Three things for November 10
1. NASA bumps astronaut moon landing to 2025 at earliest
NASA delayed astronaut moon landing to 2025 after missing a deadline made by the Trump administration.
“NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said Congress did not provide enough money to develop a landing system for its Artemis moon program, and more money is needed for its Orion capsule,” reports AP News. “In addition, a legal challenge by Jeff Bezos’ rocket company, Blue Origin, stalled work for months on the Starship lunar landing system under development by Elon Musk’s SpaceX.”
NASA prepares for the first test flight of its moon rocket beginning next February. Congress will have to increase funding beginning in 2023.
Vice President Kamala Harris will convene her first National Space Council meeting as its chair on Dec. 1. Nelson said he updated her on the latest schedule and costs during their visit to Maryland’s Goddard Space Flight Center on Friday.
2. Lawsuits filed against Travis Scott
Following the fatalities in Houston at the Astroworld festival on Nov. 5, many lawsuits have been filed against performer Travis Scott.
Scott is famous for encouraging fans to ignore security and crowd surf and stage dive in the mosh pit below him.
“Several legal experts told The Associated Press that Scott’s past incitement of concertgoers offers a history that could make it easier to pursue negligence claims against companies that planned and managed the show, which killed eight people and left hundreds injured,” reports AP News. “And although the investigations have just begun, experts expect dozens more lawsuits seeking damages that could climb into hundreds of millions of dollars.”
More than a dozen lawsuits have been made since the initial incident against Scott, Live Nation, concert prompter ScoreMore. The complaints allege organizers failed to take simple crowd-control steps, to staff properly and ignored early signs of trouble at the sold-out concert hat attracted 50,000 fans.
Houston lawyer Joel Androphy said most law firms are likely to focus on civil suits that pile on defendants with resources to pay out big damages.
3. Imago Dei to host popup shop today
Imago Dei is hosting a popup shop from today 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Ped Mall.
Imago Dei is a student-led movement based on curating intentional conversations. It began with three Lee students — Kat Lange, Dhuranique ‘Dhu’ Ferguson and David Williams — who saw the need for change and an opportunity for Lee to grow. The movement has now grown into a resource and video series, striving to help others be seen as ‘imago dei,’ Latin for the ‘image of God.’
For more information about Imago Dei and its mission, click here.
