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 Mathieu Rabechault, Published by Space War, 27 April, 2021 Paris (AFP) - A year after collapsing into bankruptcy, satellite operator OneWeb has revived its goal of providing broadband satellite internet service after European operator Eutelsat said Tuesday it would invest $550 million in the project. Eutelsat's "roughly 24 percent"
By Paul Brinkman, Published by Space Daily, 19 April, 2021 Washington DC (UPI) - Amazon's plans to build the Kuiper Project satellite Internet service to rival SpaceX's Starlink now have a launch provider, Colorado-based United Launch Alliance. Amazon has contracted with ULA for nine launches, the online retail giant said,
By Monica Witt and Jena RoweNASA Press Release, 16 April 2021 NASA is getting ready to send astronauts to explore more of the Moon as part of the Artemis program, and the agency has selected SpaceX to continue development of the first commercial human lander that will safely carry the
By Leonard David, Published by Scientific American, 14 April 2021 A Space Age “tragedy of the commons” is unfolding right under our nose—or, really, right over our head—and no consensus yet exists on how to stop it. For more than a half-century, humans have been hurling objects into low-Earth orbit
By Jeff Foust, Published by Space News, 7 April 2021 WASHINGTON — SpaceX continued the rollout of its Starlink broadband constellation with another launch of 60 satellites April 7, edging closer to providing continuous global service. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space
By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 30 March 2021 WASHINGTON — SpaceX launched its fourth Starship prototype in less than four months March 30, only to have the vehicle apparently crash once again. The Starship SN11 vehicle lifted off at approximately 9 a.m. Eastern from the company’s Boca Chica, Texas,
