NASA Awards Mars Science Mission Launch to Blue Origin’s New Glenn

 

NASA’s Launch Services Program (LSP) awarded Blue Origin’s New Glenn the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) contract. ESCAPADE is part of the NASA Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx) program; it is a dual spacecraft mission to study Mars’ magnetosphere.

 

New Glenn's second stage tank is transported on site at Launch Complex 36 in Cape Canaveral, FL.

 

ESCAPADE is a twin-spacecraft Class D mission that will study solar wind energy transfer through Mars’ unique hybrid magnetosphere. Providing launch service for ESCAPADE is a task order under NASA's Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) launch services contract. Blue Origin was on-ramped to the NASA VADR launch services Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract on January 26, 2022, with a five-year period of performance. “ESCAPADE follows a long tradition of NASA Mars science and exploration missions, and we’re thrilled NASA’s Launch Services Program has selected New Glenn to launch the instruments that will study Mars’ magnetosphere,” said Jarrett Jones, senior vice president, New Glenn, Blue Origin. “ESCAPADE follows a long tradition of NASA Mars science and exploration missions, and we’re thrilled NASA’s Launch Services Program has selected New Glenn to launch the instruments that will study Mars’ magnetosphere,” said Jarrett Jones, senior vice president, New Glenn, Blue Origin. About Blue Origin  Blue Origin was founded with a vision of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. Blue Origin envisions a time when people can tap into the limitless resources of space and enable the movement of damaging industries into space to preserve Earth, humanity’s blue origin.    Blue Origin is working today to create that future by developing reusable launch vehicles and in-space systems that are safe, low cost, and serve the needs of all civil, commercial, and defense customers. Blue Origin’s efforts include flying astronauts to space on New Shepard, producing reusable liquid rocket engines, developing an orbital launch vehicle with New Glenn, building next-generation space habitats, and returning to the surface of the Moon. These endeavors will add new chapters to the history of spaceflight and move all of humanity closer to that founding vision. For more information about Blue Origin, please visit BlueOrigin.com.  ==================

 

BEMA Int a member of GNDR. Letter concerning costs of NGO\Civil Society Organizations to attend COP conferences. February 2023

 

 

All GNDR Members — Aminata Some (GNDR) Français en dessous Español abajo   Dear members,    A huge thank you to our members who came together to ask us to help advocate to UNFCCC on the ever increasing cost of attending the climate negotiations and the negative impact this is having on meaningful engagement of civil society organisations in the climate negotiations.   I am pleased to attach an open letter, signed by our new Executive Director, that has been sent to the Executive Secretary of UNFCCC. We will be posting this across our social media sites and hope that you will join us in sharing this widely on social media.   Let us join together to call out the increasing barriers we are all facing in participating in the climate negotiation space.    Becky Murphy, Policy Lead   ------------------ Chers membres,   Un grand merci à nos membres qui se sont réunis pour nous demander d'aider à plaider auprès de la CCNUCC sur le coût toujours croissant de la participation aux négociations climatiques et l'impact négatif que cela a sur l'engagement significatif des organisations de la société civile dans les négociations climatiques.   Je suis ravie de joindre une lettre ouverte, signée par notre nouveau directeur exécutif, qui a été envoyée au secrétaire exécutif de la CCNUCC. Nous la diffuserons sur nos sites de médias sociaux et espérons que vous vous joindrez à nous pour la partager largement sur les médias sociaux.   Unissons nous pour dénoncer les obstacles croissants auxquels nous sommes tous confrontés pour participer à l'espace de négociation sur le climat.     Becky Murphy, Responsable Politique   ------------------------- Estimados miembros:   Muchísimas gracias a todos los que se han unido para solicitar ayuda para incidir ante la CMNUCC debido los costos cada vez más elevados para asistir a las negociaciones sobre el clima y el impacto negativo que esto tiene sobre la participación de las organizaciones de la sociedad civil en las negociaciones sobre el clima.   Me complace acercarles la carta abierta que se encuentra adjunta, firmada por nuestro nuevo Director Ejecutivo, que se ha enviado a la Secretaría Ejecutiva de la CMNUCC. Publicaremos esta carta en nuestros medios sociales de comunicación y esperamos que nos ayuden a seguir compartiéndola en las redes sociales.   Unámonos para poner de manifiesto las barreras, que cada vez son más, a las que todos nos enfrentamos para participar en el espacio de negociación sobre el clima.   Becky Murphy, Líder de Políticas       GNDR Letter to UNFCCC Feb 2023  Download (pdf)             Letter.................................. 8 Waldegrave Rd, Teddington TW11 8HT, United Kingdom

BEMA International. When we POST others read and take action. U.S. Farm Bill, Environmental Protection Agency Violations 20% of Annual Revenue\Profits.

Change the paradigm.

What if ........

• EPA violations were 20% Annual Gross Revenue\Profits of an organization? 
• Ex. Annual revenue\profit $100 billion, annual violation..$20 billion
• cleanup and restitution to communities
• to create job, education and training in the local community for cleanup.
• Are EPA violations built into many organizations budget?

BEMA International

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Food and Agriculture System Food and Agriculture system have been hijacked by massive corporations that control industrial food production. But the new food and farm bill that Congress is working on this year is a chance to take back the system.  Our food and farm bill  should protect consumers from corporate monopolies,  keep farm workers safe and  midsize farmers on the land, and  safeguard our food supply from the worst effects of the climate crisis.  Environmental Protection Agency The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the laws it helps carry out, such as the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act, are designed to protect our communities and our environment.  Firmly grounded in scientific evidence, these protections, and others like them, have made the United States a safer, healthier place to live.  However, when corporations push back and prioritize profits over the best available science, people are put at risk.  For instance, ethylene oxide is a colorless gas used in facilities that sterilize medical equipment and some food products, and in the production of certain chemicals.  The EPA’s own research shows that ethylene oxide is extremely dangerous, but thanks to weak standards and insufficient monitoring—largely the result of industry opposition—millions of people may be exposed to this cancer-causing chemical, often without their knowledge.  And new UCS research shows that two types of facilities that emit this cancer-causing gas are disproportionately polluting  communities of color,  low-income communities, and  non-English language speaking communities.  We must work together to ensure the best available science is used to protect our communities from dangerous chemicals such as ethylene oxide. —Katy ============ Black Emergency Managers Association International   Washington, D.C.  20020 bEMA International Cooperation, Collaboration, Communication, Coordination, Community engagement, and  Partnering (C5&P)   A 501 (c) 3 organization “We need leaders not in love with money but in love with justice.  Not in love with publicity but in love with humanity.  Leaders who can subject their particular egos to the pressing urgencies of the great cause of freedom…a time like this demands great leaders.”      Martin Luther King, Jr.

Youth4Climate Solutions by the March 31 deadline

 

Youth4Climate: It’s Time To Hear Your Solutions! ♻️ Calling all young climate change-makers! Have an idea on how to make a real impact on the climate crisis? Follow these instructions and submit your #Youth4Climate Solutions by the March 31 deadline for a chance to win invaluable mentorship and funding for your project. You can choose which of the four thematic areas – Urban Sustainability, Food and Agriculture, Education, or Energy – to tackle with your proposal.