By Mark Sweney and agencies, Published by the Guardian, 2 July 2021 Virgin Galactic founder has announced he will take off on board the next test flight on 11 July Richard Branson is aiming to beat fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos into space by nine days.Branson’s Virgin Galactic company announced on
By Tereza Pultarova, Published by Space.com, 7 June 2021 When defunct satellites burn in the atmosphere, they leave behind chemicals that could damage the ozone layer and affect how much light Earth absorbs. Chemicals released as defunct satellites burn in the atmosphere could damage Earth’s protective ozone layer if plans
By Alex Hern, UK technology editor, Published by the Guardian, 7 June 2021 As Amazon founder prepares to jet off in his Blue Origin vessel, can he compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX? Every billionaire needs something to spend their fortunes on. For Howard Hughes, it was the Spruce Goose; for
By Sara Sirota and Ryan Grim, Published by The Intercept, 25 May 2021 Bezos’s Blue Origin lost its bid for a major NASA contract to Elon Musk, but the Senate is ordering the agency to give a second one now. Now that Jeff Bezos’s space flight company Blue Origin has
By Paul Brinkmannm, Published by Space Daily, 7 May 2021 Washington DC (UPI) - Two space companies that are protesting NASA's $2.9 billion lunar contract award to SpaceX allege the deal would make future moon landings more risky, while the claims leave the timetable for a crewed mission in limbo.
By Robert Reich, Published by salon, 2 May 2021 Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos want to colonize outer space to save humanity, but they couldn't care less about protecting the rights of workers here on earth. Musk's SpaceX just won a $2.9 billion NASA contract to land astronauts on the
By Ali Bekhtauri, Published by Phys.org, 2 May 2021 Even the Milky Way seems too small to keep the egos of tech billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk from colliding as they vie to conquer space. Musk aimed low with a recent tweet saying "can't get it up (to orbit)"
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 19 April 2021 WASHINGTON: DARPA’s effort to develop nuclear ‘engines’ for far-roving satellites also hopes to demonstrate the capability to keep “timely” tabs on spacecraft operating near the Moon, says program manager Maj. Nathan Greiner. While cislunar surveillance doesn’t require nuclear-propulsion, such a
