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Author: Dave Webb

‘Elon Musk’s SpaceX to put ad display screen in space’

August 11, 2021
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By Guy Campos, Published by AV Interactive, 11 August 2021 The display will not be viewable from Earth but images will be captured using a “selfie stick” and transmitted for use on streaming platforms. SpaceX, the space rocket company founded by Elon Musk, is to launch a satellite-based advertising display

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UK spending £9.5m on Titania communications satellite

August 10, 2021
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| Communications, Satellites, UK

By Tom Dunlop, Published by UK Defence Journal, 10 August 2021 The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) have awarded a £9.5 million contract to In-Space Missions Ltd for the build of the Titania satellite, which will undertake research on the next-generation of communications technology, according to a news release.

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Credit: Mark Garlick Getty Images

The Ethics of Sending Humans to Mars

August 10, 2021
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| Mars missions, Space Rules, Space Strategy, Space Tourism, Uncategorized

By Nicholas Dirks, Published by Scientific American, 10 August 2021 We need to avoid the mistakes European countries made during the age of colonization With Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson recently completing their pioneering space flights that could set the stage for future space tourism, it is worth taking a

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SpaceX Is About To Launch Ads In Space

August 9, 2021
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| Environmental/Health Concerns, Satellites, SpaceX

By Jannat Un Nisa, Published by Wonderful Engineering, 9 August 2021 Elon Musk’s SpaceX is set to launch a satellite to space; however, this one is not to aid the global systems for communication; instead, it would be displaying billboard ads in space. It seems like marketing is being taken

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Electron’s fury: more than 200 of Rocket Lab’s Rutherford engines have flown to space, and soon the company will start trying to bring them back to fly again [Photo courtesy of Rocket Lab]

Peter Beck, the New Zealand Elon Musk, on living his space dreams

August 9, 2021
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| Comment, Launch sites, Mini-Satellites, NZ, Rocket Lab

Published by Al Jazeera, 9 August 2021 Rocket Lab’s founder talks to Al Jazeera about moon shots, deep space exploration and overcoming dream crushers. Rocket Lab is back in business. And that’s good news for the company’s deep space ambitions. The United States-based small satellite launcher suffered an in-flight anomaly

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An Antares rocket carrying a Cygnus resupply spacecraft is raised into a vertical position at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, February 5, 2020. Aubrey Gemignani / NASA via Getty Images

Hypersonic Missile Defense May Depend on Low Earth Orbit Satellites

August 9, 2021
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| Hypersonic weapons, Missile Defense, News, Satellites

By Tara Copp, Published by Defense One,, 9 August 2021 Sensors in relatively low orbits may be the best way to spot superfast missiles—but they can’t do the job alone. WALLOPS ISLAND, Va.—The Antares rocket that’s launching Tuesday to replenish the International Space Station will be carrying a camera sensor

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File image of a test rig for the S-500.

Chinese eyes Russia’s S-500 for possible purchase for PLA

August 5, 2021
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| China, Missile Defense, News, Russia

By Ilya Tsukanov, Published by Space War, 5 August 2021 Moscow (Sputnik) - Russia's Ministry of Defence released the first-ever video footage of the S-500 surface-to-air missile system last month. The first S-500s will be introduced into Moscow region's air defence troops once combat trials are wrapped up. Despite the

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Defend the Earth, Not Arms Dealers

August 4, 2021
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| Environmental/Health Concerns, Hypersonic weapons, SpaceX, Spending

By Kohhan Paik-Mander, Published by LA Progressive, 5 August 2021 We are drowning and burning and choking because of climate change. The world is haunted by images of commuters in China, in a dark subway car with muddy water up to their necks, standing in order to breathe. Only days

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