#Musk, Bezos and Branson fueled by big egos in space race

#Musk, Bezos and Branson fueled by big egos in space race

“#Musk, Bezos and Branson fueled by big egos in space race” Rocket fuel is not the only thing powering the space race that pits  billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson against each other. One-upmanship is a major accelerant. “There are big egos at play here,” Brad Stone, author of “Amazon Unbound: Jeff ­Bezos…

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#Astronauts install solar panels on ISS during daring spacewalk

#Astronauts install solar panels on ISS during daring spacewalk

“#Astronauts install solar panels on ISS during daring spacewalk” CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Spacewalking astronauts equipped the International Space Station with the first in a series of powerful new solar panels Sunday, overcoming suit problems and other obstacles with muscle and persistence. It took two spacewalks for French astronaut Thomas Pesquet and NASA astronaut Shane…

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#Virgin Galactic stock soars after successful test flight

#Virgin Galactic stock soars after successful test flight

“#Virgin Galactic stock soars after successful test flight” Shares of Virgin Galactic soared more than 25 percent in premarket trading Monday morning after the company completed its first spaceflight in over two years.  The successful test flight, which was completed Saturday, saw the company’s VSS Unity spacecraft hurtle to the edge of the Earth’s atmosphere…

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#SpaceX planning first orbital flight, landing in Hawaii

#SpaceX planning first orbital flight, landing in Hawaii

“#SpaceX planning first orbital flight, landing in Hawaii” Elon Musk’s Starship prototype isn’t heading to Mars yet, but it’s finally leaving Texas. The Musk-owned SpaceX plans to launch the massive rocket from Texas into space before it splashes down off the coast of Hawaii, according to a filing with the Federal Communications Commission. SpaceX has…

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#Google wins SpaceX cloud deal for Starlink internet service

#Google wins SpaceX cloud deal for Starlink internet service

“#Google wins SpaceX cloud deal for Starlink internet service” Google has won a deal to provide cloud services to Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which has launched a slew of Starlink satellites to provide high-speed internet, it said on Thursday. SpaceX will set up ground stations within Google’s data centers that connect to the Starlink satellites, enabling fast and secure internet services via Google Cloud,…

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#SpaceX’s Mars rocket successfully lands for first time

#SpaceX’s Mars rocket successfully lands for first time

“#SpaceX’s Mars rocket successfully lands for first time” Elon Musk’s SpaceX is one step closer to Mars.  The space travel company launched and successfully landed for the first time a prototype of its Starship rocket, which the company intends to use to send people and cargo to Mars.  It was the fifth high-altitude test flight…

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#SpaceX capsule departs ISS with 4 astronauts, heads home

#SpaceX capsule departs ISS with 4 astronauts, heads home

“#SpaceX capsule departs ISS with 4 astronauts, heads home” CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts departed the International Space Station late Saturday, aiming for a rare nighttime splashdown to end the company’s second crew flight. It would be the first U.S. splashdown in darkness since Apollo 8′s crew returned from the…

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#Elon Musk hosting ‘SNL’ sparks outrage from show’s stars

#Elon Musk hosting ‘SNL’ sparks outrage from show’s stars

“#Elon Musk hosting ‘SNL’ sparks outrage from show’s stars” Knock, knock. Who’s there? Elon Musk.  And the typically chucklesome cast of “Saturday Night Live” is not laughing.  Giggles turned to groans for some members of the “SNL” ensemble Saturday when NBC announced that Musk, 49, will helm their sketch comedy show as host alongside musical…

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