Spacefaring adventurers, living and experimenting with new technology, could potentially spawn a post-human eraAfter years of delay, and massive cost over-runs, the James Webb space telescope (the JWST) was launched on Christmas Day. It will need to pe…
Cheugiest tech moments of 2021
Technology has come a long way in 2021. There’s widespread mRNA vaccines! An asteroid-deflecting space mission! A very powerful laptop with a very controversial notch! But it’s unfortunately easier to think about the cringiest moments of the year than it is to remember times when we marveled at indoor farming robots. So hop aboard the choo-choo-cheugy […]
Elon Musk rejects claims his satellites are squeezing out rivals in space
SpaceX founder points out that space is “extremely enormous,” satellites “very tiny.”
China upset about needing to dodge SpaceX Starlink satellites
A formal complaint to the UN under space treaties says the US is responsible.
This may finally be the year we see some new chunky rockets take flight
Many of these rockets, you may recall, were supposed to fly in 2020.
in 2021, space investors watched stars form in real time
“Carl Sagan had it right, with Voyager and the pale blue dot: If you’re anywhere else in the known universe, Earth is the most interesting place to study and be part of.”
First Resonance brings its space-scale manufacturing OS to hardware makers with $14M A round
First Resonance makes software for making hardware. The company’s Ion platform provides an all-in-one option for anyone who has to manage manufacturing lines, supply chains, engineering and design, among other things. Now, with $14 million in new funding, the company aims to scale up its presence and make a full-court press on the hardware makers […]
USAID should let for-profit companies help it build a better world
If USAID’s NPI expands to work with tech companies, they can provide USAID with existing tools and solutions. Opening up NPI to for-profit businesses is the first step in doing so.
After a “thorough review,” NASA awards additional astronaut flights to SpaceX
“NASA commends Boeing for its ongoing investigation.”
ESA head says Europe needs to stop facilitating Elon Musk’s ambitions in space
Musk’s thousands of satellites risk crowding others out of low Earth orbits.