Applause for Lunar Failure Follows Decades of Space Program Cheerleading

ABC‘s David Muir (2/22/24): “We have just learned now the landing was a success.” By Karl Grossman, Published by Fair, 7 March 2024 “In a historic lunar accomplishment, the first private spacecraft to land successfully on the Moon touched down on February 22,” the journal Nature (2/23/24) trumpeted the following day. That

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Linking Large Language Models for Space Domain Awareness

Satellite Dishes (Defense One) Presented by Booz Allen, Published by Defense One, 12 January 2024 Advancing AI to Ensure Freedom and Safety in Space SPEED READ There’s an urgent need for advanced AI as an expected surge in the number of active satellites by 2030 makes space increasingly “competitive, congested,

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Rethink the Mars Program

An illustration of the various elements of the overall Mars Sample Return effort. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech By Robert Zubrin, Published by Space News, 7 December 2023 It’s time to consider alternatives to sample return NASA’s robotic Mars exploration program is in crisis. A recent review of the plan of its flagship

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