Rachael Joy

Bill Nelson’s confirmation hearing is set for Wednesday morning before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on which he served for many years.

Space Perspective, the company that plans to send people to the edge of space in a giant balloon, secured $7 million in seed funding from a group of investors including author Tony Robbins.

In spite of their technical sounding name, there’s really no scientific purpose for “zero-g indicators.” But they sure seem to make people happy.