Blast off for first privately-funded spacewalk

首次私人资助的太空行走升空

Global News Podcast

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2024-09-10

27 分钟
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The SpaceX mission will break the record for most people in vacuum of space at once. Also: women in Afghanistan speak out about the Taliban law silencing them in public, and Australia's plan to get children off social media.
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  • You're listening to the global news podcast from the BBC World Service.

  • Hello, I'm Oliver Conway.

  • We're recording this at 13 hours gmt on Tuesday the 10 September a privately funded rocket has blasted off on a mission to carry out the first spacewalk by civilian astronauts.

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  • And China's crackdown on corruption in football sees 43 people banned for life.

  • Also in the podcast, why has chocolate become so expensive?

  • And what he's explaining here is that these are all small family farms.

  • They're not industrial processes at all, and they're producing all this cocoa.

  • We visit farmers in the Ivory coast and the row over the use of music in video games.

  • A privately funded SpaceX mission has taken off from Florida with the aim of going further from Earth than any manned craft for more than half a century.

  • Ten 986-65-4321 ignition.

  • If all goes to plan, the Polaris dawn misses mission will feature the first ever privately funded spacewalk, as reflected in a message from mission control.

  • Dragon SpaceX, today you embark on a journey not just for yourselves, but for all humanity.

  • Each of you has trained tirelessly and prepared rigorously for this moment.

  • The moment where we reach higher into space than ever before.

  • As you gaze towards the North Star, remember that your courage lights the path for future explorers.

  • We trust in your skills, your bravery and your teamwork to carry out the mission that lies ahead.

  • Know that the entire team back here is with you every step.

  • Godspeed, Polaris dawn crew.

  • May you make history and come home safely.