Aria Alamalhodaei
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space reporter @techcrunch 🚀 viriditas 🌱 ✝️ per aspera ad astra 💫 Signal: 512-937-3988
Austin, TX
Joined March 2018
RT @DavidJeans2: New: Doug Beck, the director of the Pentagon's Defense Innovation Unit, resigned today, according to a memo he sent to sta….
reuters.com
The head of a Pentagon unit responsible for accelerating the military's adoption of new technology resigned on Monday, according to four people familiar with the matter, the latest exit of a senior...
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New: Could Anduril be stepping into reentry downmass? The company quietly won a $1M study award to design a reentry-capable payload container. Blue Origin, meanwhile, got $1.37M for rocket-cargo analysis. Story in reply.
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Starship flights from Florida could present new coordination challenges to commercial airlines and air traffic control, with the FAA warning there could be substantial flight delays at major airports like Orlando International and Miami International. Link in reply.
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Context for this post: NASA’s Moon and Mars relay comms/navigation services RFP is due tomorrow.
Meet Blue Origin's Mars Telecommunications Orbiter (MTO), a high-performance spacecraft built upon our existing and affordable Blue Ring platform that is ready to support NASA’s Mars mission in 2028. The orbiter builds upon Blue Origin’s Mars Next-Generation Relay and Mars Sample
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The Pentagon is looking to diversify its portfolio of solid rocket motor suppliers. But a key chemical required to make the motors is still manufactured by just one DoD-approved U.S. source. Link in reply.
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Google and NASA are building an AI-powered medical assistant to guide astronauts when no medic is available or there's a comms blackout to Earth – like during a mission to Mars. Link in reply.
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New: SpaceX is building a water line to Starbase to scale access for residents. Although it will fuel the new municipal city, the line isn’t a public utility. Neighbors can tap in only if they sign an “unconditional & perpetual” agreement, local reporting says. Link in reply.
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This is the guidance that Google and NASA’s AI medical assistant provides for performing an abdominal exam in space:. ". the patient should be secured to the examination table using restraints to prevent floating away." . Truly science fiction times we are living in!
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RT @Gedmark: Our first two satellites are now on station and fully operational over the United States. With just these two spacecraft we’r….
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With a handful of exceptions, the battle for Golden Dome contracts will not be fought between startups and defense primes, but by hybrid teams that can most effectively stack capabilities. Story in reply.
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AEI's power will be considerable via the director-nomination agreement: "AE Industrial Partners controls us, and its interests may conflict with ours or yours in the future.".
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Firefly updated its S-1. Key items: .- Plans to sell 16.2M shares at $35-39, implying a ~$5.2B market cap at $37 midpoint.- New investor ownership ~12%.- AEI funds to hold 41.8% of shares & control >50% voting power for electing directors.
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