But with only a few kilometres left to descend, something went wrong and the spacecraft Beresheet veered out of control, taking one final photograph just before it hit the surface. It is thought that there was a fault, possibly in the inertial system, possibly an engine
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How to write a mission statement for your startup | Startups 0
- TECHNOLOGY
- March 25, 2019
Creating a mission statement is one of the first steps to developing a startup. It outlines your startup’s vision, and how your products or services address a gap in the marketplace or otherwise solve a problem. While you might think this document is less important than designing your company logo or coming up with a
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