Wed. 09/15 - Civilian? Amateur? Private? Whatever, They're Going to Space!

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Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Tech News, News, Science, Society & Culture

4.6 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2021

⏱️ 18 minutes

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SpaceX’s Inspiration4 all-civilian crew is blasting off tonight in Cape Canaveral. Here’s everything you need to know about the historic launch. Plus, the Māori Party in New Zealand has introduced a petition to rename the country its Māori language name, Aotearoa. And a newly identified species of insect has been named after RuPaul. Sponsors: Indeed, Get a free $75 credit at Indeed.com/goodnews Upstart, upstart.com/kottke Links: SpaceX's Latest Mission Will Launch Four People Into Orbit (NY Times) SpaceX Mission: How to Watch the Inspiration4 Launch (NY Times) Inspiration4: Why SpaceX’s first all-private mission is a big deal (MIT Technology Review) Private astronauts are not 'space tourists' (op-ed) (Space.com) SpaceX’s All-Civilian Inspiration4 Crew Readies for Launch (Wired) The era of orbital private spaceflight truly begins with today’s launch (Ars Technica) Inspiration4's call signs: The crew of SpaceX's all-civilian mission have special nicknames (Space.com) Inspiration4 Launch: Where to Watch Netflix Livestream (Indie Wire) Māori Party campaigns to change New Zealand's name to Aotearoa (CNN) Bilingual road signs in Aotearoa New Zealand would tell us where we are as a nation (The Conversation) ‘A neat trick’: critics aim to shift Aotearoa debate, but historical fidelity no longer matters (The Guardian) ‘Rainbow colours and legs for days’: Australian fly species named after drag star RuPaul (The Guardian) Endangered fly with 'legs for days' named after drag queen RuPaul (ABC Australia) RuPaul fly among species named by CSIRO (CSIRO) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.7	welcome to the cotkey ride home for Wednesday, September 15th, 2021.
0:40.6	I'm Jackson Bird today.
0:42.8	SpaceX's inspiration for all civilian crew is blasting off tonight from Cape Canaveral.
0:49.4	Here's everything you need to know about the historic launch.
0:53.3	Plus, the Maori party in New Zealand
0:55.6	has introduced a petition to rename the country its Maori language name Aotearoa, and a newly
1:02.8	identified species of insect has been named after RuPaul. Here are some of the cool things
1:09.0	from the news today.
1:20.9	Well, this one snuck up on me. SpaceX's Inspiration 4 mission is launching tonight at 8 p.m.
1:25.9	Eastern, or at least that's the start of the five-hour launch window, whether depending they could take off any time in that window or
1:28.1	tomorrow Thursday at 8 p.m. Eastern. Inspiration 4 is the much-hyped all-civilian crew funded by
1:35.7	billionaire Jared Isaacman and consisting of himself and three others, none of whom are astronauts
1:41.9	or work for any space agency. They are Sian Proctor, a geoscientist
1:47.9	and science educator from Arizona, who was previously a finalist for NASA's astronaut class of 2009,
1:54.4	but wasn't ultimately selected. Now, as pilot of the Inspiration 4 mission, she's making history
2:00.1	as the first black woman to serve as pilot of a spacecraft.
2:04.4	Proctor's call sign, which each of the crew got as a part of their fighter jet training recently, is Leo.
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