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Cloudy with a chance of concrete? The “success” of last week’s brief but eventful Starship launch has apparently raised some regulatory eyebrows, with the Federal Aviation Administration launching an investigation …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: April 30, 2023
Mark it on your calendars, folks — this is the week that the term RUD has entered the public lexicon. Sure, most of our community already knows the acronym for …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: April 23, 2023
History was made today as a private company leapfrogged ahead of NASA by launching the largest, most powerful rocket ever. At 8:36 am CDT, SpaceX’s uncrewed Starship lifted off from the company’s Starbase at Boca Chica, Texas, on an orbital test flight… Continue reading SpaceX successfully launches largest ever space rocket – which blows up
It was a case of two steps forward, one step back for SpaceX’s Starship development program today, with a dramatic explosion from a prototype of the company’s Mars-bound rocket during testing on the ground. The fiery event took place at SpaceX’s Boca C… Continue reading Elon Musk’s massive Mars rocket suffers an explosive setback
The big news this week comes from the world of medicine, where a woman has received a 3D-printed ear transplant. The 20-year-old woman suffered from microtia, a rare congenital deformity …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: June 5, 2022
It looks like the ongoing semiconductor shortage isn’t getting any better, and if the recent spate of computer thefts from semi trucks is any indication, it’s only going to get …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: May 29, 2022
A funny thing happened on the way to the delta. The one on Jezero crater on Mars, that is, as the Perseverance rover may have captured a glimpse of the …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: April 10, 2022
It’s often said that the wheels of government turn slowly, and perhaps nowhere is this on better display than at NASA. While it seems like every week we hear about …read more Continue reading NASA Continues Slow And Steady Pace Towards Moon
By any metric you care to use, this is a very exciting time for America’s space program. NASA is refocusing their efforts towards the Moon and beyond, SpaceX is launching …read more Continue reading Blue Origin Rolls Out Test Article For Next-Gen Rocket
SpaceX has notched up another milestone in the development of Starship, fixing its Raptor Vacuum engine to the spacecraft and test-firing it for the first time. This marks another important step in the company’s ongoing efforts to reach Mars, with this… Continue reading SpaceX test fires Starship’s Raptor engine for deep space burns