Wednesday, July 21, 2021
There’s a new west coast coffee king coming to Stillwater. Here’s what to order at Dutch Bros. Connor Burgan Staff Reporter Starbucks will have another competitor for coffee lovers next month in Stillwater. Dutch Bros will be arriving in Stillwater in August, located between Rt. 51 and S. Western Rd. The Oregon-based coffee franchise was founded in 1992, and is currently the largest privately owned drive-thru coffee chain throughout the United States. Stillwater will now be the third Dutch Bros store located throughout Oklahoma, but will be the first in Payne County. For those unfamiliar with Dutch Bros, or what they have to offer, you’ll be in for a treat to see what they have. Dutch Bros brings a different environment and spin on their drinks for coffee and non-coffee drinkers, with a wide variety of drinks and bakery goods. Drinks range from specialized coffees, cold brews, americanos to Jacob Derichsweiler/O’Colly
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Jeff Bezos returns to Earth after trip to suborbital space on Blue Origin’s Tribune News Service VAN HORN, Texas — Billionaire Jeff Bezos has long talked about his dream of millions of people living and working in space. On Tuesday, Bezos himself joined the ranks of those who have gone to space — for a few minutes, at least. The billionaire Amazon founder embarked on a journey to suborbital space along with three others aboard his company Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket and capsule system. The launch took place shortly after 6 a.m. Pacific time from the company’s launch pad located about 30 minutes north of Van Horn, Texas. It marks the first time Blue Origin has launched humans after a series of uncrewed flight tests. The capsule with Bezos, his brother Mark, aviation pioneer Wally Funk and Blue Origin’s first commercial customer Oliver Daemen aboard
landed after back on Earth about 10 minutes after liftoff, buoyed by a trio of parachutes. The craft’s autonomous flight systems were in control of the journey. The seeming arrival of the era of suborbital space tourism after years of hype has fueled public debate around the increasing commercialization of space and the role that billionaires play in the industry. A little over a week ago, British billionaire Richard Branson boarded a spaceplane built by his Virgin Galactic firm along with five others and flew to the edge of space and back, making it there ahead of Bezos, who had announced his plans earlier. Virgin Galactic plans to complete two more test flights before it begins flying paying customers to space next year. Blue Origin also plans to continue flying customers to space, though it has not announced a ticket price or additional details about commercial operations. During a livestream See Bezos on pg.3