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Monday, October 5, 2020

President Trump was diagnosed with COVID-19 late last Thursday, along with several others. First Lady Melania Trump, White House advisor Hope Hicks, former advisor Kellyanne Conway, Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien, and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie all tested positive for the disease. Most of these people attended President Trump's announcement of his Supreme Court nominee, and many of the attendees were not wearing masks or social distancing. The president checked in to Walter Reed National Medical Center, and although multiple reports said his vital signs were concerning, his doctors said he has been improving and could return to the White House by today. But what happens if the president is so ill that he cannot do his job? The Constitution states that he can inform both chambers of Congress of this and his powers would be transferred to the vice president, currently Mike Pence, and he would serve as Acting President. If he is so incoherent that he cannot make this decision, the vice president and Cabinet can decide to take power. If they cannot reach a consensus, then a supermajority (2/3 vote) of Congress could also transfer power. But what if Mike Pence also contracts COVID-19? Then the Constitution states that the Trump administration's rival, Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, would take power. Of course, most experts believe that the Republicans would find a way around that, either going to the next in line, Republican Senate President Pro Tempore Chuck Grassley, or a member of the Cabinet. If this sounds complicated, don't worry - there are laws in place for far more complex situations. On October 31st, the SpaceX Crew Dragon will embark on its Crew 1 mission - taking 4 astronauts to the ISS - in its first fully operational mission.

Air and Space: SpaceX Wants to Conquer the Internet

By Jon Kelvey

The broadband satellite market is worth an estimated $300 billion, and SpaceX has plans to grab some of that. Elon Musk's company will launch 12,000 Starlink satellites into LEO (Low Earth Orbit) to provide Internet service to unconnected and rural areas. However, any people are skeptical. All LEO satellite companies in the past have gone bankrupt. Even though billions of people in rural and undeveloped areas need the Internet, they can't afford the price. Not only is getting satellites into LEO extremely expensive, getting routers to people and connecting it to existing infrastructure will be expensive as well.

    Because low-orbit satellites are not stationary, they must move very quickly. Also, their low altitude gives them a smaller range than geostationary satellites, requiring more of them to cover the same area. As for the price of the user terminal, SpaceX has been very tight-lipped. Altogether, unless Musk has another ingenious idea, connecting Africa alone could cost as much as $100 billion. One thing that might save SpaceX, though, could be a government grant. It could be very advantageous for the US to partner with SpaceX to provide Internet connection to Africa, where the Chinese company Huawei is already the dominant provider.

Son, Kane both 9/10 as Spurs smash six past 10-man United

By Danny Lewis

    The Spurs came into this game at the end of a busy week. On Tuesday they beat Chelsea on penalties in the Carabao Cup, on Thursday they routed Maccabi Haifa 7-2 to reach the Europa League group stages and today they humiliated a struggling Manchester United 6-1.

    Son Heung-Min was not expected to play due to his hamstring injury, but Tottenham fans were glad he did. Bruno Fernandez scored a penalty for MU in the first few minutes, but that would be the only goal of the game for them. By the seventh minute, Tanguy Ndombele and Son Heung-Min had scored, putting Tottenham up 2-1. Anthony Martial was ejected in the 28th minute, and the Spurs got two more through Harry Kane and Son before half-time. Tottenham scored twice more in the second half, including a penalty by Kane.