Interstellar Technologies, a Japanese rocket developer, is to receive $44.3 million from Toyota Group Company Woven. The investment is part of a larger strategic capital and business alliance with Toyota aimed at the “mass production of rockets,” the Hokkaido, Japan-based startup said on Jan. 7. Interstellar Technologies is seeking to emulate SpaceX’s vertical integration strategy by manufacturing launch vehicles and communications satellites in-house. The company has launched a small suborbital rocket to space and in 2025 reportedly plans to launch its two-stage Zero rocket for the first time. The Zero is a small orbital-class rocket that can carry an 800-kg…
Author: Dien THOMAS
Daniel Timbol from Komb Village in Lai Valley, Mendi-Munihu district of Southern Highlands Province, was recently appointed as the new secondary school inspector for Southern Highlands Province. Timbol is a member of the Seventh Day Adventist church and a teacher by profession who specializes in teaching mathematics for grade nine, ten, eleven, and twelve in secondary level. He started his teaching career straight after graduating from the University of Goroka in 2000. He joined Kutubu High School teaching staff now known as Kutubu Secondary School, where he taught mathematics for two decades. He was then promoted to Deputy Principal Academic…