By Aman Azhar, Published by Inside Climate News, 23 May 2022 Elon Musk’s private space company has evolved into a sprawling industrial complex. But concerns are increasing about beach closures, noise and potential harm to threatened species. One day last month, Juan Mancias, the chief of the Carrizo Comecrudo tribe
By Tereza Pultarova, Published by Space.com, 11 May 2022 The U.K. is getting serious about beaming solar power. The United Kingdom is getting serious about beaming solar power from space and thinks it could have a demonstrator in orbit by 2035. Over 50 British technology organizations, including heavyweights such as
By Mike Wall, Published by Space.com, 29 April 2022 The FAA has repeatedly pushed back the estimated release date of the final report. We'll have to wait at least another month to see the results of the U.S Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) environmental review of SpaceX's Starship program. The FAA
By Emma Thorpe, Published by Orbital Today, 7 April 2022 Since the first orbital launch more than 60 years ago, humanity has made great progress in the development of near-Earth space and deep space, which today include the development of new rocket fuel types — renewable green propellants. Thousands of
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.
By Hannah Northey, Published by Greenwire, E&E News, 1 April 2022 In this March 28, 2005, photo, a sign posted outside a water well indicates perchlorate contamination at a site in Rialto, Calif. AP Photo/Ric Francis, File EPA yesterday announced it would maintain a Trump-era position of not regulating toxic
By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 26 March 2022 SpaceX showed off a completed Starship/Super Heavy vehicle in February, but that vehicle now appears unlikely to perform the first orbital launch attempt once the FAA awards a license to the company. Credit: SpaceX WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration has
By Russ Bynum, Published by abcNews, 9 March 2022 A Georgia county’s plan to buy land for launching commercial rockets has been rejected by voters in a referendum forced by opponents concerned about environmental and safety risks SAVANNAH, Ga. -- A Georgia county’s plan to build a rocket launch pad
