A. Pettit
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You’re telling me SpaceX is about to become a publicly traded, market leading corporation controlling transportation of high value cargo and people to remote frontiers? Welcome back, Dutch East India Company.
Here's why I think SpaceX is going public soon. https://t.co/KEZIjhEsTH
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This week is like a Giga Launch Week, there are currently launches scheduled from 6 countries: - China 🇨🇳 (CZ-4C, CZ-5) - USA 🇺🇸 (Atlas V, Falcon 9, Electron) - Japan 🇯🇵 (H3) - France 🇫🇷 (Ariane 6) - Brazil 🇧🇷 (Hanbit-Nano) - India 🇮🇳 (LVM-3) What a way to send out the year! 📷
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SpaceX just completed its 550th booster landing Falcon booster B1093 stuck a perfect touchdown on OCISLY after its 9th flight, delivering more Starlink satellites from Vandenberg From the first landing in 2015 to 550 today
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Impressive fundraise by K2, which is seeking to dramatically reduce the cost of manufacturing medium- and large-sized satellites. https://t.co/sq3FC4i8Ik
prnewswire.com
/PRNewswire/ -- K2 Space, the California-based developer of large, high-power satellite platforms, today announced a $250 million Series C at a $3 billion...
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Crew Dragon Endeavour is named after the space shuttle Endeavour, which in turn is named after the HMS Endeavour that took Captain James Cook on his famous global voyage. Legacy of exploration.
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If the international community could come together to create nuclear weapons diplomacy and communication lines for the collective good, surely the same can be done for satellite operators?
When satellite operators do not share ephemeris for their satellites, dangerously close approaches can occur in space. A few days ago, 9 satellites were deployed from a launch from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwestern China. As far as we know, no coordination or
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It’s not a perfect system, but I think it’s cool the US has this ability pretty much no one else does. I don’t see many people talk about it. Everyone knows Japan has food and anime, China has the Belt & Road Initiative, Europe has tourism, etc. But America has space supremacy.
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I think an underrated soft power tool for the US is its space program. America (and its private sector) exchange seats to the ISS, launch foreign payload, share research, and will put foreign astronauts on the Moon. Unique scientific, economic, and political access.
It’s terrifying to admit it, but America’s entire soft-power toolkit around the world has been almost completely wiped out. USAID has been gutted, Voice of America has been gutted, and outside the United States about 95% of the media image of America now consists of Trump’s
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Fresh hotfire of Zenith—stepping into gimbal testing with flight-like feedlines and engine layout.
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This goes to show that power can change RAPIDLY under the right conditions. 25 years ago China was putting its first human into space, planning for its first station, developing new launch vehicles, etc. Now look where they are. Wise to keep an open mind. And stay competitive.
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Astounding that 10 years ago the US couldn’t even fly its own astronauts, but now: • more satellites than all others combined • more launches than any other country • multiple reusable launch vehicles • thriving commercial space sector • top tier science missions Whiplash.
For the first time in our existence, we possess the means, technology, and, for the moment, the will to establish a permanent human presence beyond Earth. Starship is designed to make this future a reality → https://t.co/dGAZiB4rr3
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India is developing its first private sector orbital rocket. After the successful Moon landing in 2023, I think many are waking up to India’s long term potential. They’re around where China was 25 years ago, and if growth is similar the 2030s and 40s will be very good to them.
Privileged to witness the inauguration of Skyroot Aerospace’s Infinity facility and the unveiling of the Vikram-1 rocket. In just a short while, Vikram-1 will script history as the first Indian private-sector rocket to reach orbit — a moment where ambition quite literally leaves
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Today we announced Vast Japan GK, our new Tokyo-based subsidiary led by former @JAXA_en astronaut @Astro_Naoko. This expansion deepens our partnership with Japan and our mission of working with allied countries to ensure continuous human presence in space. https://t.co/BINbVLqEZV
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Over half a century since the last mission to the Moon, humanity will finally be returning next year. It time to break the streak and return to giant leaps!
"The Challenger has landed!" #OTD in 1972, Apollo 17, the final mission of the Apollo Program, landed on the Moon. Watch: https://t.co/65GBmsG8pc 📷 Gene Cernan with the flag, Challenger (the Lunar Module), and lunar rover during the mission's first extravehicular activity
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Fun fact, most of this city was ordered to be rebuilt with entirely white marble by a former Turkmen dictator. Even the cars were all required to be white. It is as strange on Earth as it is from space.
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan is a beacon of light in the deserts of central Asia. Distinct blue and white urban LEDs visually pop between the yellow sodium lit roads.
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Back from the @Space_Station! @JonnyKimUSA has exited his Soyuz capsule after touching down on Earth at 12:04am ET (0504 UTC), wrapping up eight months of scientific discovery in low Earth orbit.
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Over a year since Jared Isaacman was first nominated, it looks like NASA is finally about to get its head back on. Then comes the hard part.
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LAUNCH! SpaceX Falcon 9 B1088-12 launches Starlink Group 11-15 from SLC-4E, Vandenberg.
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Jonny is a man of outstanding character and great personal inspiration. Tomorrow he completes his first ISS mission. I’m sure it won’t be the last.
NASA astronaut @JonnyKimUSA is set to depart @Space_Station on Dec. 8, concluding his eight-month mission conducting science in low Earth orbit. Learn more about how this microgravity research benefits humanity and advances future space exploration: https://t.co/IWWohjOlpx
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