"Catastrophic Collisions" - NASA Warns About New 5G Satellite Constellation
• Zero Hedge - Tyler DurdenJudging by ESA's animation above of satellites and space junk, collisions are bound to happen...
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Let's watch SpaceX static fire Starship SN-8!
• Everyday Astronaut - YouTube.comGene and Rachel from Spadre [@SouthPadreIsle] are right at the edge of the exclusion zone with one of my slow motion cameras to catch SpaceX fuel up and static fire Starship SN-8!
SpaceX Starlink Broadband Beta Testers "Amazed" By Its Speed, As New Photos Emerge
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SpaceX Superheavy Starship Size, Payload and Cost Details
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, Brian WangEveryday Astronaut describes the size and payload capabilities of the SpaceX Super Heavy Starship.
The Next Area 51? Space Force Opens New Lab For Testing 'Novel Space Vehicles'
• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenThe US Air Force recently announced the opening of a new high-tech lab which it says will be used by the recently established Space Force (USSF) to test advanced materials and designs for space vehicles such as satellites and spacecraft.
SpaceX opens Starlink satellite internet to public beta testers: report
• Space.comSpaceX is now sending out email invitations for public beta testing of Starlink, the company's upcoming satellite internet service.
Virgin Galactic planning to launch suborbital test flight this month
• Space.comVSS Unity's next suborbital mission is targeted for Nov. 19 to Nov. 23.
Rocket Lab gets set for its first ever booster recovery attempt
• New AtlasPart of this strategy involves using parachutes, a helicopter and a special grappling hook to collect the first stage as it drifts back down to the Earth, a technique it was able to successfully demonstrate using a dummy first stage earlier this year
SpaceX launches next-gen GPS satellite for US Space Force, lands rocket
• Space.comOne of the company's two-stage Falcon 9 rockets blasted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station here at 6:24 p.m. EST (2324 GMT) Thurs Nov 5, carrying the GPS III-SV04 satellite to orbit. Nine minutes later, the rocket's
Vector restarting operations under new ownership
• Space NewsThe new Vector will leverage much of the design of the Vector-R rocket the original company had development, but with new engines and an initial focus on suborbital markets.
SpaceX declares independence:
• https://www.dailymail.co.uk By STACY LIBERATOREElon Musk's firm says they will not recognize Earth laws in planned Mars colony and says 'free planet' will adopt 'self-governing principles'
Seven SpaceX Starship Prototypes and the SuperHeavy Booster Prototype
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian WangBrendan Lewis creates SpaceX diagrams and posts them on twitter. Brendan has a graphic showing about eight SpaceX Starship prototypes.
Elon Musk's SpaceX will 'make its own laws on Mars'
• https://www.independent.co.uk, Anthony Cuthbertson'No Earth-based government has authority or sovereignty over Martian activities,' SpaceX claims
NASA's Crew-1 SpaceX mission commander will join the US Space Force
• https://www.space.com By Meghan BartelsIf all goes according to plan, the U.S. Space Force will soon have its first service member in orbit.
NASA challenges public to devise novel ways to unload lunar supplies
• https://newatlas.com by David SzondyHaving conquered space toilets, NASA, with crowd-sourcer HeroX, have announced a new challenge that invites the public to submit novel ways to unload lunar payloads. NASA's Lunar Delivery Challenge is offering US$25,000 in prizes for the best ideas
NASA and ESA finalize agreement to build Gateway deep space outpost
• https://newatlas.com, By David SzondyNASA and ESA have formally entered into a partnership agreement for building NASA's Artemis Gateway deep space outpost. The agreement signed on Tuesday is part of the US effort to attract international partners for the lunar exploration project.
Water on the moon
• https://www.youtube.com, Adamcast IRLWater on the moon
NASA's SOFIA Discovers Water in Sunlit Parts of the Moon
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, Brian WangNASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has confirmed, for the first time, water on the sunlit surface of the Moon. This means water could all over the moon and not just in permanently shadowed craters mostly near the north
New nuclear engine concept could help realize 3-month trips to Mars
• https://newatlas.com, By David SzondySeattle-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Technologies (USNC-Tech) has developed a concept for a new Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) engine and delivered it to NASA.
Visualizing All Of Earth's Satellites: Who Owns Our Orbit?
• https://www.zerohedge.com by Tyler DurdenFor centuries, humans have looked to space and the stars for answers. The fascination is more than philosophical - it's coupled with the need to solve problems here on Earth.
SPACE RACE Elon Musk vows to build 'internet bridge' to MARS using Starlink probes...
• https://www.the-sun.com, Charlotte EdwardsElon Musk is hoping to build a city on the Red Planet and knows the space colony will probably want to get online.
Are aliens watching us? Many exoplanets may be able to see life on Earth
• https://www.studyfinds.org, Chris MeloreITHACA, N.Y. -- It's been three decades since legendary astronomer Carl Sagan suggested that the Voyager 1 space probe take a picture of Earth from nearly four billion miles away.
NASA Landed a Probe on an Ancient Asteroid and Took a Sample In First for U.S.
• https://www.vice.com by Jordan Pearson"A piece of primordial rock that has witnessed our solar system's entire history may now be ready to come home for generations of scientific discovery," said a NASA scientist of the U.S.'s first attempt to return an asteroid sample to Earth.
NASA's OSIRIS-REx collects sample from surface of asteroid Bennu
• https://newatlas.com by David SzondyIn a truly remarkable feat of engineering, NASA's OSIRIS-REx has scooped a sample of soil from the surface of asteroid Bennu, as it hurtles through space some 205 million miles from Earth. The spacecraft successfully touched the asteroid Bennu on T
Touchdown!
• https://www.dailymail.co.uk By MARLENE LENTHANGNASA makes historic landing on 'doomsday asteroid' Bennu as OSIRIS-REx extends its 11-foot robotic arm to collect rock samples before launching back into space
Spacex Starship Fires Up Three Raptor Engines | Russian Satellite & Chinese Rocket Avoided Collision
• Engineering TodayThe thrust created by the Stainless Steel Prototype was massive. Starship SN8 a first kind of that prototype successfully completed and survived the first static fire test without any fail.
NASA is launching a 4G phone network on the moon
• CNETNokia's lunar LTE network will allow astronauts to make calls, stream data and remote control robots.
Another Successful SpaceX Starlink Launch
• Next Big Future - Brian WangSpaceX successfully launched its fourteenth Starlink mission, which puts another 60 Starlink satellites to orbit.
Roger Penrose Shares Nobel Prize in Physics and Pushes His Cyclic Universes Theory
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian WangRoger Penrose has shared in the Nobel Prize in Physics for his contribution with models of Black Holes.
Blue Origin launches and lands a New Shepard rocket on its seventh trip to space
• https://www.theverge.com, By Loren GrushThe vehicle took off from West Texas this morning
