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Is commercial space flight going where no regulation has gone before?
Jul 5, 2021

Is commercial space flight going where no regulation has gone before?

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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin has plans to send people to the moon. Blue Origin
Also, colleges in Maines are welcoming more out-of-state students, an old sweet shop adapts and business travel is still struggling.

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When Bezos and Branson head into space, they and their companions fly at their own risk

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jul 5, 2021
Congress put a moratorium on regulating commercial human space flight to help the industry get off the ground.
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin has plans to send people to the moon.
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A nearly 200-year-old sweet shop stood the test of time. How is it weathering the pandemic?

by Minju Park
Jul 5, 2021
The Oldest Sweet Shop in the World has witnessed wars and other strife from its location in northern England.
“We stock many traditional sweets,” says Ben Howie, owner of the Oldest Sweet Shop in the World, located in Pateley Bridge, England.
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Early signs suggest college enrollment could rebound this fall

by Robbie Feinberg
Jul 5, 2021
In Maine, the turnaround is being driven by out-of-state students.
University of Southern Maine senior Fantasia Perez works as a tour guide, leading interested students across the school’s campus in Gorham, Maine.
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Leisure travel is back to pre-pandemic levels. But business travel? Not even close.

by Mitchell Hartman
Jul 5, 2021
The pandemic seems to have taught a lot of businesses that employees don't need to travel as much as they used to.
People walk through a terminal at John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) on Jan. 31, 2020 in New York City.
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Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer
Maria Hollenhorst Producer II
Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II
Richard Cunningham Associate Producer I

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