Spaceflight

• Adding to the plan to create a vibrant multi-use destination, PREIT is planning to incorporate apartments and a hotel on the property, expanding its appeal.
• DICK's House of Sport at Viewmont Mall opened in 90,000 square feet on August 11, 2023.
• "Creating a diverse tenant mix is a key ingredient in today's rapidly-evolving retail climate," said Joseph F. Coradino, CEO of PREIT.
• "We are well positioned with a high-quality portfolio in desirable markets to capture tenants that create a compelling consumer experience.

• As the wings of a firefly, Elytra (pronounced ella-truh) offers on-orbit mobility, hosting, delivery, and servicing across cislunar space and beyond.
• When launched on Firefly's small- and medium-lift launch vehicles, Elytra can service the entire lifecycle of government and commercial missions.
• "Elytra further expands Firefly's on-orbit services by opening access to more orbits, extending the life of each mission, and providing deorbiting services to help minimize space debris," said Bill Weber, CEO of Firefly Aerospace.
• "Firefly's Elytra vehicles are scalable and customizable to support each customer's unique on-orbit needs," said Jana Spruce, Vice President of Spacecraft at Firefly Aerospace.

• WASHINGTON, July 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Jody Singer, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center Director, announced Monday her retirement, effective Saturday, July 29, after more than 38 years of service.
• Among many firsts in her career, Singer was appointed as the first female center director at Marshall in 2018, after serving as deputy director from 2016 to 2018.
• Marshall's current deputy center director, Joseph Pelfrey, will serve as the interim acting director until Singer's successor is identified through a nationwide search and open competition.
• "And Joseph Pelfrey is no stranger to Marshall, having joined the center two decades ago as an aerospace engineer.

• It turns out there is a good deal of research on why rich people take risks that encompasses a number of areas of psychology.
• The study nevertheless showed that people on these compratively higher incomes were typically extroverts and, importantly, tolerant of risk.
• That means they might indeed be more drawn to thrill seeking and risk-taking, in terms of adventuring and extreme sports.
• If taking risks is a part of the personality of the rich, it will be a relatively normal experience in their everyday engagement with the world.
• This may explain why many rich people end up becoming risk-takers, whether it is in their genes or not.

Authenticity

• So, when I do find myself engaging in something potentially risky, outside my normal habitus experience, I feel very uncomfortable.
• For the risk averse, “living life to the full” does not require base-jumping or free-climbing – these things are inconsistent with their experience.
• Driving fast cars, skiing and skydiving are normal expressions of this sort of risk acceptance for a lot of people.
• After all, our species has relied on a mix of the two to flourish: both explorers and risk assessors.

Eudaimonia

• From heavily branded handbags and sleek sportscars to expensive activities, it’s what we do and what many of us value.
• Epicurus, his contemporary, argued that pleasurable living is the most authentic way to describe eudaimonia.
• As such, I would argue that rich, risk-taking people are simply consuming in a way that satisfies them as much as possible in terms of eudaimonia.