Australian taxpayers paid $466,000 for training of nation’s first female astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg
by The Guardian
The Guardian— With Bennell-Pegg unlikely to go to space anytime soon, there are questions about the value of the spending by the cash-strapped Australian space program Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s first female astronaut, Katherine Bennell-Pegg, graduated from the European Space Agency’s (Esa) training program on Monday night.She may be unlikely to take a giant leap into space anytime soon, but is on a...
WSTPost—First asylum seeker to be deported to Rwanda as part of Rishi Sunak’s crackdown on migrants: African man given £3,000 in taxpayers’ money and flown to Kigali after rejecting attempt to stay in UK. By Katherine Lawton Published: 3:28 p.m. EDT, April 30, 2024 | Updated: 3:46 p.m. EDT, April 30, 2024 The first asylum seeker has been deported to Rwanda as part of Rishi Sunak's crackdown. The migrant, whose name is unknown, was flown out of the UK yesterday evening and arrived in Kigali. He was put on a commercial flight and given around £3,000 by the British taxpayer to help him relocate as part of a...
Honolulu Star-Advertiser—NASA astronauts arrive for Boeing’s first human spaceflight. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. >> The two NASA astronauts assigned to Boeing’s first human spaceflight arrived at their launch site Thursday, just over a week before their scheduled liftoff.
The Romania Journal—Alstom’s First of 13 Metro Trains Arrives in Bucharest. The first of the 13 Alstom metro trains that will run in Bucharest has arrived at Metrorex’s Berceni depot. The train is produced in Brazil and will be able to travel with passengers only after the tests are completed and approval is obtained. Alstom trains are long overdue: the contract was awarded at the end […]