Elon Musk Worries SpaceX Won't Get to Mars Before He Dies
• MSN - Microsoft NewsAn exhausted-looking Elon Musk said Monday he's unsure his rocket company SpaceX will accomplish its foundational mission -- getting to Mars -- before he dies.
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Teardrop-shaped star discovered 1,500 light years from Earth pulsates on just ONE side...
• https://www.dailymail.co, By STACY LIBERATORETeardrop-shaped star discovered 1,500 light years from Earth pulsates on just ONE side due to the gravitational pull of a nearby red dwarf
Traces of ancient 'wandering planet' Theia that collided with the Earth and formed the Moon.
• https://www.dailymail.co, By RYAN MORRISONTraces of ancient 'wandering planet' Theia that collided with the Earth and formed the Moon 4.5 billion years ago are found in lunar rocks - proving the long-held 'giant impact' theory
The terrifying reality of actually living on Mars
• https://www.cnet.com, Eric MackThe first spaceships that could carry humans to the red planet are being developed now, but we need to discuss accommodations once we're there.
Two Thousand SpaceX Super Heavy Starship Launches for the Price of One SLS Launch
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com by Brian WangOne SpaceX Starship will cost about $5 million as SpaceX will mass-produce nearly one hundred in 2021. Each Starship and Super Heavy booster will cost less than about $40 million.
Sorry Elon Musk, I refuse to die on Mars
• https://www.cnet.com, Amanda KooserCommentary: Godspeed, you pioneering Mars explorers of the future. You will become the heroes I could never be.
The Hope Mars Mission could change everything we know about Mars
• https://www.cnet.com, Abrar Al-HeetiThe UAE will launch a probe this year, making it the first Arab, Muslim-majority nation to lead an interplanetary mission.
Welding Weakness on SpaceX SN1 Was Cause of Failure
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com by Brian WangElon Musk indicated that there is a puck at the base of the SpaceX Starship which takes the engine thrust load.
TIMELAPSE OF THE FUTURE: A Journey to the End of Time (4K)
• https://www.youtube.com, melodysheepHow's it all gonna end? This experience takes us on a journey to the end of time, trillions of years into the future, to discover what the fate of our planet and our universe may ultimately be.
SpaceX aims to launch 70 missions a year from Florida's Space Coast by 2023
• Space.ComThey'll build a massive Mobile Service Tower for rockets, too
Elon Musk approves of the US Space Force, eyes 'Star Trek' potential
• Space.ComRadical innovation could eventually lead us toward the best possible version of Space Force: Starfleet in the "Star Trek" universe.
How centuries of sci-fi sparked space flight
• https://www.ted.com, Alexander MacDonaldLong before we had rocket scientists, the idea of spaceflight traveled from mind to mind across generations.
Virgin Galactic Sees Demand for Million Dollar Premium Sub-orbital Tourism
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian WangVirgin Galactic sees demand for premium million-dollar packages for sub-orbital space tourism. They will first expand to spaceports on every continent.
Chinese rover is the first to investigate the dark side of the moon and finds...
• https://www.dailymail.co, By STACY LIBERATOREChinese rover is the first to investigate the dark side of the moon and finds three distinct layers after probing 131 feet below the lunar surface
The Air Force And SpaceX Are Teaming Up For A 'Massive' Live Fire Exercise
• https://www.thedrive.com by BRETT TINGLEYThe exercise will involve SpaceX Starlink satellites, a variety of military assets, and a new command and control system working together.
Rotary Rocket Had Wheels on Landing Legs As SpaceX Plans for Starship
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, Brian WangThe Rotary Rocket Company developed the Roton rocket in the late 1990s as a planned fully reusable single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) crewed spacecraft. A full-scale test vehicle made three hover flights in 1999.
Pentagon Preps Nuclear Moon Rocket
• https://www.thedailybeast.com, David AxeThe U.S. government is working on an atomic rocket to send satellites into the vast space between Earth and the moon--before Beijing gets there with its own spacecraft.
Did ISS Live-Feed Accidentally Capture "Top Secret" Hypersonic Vehicle Test?
• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenScott C. Waring, the founder of UFO Sightings Daily, claims he has come across a strange video recorded from the International Space Station's (ISS) NASA Space Cam that shows the moment an unidentified flying object rockets into orbit.
SpaceX Starship Will Have Wheels and Get Towed to Launch Pad
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, Brian WangThe SpaceX Starship and likely the Super Heavy Booster will have wheels so that they can be towed to the launch pad. Having wheels built into the vehicles will make them easier to move to launch pads and from where they land.
Here are all the ways to visit space this decade (if you're extremely rich)
• PopSciGlamping in zero gravity will cost a few millions bucks at least.
Boeing Forced To Buy Rocket Parts From Russia For New 'Made In USA' Starliner Spacecraft
• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenIt's really a love-hate relationship with Russia.
Powering Communication for an Interstellar Probe
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, Brian WangThere was a November 2019, NASA Workshop on Interstellar Propulsion.
Katherine Johnson, NASA legend and 'Hidden Figure,' dies at 101
• CNETKatherine Johnson, who died Monday at 101, is remembered as a "NASA mathematician, trailblazer in the quest for racial equality, contributor to our nation's first triumphs in human spaceflight and champion of STEM education."
Flat-earther 'Mad' Mike Hughes, 64, died because parachute fell off homemade steam-powered..
• https://www.dailymail.co, By HANNAH SKELLERNFlat-earther 'Mad' Mike Hughes, 64, died because parachute fell off homemade steam-powered rocket during launch in California - leaving daredevil doomed to plummet to earth
Is Earth's Magnetic Field Reversing? Video
• https://www.lewrockwell.com, By Robert W. Felix"There is no evidence of increased extinction rates associated with any of the past reversals," the announcer for PBS Space Time video assures us. Really!??
SpaceX Completing a Tall Building for Stacking
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian WangElon Musk tweets out Starship nosecone production and a high bay building where Starship parts will be stacked.
Space Tourism Company Virgin Galactic Has $6.5 Billion Valuation
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian WangVirgin Galactic (ticker symbol SPCE) has tripled in value over the last seven weeks to about $6.5 billion.
SpaceX in 2021 Will Have 3,000 Employees Mass-Producing Two Starships Per Week
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian WangFelix Schlang at What about It? has covered key news from Elon Musk's Starship conversation with Robert Zubrin, President of the Mars Society.
Blue Origin Plans to Get Into the Orbital Launch Game in 2021
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian WangThe Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket will be a Falcon Heavy class vehicle with a reusable first stage.
SpaceX Plans Starship Gigafactories to Introduce the Hypersonic Age
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian WangSpaceX is planning Starship and Raptor engine gigafactories. In 2021, Elon Musk plans to scale the workforce at Boca Chica to 3,000 employees to eventually manufacture two SpaceX starships every week.
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