ExoTerra raises $8 million to boost propulsion system production
Between the EV3, EX30, R3, and little Jeep EV, I'm hoping that small EVs change some American minds about car size and reverse some of the arms race. They still aren't small small, but at least they aren't an F150 or Suburban.
A purpose built skateboard chassis is still good for a low center of gravity, bigger battery capacity, and ease of manufacturing, but I would gladly pass on a lot of bells and whistles and "luxury" features.
Rocket Lab, Stoke, and Relativity are all trying!
I'm a Blue Origin hater, too. They pretend to be an old space prime by buying their way into a market but not having done anything. They don't have the drive, efficiency, or fun redeeming qualities of startups.
For rockets, I would rather see Stoke pull off Nova and Rocket Lab build Neutron.
For space stations, I'm rooting for Vast and Gravitics.
For space tugs, go Impulse.
For moon landers, BO copied SpaceX's homework, so go Intuitive Machines and Astrobotic.
Not Grande enough for Americans. Maybe we'll get the Venti Panda or Trenta Panda.
I won't be able to afford it, but I'm still glad they're electrifying toys for rich people. Every source of pollution and noise that gets taken off the road is a win by me.
Only Starship, Shuttle, and SpaceShipTwo count.
Let Ingenuity be the best space rotorcraft. Until Dragonfly shows up.
And neither will we
Surely these will be well informed and level headed comments
All those SDA commsat contractors better hope the DoD wants to maintain "dissimilar redundancy"
Yeah, as soon as Blue Origin changed to refueling, they switched from being a safe backup plan to possibly an even less likely plan A. Even if some people there have worked on crewed vehicles before (Orion? Starliner?) the company has no experience that compares to SpaceX with Dragon.
I'm really hoping the 2-3 month cadence speeds up to monthly now that the vehicle is more reliable and controllable (and not needing as many mishap investigations...) and they're presumably improving pad hardware and procedures.
SpaceX posted this on Twitter. It's the WB-57 then a buoy cam.
Someone in Starliner mission control was watching the Starship launch
Trying to catch the next one feels pretty spicy. The IFT4 booster was coming in pretty hot in the video SpaceX posted. The next TX tower is starting to come together, though.
Ford now says mass-adoption needs EVs that cost the same as combustion cars.
Starlab Space, the joint venture developing the Starlab commercial space station, has selected SpaceX’s Starship to launch the station on a single flight.
"Just give us a sip. We'll take our 14 tons and we'll be glad to pay for it."
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk again appeared to rule out any near-term plans for spinning out his company’s Starlink broadband satellite business going public.
Space Force assigns 21 national security missions to ULA and SpaceX
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"I just want to be out. Make as much noise as possible."
SpaceX has filed a final mishap investigation report to the FAA for its April 20 Starship integrated flight test, the FAA told Payload on Tuesday. Submitting the report is an important regulatory step toward SpaceX launching Starship on its second orbital test flight, a milestone that will req...
SpaceX is offering a second class of rideshare missions on its Falcon 9 rocket to serve customers seeking to go to mid-inclination orbits.
NASA's Orion spacecraft is taking a bit longer to prepare for its first crew flight.
From the last section of the article:
>If the Artemis III landing mission moves to 2026 or later, it doesn't make much difference whether Artemis II flies in late 2024 or 2025. There's just no big rush. In fact, Free acknowledged on Tuesday that NASA is considering alternate mission profiles for Artemis III in case of significant delays to Starship and the Axiom spacesuits. > >SpaceX first needs to get the Starship rocket into orbit. Another Starship test launch could happen in the next couple of months. Then there will need to be many more test flights, including a Starship refueling demonstration in orbit, a capability without which Starship can't reach the Moon. Finally, SpaceX plans to fly a Starship test mission to land on the Moon without astronauts before committing to a crew landing. > >Free said NASA officials recently met with SpaceX's team at the Starship development site in South Texas. SpaceX provided NASA with an updated schedule of milestones to get to the Artemis III landing, but Free declined to discuss specifics of the timeline. > >"I think we’ll look at that and update around that in the near future, after we have some time to digest it," Free said. "But we’re holding all the contractors to that December of ’25 date (for Artemis III). > >"We may end up flying a different mission," Free said. "If we’re having these big slips, we’ve looked at can we do other missions, if the possibility exists there. Right now, we’re still taking a look at their schedule. The spacesuits are having a CDR (Critical Design Review) in October, so that’s obviously another piece of hardware that’s on the critical path for that mission.”