NASA Unveils Next Generation Of Moon Cars As Plans For A Permanent Lunar Base Take Shape
The return to the Moon isn't just a far-fetched fantasy anymore, but a tangible near future.
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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Initiates Largest Change In 70 Years, Solicits Bids To Replace Caltech As Its Manager
A booming industry is proving that private enterprise can make serious strides in space, and JPL is looking to find cheaper ways to do what it's always done.
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FAA Puts Nearly $1 Billion Toward Replacing Air Traffic Control Towers, But Spends Even More Money On Kids
You might expect the federal government to spend a lot on America's airports. Turns out, it's pushing even more cash toward family-friendly airport upgrades.
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Here Are The 42 Aircraft The Pentagon Has Lost In Iran, According To Congress, Since The Pentagon Won't Say
Obviously, an operation this large was always going to suffer losses. The question becomes whether or not the price is worth the result.
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Florida Man And Sheriff's Deputy Shoos An Alligator Off Busy Highway Like It's Just A Tuesday
Perhaps it's just that unspoken bond of bros, but as the Florida man politely asked the gator to get to the sidewalk, that's exactly what the gator did.
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Texas Homeowners Sue SpaceX For Damage From Rocket Launches
SpaceX likely will quietly settle it for non-trivial (though not mind-blowing) sum and then just keep on doing what it's doing: going fast and breaking stuff.
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A Different Kind Of 'Drone Strike': A Passenger Airliner Reported Hitting A Consumer UAV
Moral of the story: keep your drones under 400 feet, kids. You really, really don't want to hit an airplane filled with people.
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James Webb Space Telescope Brings Details Of Nearby 'Super-Earth' Into Focus
This one telescope is enabling us to deduce not just the chemical and mineral compositions of distant worlds, but their terrain and features as well.
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Artemis Astronauts Explain Why Nutella Tastes Different In Space (And So Does Everything Else)
It's a brave new world for spread science.
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FAA Will Begin Making Space Rockets Pay Tolls
One can only hope that he will build a giant toll barrier in the sky, at which the rocket will have to stop and deposit some change before heading to the stars.
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We're Launching So Much Stuff At The Moon That We're Littering It With Space Junk Now
The upper stage of a rocket used to launch a lunar lander mission now heading towards the moon, and it's going to crash there at 5,400 miles per hour.
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Meta Will Harvest Sunlight With Satellites To Keep Its AI Data Centers On Earth Going At Night
Meta has partnered with Overview Energy, with the claim that 1 GW of energy could be sent to existing solar farms on earth by 2030, even when it's dark out.
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NASA Completes The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, Ahead Of Schedule And Under-Budget
Our understanding of our universe will grow in bounds and, very likely, change forever.
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Is Somebody Hunting America's Aerospace Engineers And Scientists?
It's hard to see how all of these cohere into some sort of grand design, or what the purpose of that design might be.
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Even SpaceX Doesn't Believe SpaceX's Hype About Space AI And Moon Cities
Remember those halcyon days when SpaceX believed it was on the cusp of transforming humanity?
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Demand Destruction Is A Terrible Way To Lower Oil Prices
The problem here is that oil is so central to how the modern economy functions that a massive change in overall demand has huge ripple consequences.
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Visitors From Outer Space (NASA's Artemis II Astronauts) Splash Down Off The Coast Of San Diego
Coming home is never easy after a long trip, but it's a lot harder when you're traveling around Mach 35.
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FAA Tries To Convince Gamers To Become Air Traffic Controllers With Manic Ad Campaign
According to the FAA, gamers have "demonstrated high cognitive functions." Uh, say that after you try playing Call of Duty with a squad of stoned randos.
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Don't Expect Air Travel To Get Cheaper Anytime Soon
Regardless of the ceasefire status, oil production and refinery damage mean that the cost of traveling by plane isn't likely to come down for several months.
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SpaceX Starship Engine Test Is Successful In Every Way, Except For All Of The Exploding
Part of testing is pushing components way past their limits, so it's entirely possible that the team predicted a fiery end.
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America's Federal Emergency Response Is Currently Led By A Guy Who Insists God Teleported Him To A Waffle House
FEMA head Gregg Phillips says God teleported him once before. It was while he was in his car... and lo, it was into a ditch. Hallelujah!
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NASA's Artemis II Crew Send Stunning Pictures Of Earth Back To Earth
May you be grateful that you yourself are looking at a screen right now, instead of being subjected to such powerful cosmic wonder.
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SpaceX, Earth's Most Valuable Private Company And Owner Of xAI And X, Files For IPO
Why might Musk be considering this now? Currently, Musk's net worth at $822 billion, but you know... big, round numbers are really nice.
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Astronauts Are On Their Way To The Moon For The First Time In 50 Years After Successful Launch Of NASA's Artemis II
Apollo was one of the 20th century's greatest triumphs; Artemis is just starting to see how much farther it can go.
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Florida Man Gets Pulled Over Because Even In Florida, You Can't Have Missiles Mounted On Your Truck
Police told this Florida Man he'll have to transport his missiles another way, and there's a sentence you just don't read very often.
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What To Know About (And How To Watch) NASA's Artemis II Mission To The Moon
NASA says that is a stepping stone to going to Mars. Really, it might just be the most historic thing our species has done since... well, landing on the Moon.
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United Airlines Unveils Ultra-Premium Coastliner Airbus A321neo For Cross-Country Routes
This is all in keeping with the airline's United Next strategy, in which it tries to position itself as a premium travel offering.
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