Billionaires boldly go: private space-treks

亿万富翁大胆前行:私人太空旅行

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2025-01-17

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This week Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’s space-exploration company, successfully launched a rocket into orbit on its first attempt. That marks a new frontier in the private space industry. Donald Trump has threatened mass deportations of illegal immigrants. What will happen when he takes office (12:56)? And celebrating Peter Fenwick, a neuropsychiatrist and expert on near-death experiences (21:55).  Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—Subscribe to Economist Podcasts+ For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • The Economist hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist.

  • I'm Jason Palmer.

  • And I'm Rosie Blore.

  • Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

  • You know what's just so fashionable right now?

  • In the policy portfolios of populists deporting illegal immigrants.

  • American voters have been promised historic levels of it starting next week.

  • We ask if at ground level, that is what many of them actually want.

  • And Peter Fenwick was a psychiatrist who became fascinated by near death experiences and came to believe that his consciousness would outlive his physical body.

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  • First up though.

  • 98765 space buffs have had a lot to celebrate lately.

  • Oliver Morton is our planetary affairs editor.

  • But this week there was a really remarkable couple of days.

  • On Thursday, Blue Origin, which is a company run by Jeff Bezos of Amazon, successfully launched its first space rocket into orbit.

  • On the first attempt, the launcher took off really slowly, which added to both the majesty and the tension of the event.

  • But in flight, it performed beautifully, delivering its payload a prototype of a Blue Origin spacecraft called Blue Ring.

  • There's a lot of blue going on here.