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The Next Astronauts Part IV: Risk
In part four of How it Happened: The Next Astronauts, Axios space reporter Miriam Kramer learns how the Inspiration4 crew is grappling with risk, something every company in the space industry and all astronauts must confront.
- Kramer speaks with the crew, the parent of a crew member, and a former NASA safety expert about how memories of the Challenger explosion have shaped the way the space industry prepares astronauts for risk.
How the pandemic might be changing young kids
The number of COVID cases in kids has skyrocketed with the Delta variant. For the week ending Sept. 9, children made up 28.9% of reported weekly cases, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.
But contracting COVID is far from the only risk for young people during this pandemic. With the new school year upon us, and more data coming out all the time, we’re looking over the next few days at some of the ways COVID has affected kids: from language development to mental health, from toddlers to teens.
- Plus, the group trying to get more Black Democrats elected to Washington.
- And, getting to the bottom of hate crimes data.
Guests: Elizabeth Spencer Norton, assistant professor of communication sciences and disorders at Northwestern University, and Axios' Alexi McCammond and Worth Sparkman.
Credits: Axios Today is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Dan Bobkoff, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Sabeena Singhani, Lydia McMullen-Laird, Michael Hanf and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.
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Battle over federal vaccine mandates
The new vaccine mandates that President Biden announced last week will affect about 100 million Americans. And while it seems many Americans agree with the president, there’s also been significant backlash — with some GOP governors vowing legal action and other top Republicans calling for a public uprising.
- Plus, a September sprint in the U.S. Senate.
- And, the latest fight between Facebook and regulators.
Guests: Axios' Margaret Talev, Alayna Treene, and Sara Fischer.
Credits: Axios Today is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Dan Bobkoff, Alexandra Botti, Sabeena Singhani, Lydia McMullen-Laird, and Michael Hanf. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.
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