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Orbite begins the launch countdown for its commercial astronaut training programs

GeekWire

(Orbite Photo) After getting its start in Seattle and testing its business model in France and Florida, a space travel venture called Orbite is ready to start signing up customers for private-sector astronaut training programs. Prices for the five-night suborbital training program start at $49,500 per person. Just as Spaceflight Inc.

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List of the world’s top female futurists (Update #5)

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With a PhD in Planning and Innovation Studies, and a Master’s degree in Architecture, Urban Design and Urban Planning, Karuri-Sebina has a sound knowledge base for her work as Executive Manager of programs at the South African Cities Network. Botsman is a Young Global Leader for the World Economic Forum.

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Sen. Ed Markey on the politics of technology

The Verge

He has been a proponent of net neutrality, first proposing a bill in 2005. But they’re still doing all their work to make sure that these insurance companies are still providing services to people. So that’s the debate that I had with him over net neutrality. Nondiscrimination is the kind of another way of saying net neutrality.

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