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New Silk Road

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In order to build commercial links across Europe and Asia, China proposed and succeeded in launching the N ew Silk Road  from Yiwu to London. So what exactly a new silk road? Before we get into this topic we need to know about the original Silk Road. Back in 200 BC, where the Kingdoms and Empires were spawning, the local trades occurred frequently but long distance trades were rare because of the inhospitable environment, difficult terrain and lack of established routes across China, Russia, and the west. But, when west encountered the Chinese silk, the demand outweighed these challenges. The huge demand led to an entire network of routes, crisscrossing Central Asia. The route was named as Silk Road , as silk was lucrative good which was sought after at that time. The increased trade not only exchanges the  philosophies, religion but also improved the cultural sharing between the East and the West.  The new silk road changes the economic fac...

Blue origin - Gateway to space tourism

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Have you ever wondered apart from NASA, a privately funded company is developing technologies to enable private human access to space? Yes, and the company name is  Blue origin. Blue origin is one of the entrepreneurial Companies that working on to lower the cost of access to space.It was founded by successful businessman  Bezos, CEO of amazon !!!The goal of the blue origin as stated by Bezos is “ millions of people living and working in space ”. Bezos, Ceo of amazon The first step of Blue origin is to get humans into space by promoting space tourism. Even though the company hasn’t started testing its crewed flights to space journey, Bezos is affirmative that first commercial flight will be available on early 2018.A major boost in this space travel is tourists who are willing to explore into space would require minimal training.  Blue origin’s NEW SHEPARD Capsule structure is built to accommodate 6 passengers. Passengers would board the spacecraft abou...