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 Ian Birrell, Published by the Mail on Sunday, 5 June 2021 Elon Musk hopes to colonise Mars. But first he must overcome a problem on THIS planet – furious families who say his spacecraft are ruining their peaceful homes There cannot be many more idyllic spots for those seeking
By Jacqueline Feldscher, Published by Defense One, 27 May 2021 Private industry is launching at a pace with which the military’s space-surveillance system can’t keep up. Now lawmakers say the Commerce Department’s fix is running late. It’s been nearly three years since the U.S. Commerce Department was ordered to start
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 Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 11 May 2021 Projects will be co-funded by the government and contractors under “other transactions authority” agreements managed by the Space Enterprise Consortium WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force on May 11 issued three requests for industry proposals on technologies that the military will
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
