Grimes released a new song off her upcoming album Book 1. The track is titled “Player of Games” and appears to be a not-so-subtle song about the musician’s four-year relationship and recent break up with 50-year-old Tesla CEO and internet troll Elon Mu…
再使用ロケットの経済性｜ina111 / 稲川貴大｜note
最近、世界中で再使用ロケット開発の機運が高まっている。再使用ロケット、つまり打ち上げた後に着陸・回収して繰り返し使うロケットのことだ。 これはSDGsの文脈が強くなってきたことに加え、SpaceXやBlue Originのロケットの派手な演出のためだろう。SpaceXのロケットの着陸する姿は多くの人を興奮させた。 ちなみに、…
Here’s why Elon Musk asked his SpaceX employees to work Thanksgiving
A fully operational Starship solves many of SpaceX’s problems.
Max Q: Elon Musk talks Starship, envisions first orbital launch in January 2022
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SpaceX aims to conduct first orbital flight of Starship in January, Musk says
SpaceX has been advancing the development of Starship, the largest ultra-super-heavy reusable launch system ever designed in history, at a jaw-dropping pace — and CEO Elon Musk is “comfortable” it will reach orbit sometime next year. Musk made the comments — which often veered into the philosophical — at the National Academies’ first virtual joint […]
DevOps transformation: Taking edge computing and continuous updates to space
With the “final frontier” now open to private companies, how do we transform the way we continually update the software that runs in space?
New space walks
A space exploration update for November 2021. In Earth orbit news, one crew returned from the International Space Station, while a new crew rode a SpaceX flight to board the ISS. The ISS altered its orbit by a mile to avoid incoming debris from an old…
Starlink’s new Dishy McFlatface is smaller and lighter, still costs $499
New dish is a rectangle; new router lacks Ethernet port but has some upgrades.
Crew Dragon lands safely, despite one parachute inflating slowly [Updated]
We’re going to miss Thomas Pesquet’s spicy memes from space.
Starlink gives mixed signals on whether some preorders are delayed until 2023
SpaceX provides encouraging update, but preorderers still see 2023 delivery dates.