Laser Sail for Future Alpha Centauri Mission Now Costs $25 Million, Not $200 Billion
• Next Big Future - Brian WangLaser pushed sails - ultrathin need reflective structures that are square meters but weight a gram.
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Dawn Aerospace is selling spaceplanes direct to customers, like airliners
• https://newatlas.com, By David SzondyDawn Aerospace seems to want to play with the big kids as it announces that it will be selling its spaceplane directly to customers the same way that airliner manufacturers market their aircraft, suggesting a major shift in space launch business mode
Report: White House to Withdraw Nomination of Jared Isaacman to Lead NASA
• https://www.breitbart.com, Elizabeth WeibelThe White House is withdrawing its nomination of Jared Isaacman to serve as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Administrator, according to several reports.
Blue Origin launches 1st New Zealander to reach space, 5 others on latest New Shepard...
• https://www.space.com, By Robert Z. PearlmanBlue Origin launches 1st New Zealander to reach space, 5 others on latest New Shepard suborbital flight (video)
Northern lights may be visible in these 15 US States tonight and over the weekend
• https://www.space.com, By Daisy DobrijevicAuroras may be visible from Alaska to Oregon as speedy solar winds fuel geomagnetic storm conditions.
Visualizing SpaceX's Stunning Global Lead As 'Made-In America' Rockets Dominate
• Zero HedgeCredit where it's due - SpaceX is keeping the U.S. ahead of Chinese Communist...
SpaceX Has Updated Mars and Starship Plans
• Next Big Future - Brian WangStarship and the Booster will eventually each be made about 20% more powerful. There will be versions by the end of the year that will be improved by about 5-10%.
To Be Young and Headed to the Stars
• https://freemansperspective.com, PaulI would pay dearly for young people to feel what it was like to be a scientifically minded child in the 1960s. It was a special and beautiful moment.
SpaceX Builds Largest Reusable Booster, Also Makes Door That Won't Open - Starship Flight 9 Rec
• Scott Manley - YouTube.comFlight 9 wasn't a success, but it wasn't an outright failure. Superheavy becomes the second rocket design to reuse a propulsively landed booster, and while the booster wasn't expected to fly again it did complete its mission. The Starship upper stage
LIVE: Elon Musk's SpaceX launches ninth Starship test flight
• The Sun - YouTube.comSpaceX launched its ninth Starship test flight.
A Scar on the Sun is about to Slam Earth with a Solar Wind Burst; Strong Solar Flares Could Follow
• Stefan Burns - YouTube.comA scar-like coronal hole has opened up on the Sun across the solar equator, and the high-speed-stream of solar wind emanating from it is expected to hit Earth May 28th-29th.
USAF cargo rocket could land anywhere on Earth in under 90 minutes
• https://newatlas.com, By David SzondyThe US Air Force is investing in a transport system that could one day deliver 100 tonnes for cargo or personnel by rocket to any spot on Earth in under 90 minutes. Unimaginatively called Rocket Cargo, it may begin preliminary tests next year.
What time is SpaceX's Starship Flight 9 launch on May 27?
• https://www.space.com, By Tariq MalikSpaceX is aiming to launch its Starship Flight 9 test mission no earlier than Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. EDT (2330 GMT), but only if conditions allow.
FAA Approves Next Space Starship IFT9 Launch for May 27 2025
• Next Big FutureFAA has approved Starship's return to flight.
This Stunning Perspective of the Sun and Moon Comes from New NASA Mission Set to Study Solar Wind
• Good News NetworkThe Moon in the image is lit up by light reflected off the surface of Earth.
Janna Levin: Black Holes, Wormholes, Aliens, Paradoxes & Extra Dimensions...
• https://www.youtube.com, Lex FridmanJanna Levin: Black Holes, Wormholes, Aliens, Paradoxes & Extra Dimensions | Lex Fridman Podcast #468
Bizarre plan for world's first SPACESCRAPER that will be built UPSIDE DOWN and dangle...
• https://www.the-sun.com, Eliana NunesBizarre plan for world's first SPACESCRAPER that will be built UPSIDE DOWN and dangle from asteroid over Dubai
FCC Asked to Give Spectrum to Allow SpaceX Starlink to Make a Vastly Better GPS
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian WangIn a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), SpaceX said SpaceX Starlink satellites can be a next-generation Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) solution.
Zombie Voyager 1 Spacecraft Resurrects Its "Dead" Thrusters Over 15 Billion Miles Away
• Futurism"It was yet another miracle save for Voyager."
Black hole dance illuminates hidden math of the universe
• https://www.space.com, By Sharmila Kuthunur"The appearance of such structures sheds new light on the sorts of mathematical objects that nature is built from."
SpaceX Starship Will Enable Megawatts of Space Based Solar by 2030 and Gigawatts by 2040
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian WangVirtus Solis wants to group satellites into massive arrays--100,000 satellites for 100MW--allowing for a highly scalable energy platform. Arrays can grow to 20 Gigawatt or more.
China signs deal w/ Russia to build a power plant on the moon...
• Live Science...potentially leaving the US in the dust
SpaceX Starship About Nine Days From Next Launch
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian WangSpaceX Starship flight 9 could launch as soon as Wednesday, May 21 based upon a Coast Guard notice.
Elon Musk's Starbase Is Now A Real City
• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenLocal Texas outlet KUT News reported that Boca Chica Village residents voted overwhelmingly--212 to 6--in favor of incorporating Elon Musk's SpaceX launch site as an official city, now named Starbase, Texas.
New fusion rocket design could cut Mars trip to under 4 months
• https://newatlas.com, By David SzondyIt seems too good to be true, but UK-based Pulsar Fusion has revealed its new Sunbird self-contained nuclear rocket tug that uses a fusion propulsion engine that could reduce a trip to Mars to under four months and Pluto to under four years.
NASA Veteran Astronaut Bill McArthur to Command Inaugural Titans Spaceplane Flight...
• https://www.linkedin.com, Neal LachmanNASA Veteran Astronaut Bill McArthur to Command Inaugural Titans Spaceplane Flight and First Titans Space Station Mission
New images of Soviet Venus lander falling to Earth suggest its parachute may be out
• Space.comThe soon-to-reenter Soviet Cosmos 482 Venus probe is getting increased attention by satellite trackers – and new imagery provides some interesting details.
What's Up in the Space-Based Economy
• The Solari Report - Catherine Austin Fitts"Space industry refers to economic activities related to manufacturing components that go into Earth's orbit or beyond.
Two Propulsion Experiments on OTP-2
• https://www.nextbigfuture.com, by Brian WangThere are two propulsion experiments on the Rogue Systems OTP2 satellite.
Scientists 'found' alien life on distant planet... and now we may know what it looks like
• Daily MailScientists have found a nearby planet that appears to be teeming with life, and now Earth's most advanced computer programs revealed what it could look like.
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