Automation Robots Will Have Human Faces
“Anti-Android is Anti-Human.” Continue reading Automation Robots Will Have Human Faces
Tag Archives: SpaceX
Elon Musk Says AI Research, Neuralink, and the Boring Company Are Just Hobbies
“I want to emphasize very clearly—90 percent of my time is divided between SpaceX and Tesla.” Continue reading Elon Musk Says AI Research, Neuralink, and the Boring Company Are Just Hobbies
We Are Living in the Age of the Reusable Rocket
SpaceX has successfully reflown (and landed) one of its used Falcon 9 rockets. Continue reading We Are Living in the Age of the Reusable Rocket
News in brief: moon tourists to launch ‘next year’; health provider fined after breach; drone pilot jailed
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news Continue reading News in brief: moon tourists to launch ‘next year’; health provider fined after breach; drone pilot jailed
SpaceX Says It Will Send Two Extremely Wealthy People Around the Moon Next Year
There’s some skepticism out there about whether this will happen. Continue reading SpaceX Says It Will Send Two Extremely Wealthy People Around the Moon Next Year
NASA’s Historic Kennedy Space Center Is Reborn As a Commercial Spaceport
What it’s like to cover a SpaceX launch in the age of commercial space travel. Continue reading NASA’s Historic Kennedy Space Center Is Reborn As a Commercial Spaceport
Inside NASA’s Space Farming Labs
If astronauts are going to make it on long duration space missions, they’re going to need some veggies. Continue reading Inside NASA’s Space Farming Labs
SpaceX’s Latest Rocket Landing Video Is Stunning
The drone’s-eye view of the latest Falcon 9 rocket booster coming back from space is awe-inspiring. Continue reading SpaceX’s Latest Rocket Landing Video Is Stunning
SpaceX Is Finally on Its Way Back to the ISS After Historic Launch
Sunday’s CRS-10 resupply mission to the International Space Station was the first time the Apollo-era launch pad had been used since 2011. Continue reading SpaceX Is Finally on Its Way Back to the ISS After Historic Launch
The SmallSat Launcher War
Over the last decade or so the definition of what a ‘small satellite’ is has ballooned beyond the original cubesat design specification to satellites of 50 or 100 kg. Today a ‘smallsat’ is defined far more around the cost, and sometimes the technologies used, than the size and shape of the box that goes into orbit.
There are now more than fifty companies working on launch vehicles dedicated to lifting these small satellites into orbit, and while nobody really expects all of those to survive the next few years, it’s going to be an interesting time in the launcher market. …read more
