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14.12.2021 / 18:21

‘Clown… edgelord… showman’: Elon Musk named Time’s ‘Person of the Year’

With Tesla’s large success in the energy sector, while SpaceX charts new courses in exploring the cosmos, entrepreneur Elon Musk has been named Time magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’ for 2021. But the polarizing billionaire has also caused a fair share of controversy and criticism, so how did he get the title? Eric Sorensen explains.

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Elon Musk named Time’s 2021 Person of the Year

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man who leads electric car maker Tesla and rocket company SpaceX, as its 2021 Person of the Year.Musk was given the title "for creating solutions to an existential crisis, for embodying the possibilities and the perils of the age of tech titans, for driving society’s most daring and disruptive transformations," Time editor-in-chief and CEO Edward Felsenthal wrote.FILE - Tesla CEO Elon Musk talks during a tour of the plant of the future foundry of the Tesla Gigafactory on Aug. 13, 2021, in Grünheide near Berlin, Germany.

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SpaceX Starlink launch lights up Florida's sky

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Another batch of Starlink internet satellites is on its way to orbit after a brilliant evening launch from Florida.The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off just after 6 p.m., about 45 minutes after sunset. As the booster climbed into the clear twilight sky, the exhaust plume caught the light of the still-setting sun, creating a spectacular cloud visible for hundreds of miles across the state.While the launch was visually interesting, it was all but routine in most other ways for SpaceX.

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NASA launches spacecraft to crash into asteroid next September

LOS ANGELES - NASA launched a spacecraft Tuesday night on a mission to smash into an asteroid and test whether it would be possible to knock a speeding space rock off course if one were to threaten Earth.The DART spacecraft, short for Double Asteroid Redirection Test, lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in a $330 million project with echoes of the Bruce Willis movie "Armageddon."If all goes well, the boxy, 1,200-pound (540-kilogram) craft will slam head-on into Dimorphos, an asteroid 525 feet (160 meters) across, at 15,000 mph (24,139 kph) next September.RELATED: WATCH: NASA launches planetary-defense mission from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base"This isn’t going to destroy the asteroid.

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UPDATE: Weather scrubs SpaceX rocket launch from Cape Canaveral

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, Fla. – SpaceX has scrubbed a planned Friday morning Falcon 9 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral due to weather.

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WATCH LIVE: SpaceX to launch Crew-3 astronauts from Florida Space Coast

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – SpaceX will attempt to launch NASA Crew-3 astronauts Wednesday night aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center.

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NASA delays Crew-3 launch, debates timing of Crew-2 return from space station

ORLANDO, Fla. – The launch of the NASA SpaceX Crew-3 mission has been delayed to Monday night at the earliest as the space agency debates whether to return Crew-2 from the space station beforehand.

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‘Game Day!’: SpaceX aims for night crew launch after delay

SpaceX aimed for a Sunday night launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station, although the prospects of good weather were just 50-50 and its leader was sidelined by COVID-19.Vice-President Mike Pence was expected at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for the long-awaited start of regular crew rotations aboard privately owned and operated capsules. It also marked only the second time in nearly a decade that astronauts were set to rocket into orbit from the U.S.“Game day!” tweeted NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins, the crew commander.

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SpaceX delays 2nd crew flight until Sunday, citing high winds

SpaceX delayed its second astronaut flight by a day because of high wind and weather conditions that could jeopardize the recovery and recycling of the rocket booster, pushing the launch to Sunday.Friday’s postponement news came after SpaceX chief Elon Musk disclosed he had gotten mixed test results for COVID-19 and was awaiting the outcome of a more definitive test.NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said anyone testing positive for COVID-19 must quarantine under NASA policy and remain isolated. Officials said contact tracing by SpaceX found no link between Musk and any personnel in close touch with the four astronauts, who remain cleared for flight.

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Canadian UFO sightings down in 2019, but expected to rise amid coronavirus pandemic

COVID-19 pandemic and exciting new celestial phenomena lead experts to suspect numbers will take off.Since 1989, Winnipeg-based Ufology Research has compiled sightings of unexplained flying objects. Last year, there were 849 UFO sightings in Canada.

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Lack of consistent, reliable internet service holding rural Saskatchewan back: SARM president

internet is holding back the potential of rural Saskatchewan.The president of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) said it’s an ongoing issue and they get a lot complaints from members. “We don’t have good coverage in… a good part of our rural areas, our rural municipalities in this province,” Orb said on Thursday.“Especially the southern part of the grain belt, and I’m talking about the municipalities in this province are really in the southern part of the province… that’s the farmland.

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WATCH LIVE: NASA, SpaceX set to launch spacecraft in historic mission

SpaceX is poised to make history on Saturday with the manned flight of its Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS).

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Coronavirus risk hasn’t changed space training much, Canadian astronauts say

On Saturday, SpaceX is expected to launch a historic flight to and from the International Space Station that will revolutionize space exploration, following an initial delay due to weather concerns.

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Elon Musk and Grimes change son’s unusual name after it was deemed unlawful

The Tesla CEO and his partner, Grimes, née Claire Boucher, have had to find a way to maintain the meaning of their son’s name without using digits. X Æ A-12 was Mr Musk and Grimes’ first option for their child’s name, but they have had to change the last part to Roman numerals to comply with Californian laws.Grimes announced the change on Instagram after a fan enquired: "Did you change the baby name because of Californian laws?“What is the baby's new name?"The singer solely responded: "X Æ A-Xii."Another user wrote: "Nice! Just removed the numbers to conform to California law."By swapping the digits for the Roman numerals the couple managed to get around the law so that their son’s name could remain legal.Grimes later explained: "Roman

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Elon Musk, Grimes keep it weird with name change for baby X Æ A-12

Grimes says she and Elon Musk have slightly changed — though not necessarily simplified — their child X Æ A-12‘s serial number name, though it still looks more like a one-time password than a human moniker.

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Grimes explains why she and Elon Musk named their baby ‘X Æ A-12’

Canadian singer Grimes says she and Elon Musk really did name their new baby X Æ A-12 — and while it looks like a suggested Google password at first glance, it’s actually a meaningful code for the eccentric couple.

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Elon Musk claims new baby with Grimes is named ‘X Æ A-12’

Elon Musk is either bad at typing, bad at cracking jokes or terrible at choosing baby names after announcing that his newborn son with Grimes will be called “X Æ A-12.”

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Stocks, house and Grimes’ baby: Elon Musk melts down on Twitter over coronavirus

Elon Musk is having a moment, perhaps because his girlfriend Grimes is about to have their baby — or perhaps because he can’t stand the coronavirus lockdown.

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Largest ozone hole ever seen over Arctic has 'healed itself' and is now closed

The largest ozone hole that was formed over the North Pole this spring has closed, researchers announced late last week.

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UFOs in Manitoba skies last weekend? Not quite, says planetarium manager

Did you spot any strange lights in the Manitoba skies over the weekend?

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