#Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin sues NASA over SpaceX contract

#Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin sues NASA over SpaceX contract

“#Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin sues NASA over SpaceX contract” Jeff Bezos’ space company, Blue Origin, sued the National Aeronautics and Space Administration over the agency’s decision to award a $2.9 billion moon lander contract to Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The lawsuit, filed Friday n the US Court of Federal Claims in Washington, DC, marks an escalation…

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#SpaceX buying satellite internet startup Swarm Technologies

#SpaceX buying satellite internet startup Swarm Technologies

“#SpaceX buying satellite internet startup Swarm Technologies” Elon Musk’s SpaceX is buying a satellite internet startup in a move to bolster its own Starlink internet business, according to regulatory filings.  SpaceX company plans to buy Mountain View, Calif.-based Swarm Technologies, the companies said in a filing with the Federal Communications Commission on Friday.  Swarm’s business…

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#Elon Musk calls launch regulations broken after SpaceX delay

#Elon Musk calls launch regulations broken after SpaceX delay

“#Elon Musk calls launch regulations broken after SpaceX delay” Elon Musk lashed out at US rocket launch regulations, calling them “broken” after SpaceX’s latest mission was delayed due to an aircraft that entered the launch zone. “Unfortunately, launch is called off for today, as an aircraft entered the ‘keep out zone’, which is unreasonably gigantic,”…

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#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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