SpaceX moves Starlink launch up a day to Wednesday
• https://www.space.com, By Mike WallWednesday's good weather forecast occasioned the shift.
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US Supports Commercial Space Mining and Will Negotiate Deals to Enable It
• Next Big FutureThe United States is not a party to the Moon Agreement. The United States does not consider the Moon Agreement to be an effective or necessary instrument to guide nation-states regarding the promotion of commercial participation in the long-term expl
Might The Russia-China-USA Alliance For Space Exploration Define The New "New World Order"
• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Matthew EhretAs the COVID-19 Crisis stagnates the Earth, there may be a big shake up going on in space...
Multiplier of Producing Fuel on Planets
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian WangRobert Zubrin describes the multiplier of producing fuel on the moon or Mars.
First manned SpaceX Crew Dragon flight set for May 27 liftoff
• https://newatlas.com by David SzondyThe date for SpaceX's first manned Crew Dragon flight has been set. NASA announced that the Demo-2 mission will lift off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 27, 2020, at 4:32 pm EDT with NASA a
NASA and SpaceX set to launch the first manned mission from US soil in 10 years...
• https://www.dailymail.co, By STACY LIBERATORENASA and SpaceX set to launch the first manned mission from US soil in 10 years by sending astronauts to the ISS on May 27
China wants a piece of the moon. Here's how it plans to handle lunar samples.
• https://www.space.com, By Leonard DavidThe nation plans to launch the Chang'e 5 sample-return mission to the moon later this year.
A Star Is Orbiting our Galaxy's Black Hole in a Stunning Pattern
• https://www.vice.com, by Becky FerreiraIn yet another win for Albert Einstein's theories, scientists report the first ever detection of "Schwarzschild precession" around a black hole.
Fanatical Complete Package Leaders Needed for Civilization Altering Greatness
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian WangRobert Zubrin describes what sets Elon Musk apart from the other Space Entrepreneurs.
NASA funds concept for gigantic radio telescope on far side of Moon
• https://newatlas.com, By Anthony WoodNASA is exploring the potential of building an enormous radio telescope on the far side of the Moon in a vast, hollowed-out crater. The telescope's reflector would be comprised of a 1-km (0.6-mile) diameter wire mesh that would be pulled into place
Virgin Orbit puts its 747 "flying launchpad" through a full rehearsal
• https://newatlas.com, By Nick LavarsVirgin Orbit continues to edge closer to its objective of firing satellites into space form an airborne 747, this time completing an end-to-end launch rehearsal designed to put all of its systems through their paces.
BepiColombo completes close encounter with Earth
• https://newatlas.com, By David SzondyThe BepiColombo deep-space probe has successfully made its flyby of Earth on its journey to explore the planet Mercury.
Highest-ever resolution images of the Sun reveal its atmosphere is much more complex...
• https://www.dailymail.co, By RYAN MORRISONHighest-ever resolution images of the Sun reveal its atmosphere is much more complex than previously thought
SPACE RACE Trump signs 'space order' paving way for US to mine Moon and Mars...
• https://www.the-sun.com, Harry PettitSPACE RACE Trump signs 'space order' paving way for US to mine Moon and Mars for minerals and water
Russia accuses Trump of planning to seize PLANETS with space mining executive order
• https://www.dailymail.co.uk by Ryan FaheyRussian space agency says Trump's order damages scope for cooperation The executive order says the 'US doesn't view space as a global commons' Space mining has been the realm of science fiction, but a handful of firms and governments are pursuing
SpaceX's Elon Musk reveals next Starship's Raptor engines, explains latest failure
• TeslaRatiSpaceX CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter to better explain what happened when the latest full-scale Starship prototype failed during one of its first tests, while later revealing the rocket engines set to power a future prototype's first flight.
Elon Musk BANS SpaceX staff from using Zoom citing 'significant privacy and security concerns
• By REUTERS and STACY LIBERATORESpaceX CEO Elon Musk has banned his staff from using the videoconferencing service Zoom, as the platform has been plagued by privacy and security issues.
SpaceX Starship SN3 Prototype Fails Cryogenic Pressure Test
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian WangThe SpaceX Starship SN3 prototype fails its cryogenic pressure test.
NASA unfolds James Webb Telescope's huge mirrors in deployment test
• https://newatlas.com by Michael IrvingThe James Webb Space Telescope has crossed another milestone on the path to its long-awaited launch. NASA engineers have now completed a deployment test, unfurling the telescope's gigantic mirror into the configuration it will take in space.
SpaceX Starship SN3 Prepares To Hop | SpaceX in the News
• https://www.youtube.com, spaceXcentricSpaceX Starship SN3 Prepares To Hop | SpaceX in the News Episode 85. Today we get our hype on for Starship SN3 progress; talk crew dragon updates; look into the upcoming launch manifest, including for Falcon Heavy; and finish with the honorable menti
SpaceX SN3 Starship Stacked and Will Test Hop 150 Meters Next Week
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian WangThe SpaceX SN3 Starship is stacked and will have a test hop for 150 meters next week. This is assuming that the pressure tests and other preparations have no issues.
What Is the Geometry of the Universe?
• Quanta MagazineIn our mind's eye, the universe seems to go on forever. But using geometry we can explore a variety of three-dimensional shapes that offer alternatives to "ordinary" infinite space.
SpaceX SHS Rocket Switching to 304L Steel and Then Custom Alloy
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, Brian WangThe SpaceX Super Heavy Starship (SHS) will switch from 301 steel alloy to 304L steel alloy for some parts and then a new custom steel alloy.
SpaceX plans first manned flight to space station in May
• https://news.yahoo.com, AFPElon Musk's SpaceX will send astronauts to the International Space Station for the first time in May, NASA said, announcing the first crewed launch from the United States to the platform since 2011.
SpaceX Successfully Deploys More Starlink Satellites
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, Brian WangSpaceX has successfully launched and deployed another batch of 60 Starlink satellites.
SpaceX is Focused on the Starship / Raptor Production Line
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian WangSpaceX is continuing testing and develop of Starship prototypes and Raptor engines.
Unexpected technical complications will keep NASA's Lunar Gateway from being fully operationa...
• https://www.dailymail.co.uk, By Michael ThomsenNASA's ambitious plans to build a base on the surface of the moon will likely be delayed.
SpaceX Starship Designed for Relaunch Within 1 Hour
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian WangElon Musk indicated that the SpaceX Starship is designed to be relaunched within one hour of landing. SpaceX Starship could have three launches in one day.
Almost 140 new minor planets spotted in the outer solar system
• https://newatlas.com, By Michael IrvingWell over 100 new minor planets have been discovered in our solar system, in the darkness out beyond the orbit of Neptune.
NASA astronauts could head to the ISS aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon as early as MAY...
• By STACY LIBERATORE and JAMES PERONASA astronauts could head to the ISS aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon as early as MAY in the first manned missions by American spacecraft since the shuttle retired nearly a decade ago
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