It wasn't built to fulfill any NASA goals or contracts, won't launch from NASA facilities (at least at first), and appears to have been funded in large part by a Japanese billionaire looking to hitch a ride to the moon. Starship is something else entirely: a vehicle that, if it works as intended could serve Musk's stated goal of permanent settlement on Mars. (Since then, NASA has relied on Russian vehicles to travel to the ISS.) At the time, the space agency didn't have any other space vehicle ready to ferry people and supplies into low Earth orbit where the International Space Station sits. So why is SpaceX building two ships, and why is the company in a public tiff with the NASA administrator?Ĭrew Dragon is SpaceX's answer to a problem that began after NASA retired its space shuttle program, with its last flight in July 2011. It's time to deliver," he said, referring to the NASA-funded Commercial Crew Program that is tasked with these joint government-private partnerships for crewed space transportation. NASA expects to see the same level of enthusiasm focused on the investments of the American taxpayer. In the meantime, Commercial Crew is years behind schedule. "I am looking forward to the SpaceX announcement. But NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told CNN he wasn't convinced, and due to delays from SpaceX and Boeing (which is at work on a similarly delayed, competitor capsule called Starliner), he anticipated NASA buying more seats aboard Russian capsules. 30, Elon Musk (opens in new tab), CEO of SpaceX, told CNN that the Crew Dragon would be ready to carry astronauts into space in three to four months. But when a Crew Dragon capsule exploded during engine testing in April, SpaceX and NASA put off the planned first crewed mission. It planned to launch a crewed mission later in 2019. As of March, SpaceX has completed one uncrewed mission to the International Space Station using the Crew Dragon. Awarded a NASA contract in 2014, SpaceX initially said it would deliver an operational vehicle that astronauts could fly in by 2017. Will this trend translate into slides and swings? Only time will tell.That's because, even though the Crew Dragon - which consists of a capsule for carrying cargo and crew into space on top of a Falcon 9 rocket - is still very much in the works, it's well behind schedule. Earlier this week it was reported that the Angry Birds game was most popular in the 35-44 age-group on Android.
If you think the activity parks will be aimed purely at children, then you can think again.
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We also reported earlier this year that a feature-length animated movie based on the game is on the cards at some point too, with a shorter animated series thought launching in early 2012, so we can really expect to see Angry Birds’ omnipresence cranked up a few notches in the months and years ahead.Īngry Birds is played by some 30m people each day, and as we reported back in June that it is well exceeding 1m downloads each day. There will also be an Angry Birds arcade game that can be played outdoors in the park. Familiar characters from the mobile game will be incorporated into the playground equipment, with a colour scheme to reflect the Angry Birds environment. The Angry Birds park will include around twenty products, including animal spring riders, swings, sandpits and a range of climbing towers with slides. The popularity of Angry Birds isn’t restricted to any age, sex or social group, and the activity parks will be designed to be interesting places for absolutely everyone, all around the world.”
“We will be developing a service which brings together the digital world and the physical world in a way that’s never been seen before. “The activity parks tie in perfectly with the Angry Birds world and our way of thinking,” said Rovio’s Chief Marketing Officer Peter Vesterbacka. When this will happen, and where the UK parks will be based, remains to be seen. Rovio has penned a global deal with activity park manufacturer Lappset Group which will see the first two parks launch in Finland, with several others expected to spring up in the UK throughout the year.
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