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Congress passes first NASA authorization bill in FIVE YEARS that will fund human placement on Mars

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New hope boost for humans on Mars: Congress passes first authorization bill in FIVE YEARS that includes funding for Red Planet exploration Congress passes NASA authorization bill that would allocate funds for the Moon to Mars program The program requires first setting up a lunar base and then sending humans to Mars Both missions will use the Space Launch System and the Orion crew capsule By Stacy Liberatore For Dailymail.com Published: 1:07 p.m. EDT, 29 July 2022 | Updated: 4:28pm EDT, 29th July 2022 NASA is one step closer to putting human boots on Mars after Congress passed the first authorization bill for the American space agency in five years, which includes funding for the Artemis mission to not only continue its work to the moon but also soar to the Red Planet. . The 1,054-page document contains the ‘National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act 2022’ which includes the ‘Moon to Mars Program’

Charlie Aitken sells his investment fund after high society love triangle

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Charlie Aitken sold his self-titled fund management company just months after a highly public high society love triangle. The Sydney investment banker became embroiled in a scandal in late 2021 after sleeping with Hollie Nasser, his wife Ellie’s best friend, shortly after his marriage broke down. The swap of partners took the city’s eastern suburbs by surprise and was further complicated by the fact that Aitken did business with Nasser’s investor husband Christopher. Now, Mr. Aitken has advised Aitken Investment Management investors of his intention to resign. In a note to clients, Mr Aitken said the investment team had agreed to buy his family’s stake, at which point he would step down and the company would change its name to Constantia Investment Partners. Charlie Aitken (pictured with his wife Ellie) leaves his own investment fund “The investment team is humbled to take the baton from Charlie to lead the company, and to continue to manage the capital that investors have entr

Former CIO Macquarie picks the best super fund of 20 years

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‘Playing’ the system The index’s release comes as markets await the final 2021-22 financial year super fund league table to be published, after researchers Chant West and SuperRatings projected average losses in funds to balance between 3 and 4 percent. But Mr Swanger said the methodology used by most research houses, and the government’s official YourSuper portal, was flawed because they measured with arbitrary constructs from the period ending June 30. It also leaves league tables vulnerable to “play” by funds – a widely recognized issue where funds reassess the value of their unlisted assets in time for critical deadlines. “The problem with most ratings is that they use one blunt time period — one year, 3 years, 5 years, 7 years, 10 years — but each period ends on the same date,” he said. “Unless you own a DeLorean, you cannot invest on a specific date in the past. You can only invest in the future… Looking at different historical periods gives you the best chance of choosing a mut