Is this the answer to Earth’s problems? Jeff Bezos has launched his most powerful rocket yet. He and Elon Musk believe that living in space is the key to our future.
‘Millions will be living in space’
Lift-off!: Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin company hailed a new era in commercial spaceflight yesterday after its giant New Glenn rocket made a long-awaited successful maiden launch (above) from Florida. Glossary
Cape Canaveral - Chosen as a site for launches partly because of its nearness to the equator, which allows rockets to take extra velocity from the rotation of the Earth. Also rockets from this location are likely to crash into the sea - rather than into a populated area - if something goes wrong.
Nasa - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, responsible for the US space programme.
Stephen Hawking - One of the most revered modern physicists, he is best known for his book A Brief History of Time.
Cosmos - The universe, especially when it is understood as an ordered system.
Median - The median is the middle point in a group of numbers: half of the numbers are smaller than the median and half are larger.