• The World Health Organization has reported that the amount of Covid-19 cases is spreading faster than vaccinations worldwide
• Despite the amount of cases of the vaccine are tending to decline worldwide, the amount of deaths related to Covid-19 have not declined the same way

• SpaceX has been approved by the Pentagon to launch a satellite for US national security into space with one of their reusable rockets
• The reusable rocket that will be used in this mission is called GPS III SV05 and is planned to launch this Thursday
• By using SpaceX’s reusable rockets, the Space force is estimating that they will save about $64 million

• Safran and General Electric’s aviation unit are now working together to produce an aircraft engine that may use hybrid technology and/or with hydrogen
• GE and Safran could start testing these engines around 2025 and enter service for these engines around the mid 2030s

• 2 million+ people have gone through a TSA screening last Friday and Saturday 
• This sudden demand for travel has kept prices for airfares, car rental prices, and hotel prices afloat

• By 2035, General Motors aims to produce only Electric vehicles and have 30 new plug in vehicles by 2025 which will cost $27 billion
• For Ford, by 2030 the company plans to have roughly 40% of their vehicles electric 
• Dealerships for these companies like the electric vehicle transition, but there are a few concerns 
• The dealerships have concerns about costs to be paid, impact on lucrative service department business and staff training 

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• The CDC director today (Friday) has publicly urged parents to have their tennis vaccinated against the Covid-19 virus 
• Within the first 3 months of 2021, the CDC research team has discovered that ⅓ of adolescents hospitalized with the virus have required admission to an intensive care unit
• From the 1st of January to the 31st of March, no teens had died from Covid-19 according to the CDC

• In expansion for a smaller development program for the US military, they want to leverage reusable rockets like SpaceX for cargo delivery across the go=lobe
• This experimental program is named Rocket Cargo and in the future be led by the US Space Force
• For “Rocket Cargo”, The Air Force’s 2022 budget proposal was nearly $50 million to explore and study the concept of this idea that it began with SpaceX and Exploration Architecture Corporation last year on a small scale

• For thanksgiving day, Walmart has added that their stores will be closed for the 2nd year in a row along with Target
• This move by both retail companies shows the effects of how the pandemic has changed the retail industry forever
• Walmart and Target will share their hours and plans for Black Friday at a later date

• Avengers Campus at Disneyland report, California is now open to the public
• This new park area is located in California adventure and features a dining location named Pym test Kitchen, Spider-Man attraction, and new rides and a portal to Doctor Strange’s sanctum
• The Avenger’s campus had been set to open in July last year in 2020 but was postponed due to the pandemic

• The HySeas III project has seen one of its latest developments which was receiving funding from the European Union
• The power source of this ferry has a diverse range of applications and can be deployed in transport and industry

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