Former NASA Astronaut: Commercial Space Travel Is 10 Years Away
Mike Massimino, the former astronaut who became the first man to tweet from space during one of his two space flights, says companies like SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, and Blue Origin are close to sending paying customers to space. These companies are "the best hope we have for a thriving space program," he tells Cheddar in an interview Thursday.
For the full interview, [click here](https://cheddar.com/videos/spacing-out-with-mike-massimino).
Climate change’s sweaty fingerprints are all over the July heat waves gripping much of the globe. A new study finds these intense and deadly hot spells in the American Southwest, southern Europe and CHINA could not have occurred without it.
