The Latest from Big Think

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Telling people to pursue there interests without an eye to the future is a big mistake.
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Leroy Chiao looks up to Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong but he also admires his parents who immigrated from China and finally settled in the Midwest.
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Leroy Chiao says the most important quality for an astronaut is the ability to get along with others.
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Propulsion is still the key to improving transportation in space and on earth
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Leroy Chiao was the commander “when all of the alarms started going off” and “we actually started rotating away from the space station.”
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Before humans can spend long periods of time in space, scientists need to find a way to solve the many health problems that astronauts face, including bone and muscle loss.
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Chiao is now director at Excalibur Almaz, a firm that plans to shoot paying customers into outer space within the next few years.
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Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Russian space program has been working closely with NASA. But current Sino-American relations in space are basically non-existent.
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Leroy Chiao’s four visits to space were very different, from his virgin flight to returning finally as a Russian-speaking mission commander.
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Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s 1969 moon landing had a profound impact on Chiao, sparking his dream to one day do the same.
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A conversation with Chinese-American astronaut and director of Excalibur Almaz, a recreational space travel firm.
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AIG’s former head counsel is crossing his fingers that our economy isn’t headed for a double dip.
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Ernie Patrikis, former AIG head council, argues that credit default swaps have been unfairly attacked.
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What would have happened if the government had let the giant fall? Former head counsel Ernie Patrikis explains.
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AIG’s former head council Ernie Patrikis thinks society should take the blame.
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Ernie Patrikis on the misperceptions of Hank Greenberg.
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A conversation with the White & Case partner and former council of AIG.
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Would Wikipedia or Google do a better job? Moody’s chief economist Mark Zandi weighs in.
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Moody’s chief economist Mark Zandi is worried that businesses are being overly cautious.
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It was partly the forecasters’ attempts to protect their credibility that put us in this dilemma, says Moody’s chief economist Mark Zandi.