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Can SpaceX really turn AI into a $500 billion business?
Elon Musk believes AI could generate up to $500 billion in annual revenue for SpaceX as early as next year.
a month ago
How a tiny nuclear CubeSat could change the future of space exploration
City Labs could pave the way for a host of new space innovations after it became the first private company to send a nuclear system to space.
2 months ago
Will NASA still be able to land humans on the Moon by 2028?
Though Blue Origin has set forth an optimistic rebuild timeline, it will likely have to rely on another rocket to reach the Moon in time.
3 months ago
Will the Starship V3 debut launch be enough to regain SpaceX’s Moon momentum?
SpaceX is racing to test its upgraded Starship V3, as Blue Origin aims to steal the spotlight with a major lunar landing achievement later this year.
4 months ago
NASA is right to focus on ‘hardware rich’ approach following Artemis II heat shield gamble
Artemis II made it home. Now NASA owes us the full story of how close it actually came.
5 months ago
NASA resets Artemis, but China could still win the race to the Moon
NASA is trading ambition for realism as it tries to stabilize a program long plagued by delays and technical setbacks.
6 months ago
The ‘sentient sun’ behind the SpaceX–xAI merger
Behind the sci-fi rhetoric, the SpaceX–xAI merger points to orbital data centers and AI infrastructure, not stellar consciousness.
7 months ago
Will the private sector revolutionize astronomy like it did rocket launches?
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s new initiative aims to fly the first private space telescope by 2029. Will it pave the way for more private observatories?
8 months ago
China’s Shijian maneuver signals a new lead in the orbital refueling race
By completing a refueling maneuver the US has yet to manage, China has nudged the space race in its direction.
9 months ago
Elon Musk has new plans for Earth orbit. Astronomers are already scared
Starlink is no longer just about internet. Musk wants to use it to power AI and cool the planet—with zero guardrails in orbit.
10 months ago
Artemis II will decide whether NASA’s return to the Moon has a future
Artemis II is NASA’s first real test of whether its new systems and partnerships can truly sustain human exploration beyond Earth.
a year ago
Falcon 9 can’t be the only rocket that matters
Rocket Lab’s Neutron and New Glenn mark the first serious challenge to SpaceX’s dominance. The stakes go well beyond launch costs.
a year ago
Orbital refueling is hard. But it’s the future of space travel
SpaceX, NASA, and China are betting big on orbital gas stations to power missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
a year ago
Lockheed Martin’s cheaper Mars Sample Return highlights private sector limits
Lockheed Martin’s leaner, $3B proposal offers a technical workaround, but at what cost to science and planetary protection?
a year ago
DRACO is dead: Why the US scrapped its nuclear spacecraft
The Trump administration’s view on DRACO is wide of the mark. It’s another example of the US ceding space leadership to China.
a year ago
AI is consuming power faster than Earth can supply. Are orbital solar data centers the answer?
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says data centers will go from 3% to 99% of total electricity consumption. Space could provide the solution.
a year ago
A ‘dark age’ for NASA could be China’s golden era in space
With China and India surging ahead, slashing NASA’s budget could stall global space innovation.
a year ago
‘Space is hard’: Why Isar Aerospace CEO describes its rocket crash as ‘great success’
“Today we know twice as much about our launch system as yesterday before launch,” Isar CEO Daniel Metzler wrote on X.
a year ago
Is Elon Musk’s behavior hurting SpaceX? Unfounded claims and public feuds raise concerns
Elon Musk added to his long list of baseless claims when he claimed the Starliner astronauts were left in space for “political reasons”.
2 years ago
2024 YR4: How do we deflect potential ‘city killer’ asteroid headed to Earth?
NASA’s latest estimate sees the probability of 2024 YR4 impacting Earth rising to 3.1 percent.
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