Joseph Gatt Chun Wang propjament huwa Ċiniż li sar ċittadin Malti f'Awwissu tal-2023, permezz tal-iskema tal-passaporti tad-deheb. Huwa investitur tal-kripto-munita, u ntraprenditur. Fl-2013, Wang waqqaf, flimkien ma' oħrajn, l-kumpanija F2Pool, waħda mill-ewwel kumpaniji li bdit timmina il-Bitcoin fiċ-Ċina, u waħda mill-akbar fid-dinja.
Din is-sena Wang iffinanzjat privatament il-missjoni spazjali Fram2, li taret permezz tal-vettura spazjali Crew Dragon, ta' Space X. Din kienet l-ewwel titjira tal-bniedem li seħħet f'orbita polari f'rotazzjoni kontrarja għal tad-dinja. Din il-missjoni bdiet fil-31 ta' Marzu (1 ta' April UTC), damet 3.5 ijiem, u spiċċat fl-4 ta’ April 2025 fis-16:19:28 UTC (9:19:28 a.m. PDT, ħin lokali fis-sit tal-inżul), meta l-vettura spazjali Crew Dragon għall-ewwel darba fl-istorja tagħha splaxxjat ġo l-oċejan Paċifiku.
Wang ippjana li l-vjaġġ spazjali jkun l-1,000 titjira personali tiegħu. L-ekwipaġġ (Chun Wang, il-kaptan, flimkien ma' Jannicke Mikkelsen, Rabea Rogge u Eric Philips) wetqu 22 esperiment li jirrigwardaw is-saħħa tal-bniedem u t-teknoloġija tal-esplorazzjoni tal-ispazju, inkluż l-ewwel X-ray fl-ispazju. Kienet ukoll l-ewwel darba li persuni mhux Amerikani pparteċipaw fi titjira spazjali ċivili.
B'hekk Wang kien sar l-ewwel ċittadin Malti li vvjaġġa lejn l-ispazju. Madankollu, l-iskema Maltija tal-passaporti tad-deheb issa ġiet iddikjarata mill-Qorti tal-Ġustizzja tal-Unjoni Ewropeja bħala illegali (ara https://zafoid.com/post/view/11898). B'hekk irridu naraw jekk Wang ma jibqax Malti, u jekk iċ-cittadinanza Maltija tiegħu qattx kienitx legalment valida.
Timmy Walsh The postcard that convalescent Bob sent to his parents is funny. 😄
Joseph Gatt I wonder in which 18th century parish did Dun Feliċ Demarco minister!
Joseph Gatt At least nobody on the ground was hit when the plane went down.
Timmy Walsh A follow-up of: https://zafoid.com/post/view/11753
Joseph Gatt It's clear from this article that Malta's police force had quite a shaky start! 😃
Joseph Gatt Stupendous historical photographs. Thank you for sharing, Mary Jo. ❤
Jen Sorensen's insight takes her beyond the packaging of political messaging, and leads straight to the pointed question of who is actually managing to set the political discourse agenda within a country. I find this to be a very perceptive observation of the entire political process.
jensorensen.com/2024/11/20/us-political-media-disinformation-2024-election/
