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Mars missions

Wealthy Nations Carving Up Space & Its Riches

May 13, 2022
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| Blue Origin, Mars missions, Mining, Moon missions, Satellites, Space Debris, Space Tourism, SpaceX

By Theodora Ogden, Published by Consortium News, 13 May 2022 The future of space could be a gold rush for resources – and not everyone will benefit Satellites help run the internet and television and are central to the Global Positioning System. They enable modern weather forecasting, help scientists track

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Space tourism isn’t just joyriding

April 6, 2022
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| Blue Origin, Environmental Effects, Mars missions, Space Tourism, SpaceX, Uncategorized

By Shira Ovide, Published by the New York Times, 6 April 2022 Maybe you’ve wondered as I have: Is there a point to rocketing rich guys like Jeff Bezos and the “Star Trek” actor William Shatner into space? Wendy Whitman Cobb, an Air Force political scientist for space, says yes.

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Elon Musk sets date SpaceX will take humans to Mars

March 18, 2022
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| Blue Origin, Mars missions, SpaceX, Starship

By Anthony Cuthbertson, Published by The Independent, 17 March 2022 SpaceX boss Elon Musk has set 2029 as the year humans will make it to Mars aboard his company’s Starship rocket. The tech billionaire had previously hoped to make the first crewed missions to the Red Planet in either 2024

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European journey to Mars suspended as war in Ukraine makes Russian flight ‘impossible’, space agency says

March 17, 2022
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| ESA, Launch sites, Mars missions, Russia, Ukraine

By Andrew Griffin, Published by The Independent, 17 March 2022 Europe has suspended its ExoMars mission to the red planet, the space agency has announced. The European Space Agency said that it was now “impossible” to work with its Russian counterpart on launching the flight in 2022. As such, it

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It’s huge, expensive, and years late—but the SLS rocket is finally here

March 17, 2022
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| Artemis, Mars missions, Moon missions, NASA, Rockets, Space Launch System, SpaceX, Spending

By Eric Berger, Published by ArsTechnica, 18 March 2022 "The program is an economic engine for America." On Friday morning, NASA's titanic Space Launch System reached the launch pad. The rocket is not yet ready to fly, and it may not lift off the planet for several more months. But

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Space Property Rights and the Future of American Space Travel

March 4, 2022
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| Artemis, Mars missions, Mining, Moon missions, Space Rules

By Aidan Poling, Published by Georgetown Security Studies Review, 4 March 2022 January 27th, 1967 has a bitter-sweet legacy in the history of space travel. In Cape Canaveral Florida, Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chafee were killed during a rehearsal for the inaugural flight of the Apollo program. The

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The far side of the moon and distant Earth, imaged by the Chang’e-5 T1 mission service module. Credit: Chinese Academy of Sciences

China presents space plans and priorities in new white paper

January 28, 2022
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| China, Mars missions, Moon missions, Rockets, Satellites, Space Station, Space Strategy

By Andrew Jones, Published by SpaceNews, 28 January 2022 HELSINKI — China has released a new white paper outlining the centrality of space to the country’s “overall national strategy” as well as major plans for the years ahead. Over the next five years China will seek to develop its space

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SpaceX’s mega-rocket Starship could make or break space industry, say experts

January 18, 2022
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| Mars missions, Moon missions, SpaceX

By Millie Turner, Published by Cityam, 18 January 2022 The rise of mega-rockets, such as SpaceX’s Starship, could make or break the ‘New Space’ industry, according to experts. Countries including South Korea, Japan, India and UAE are planning to launch their first missions the Moon, which will require the use

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