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Space junk is our new ‘tragedy of the commons’
It’s getting crowded up there, and awfully dangerous. By up there, I mean space – and not the far-off areas that concern astronomers and science fiction.
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Science
Meet the four civilians going into orbit on a SpaceX rocket
A university science professor and an aerospace data analyst were named on Tuesday to round out a four-member crew for a SpaceX launch into orbit planned…
Science
SpaceX to land Starship rockets on Mars ‘well before 2030’
Elon Musk’s SpaceX will be landing its Starship rockets on Mars well before 2030, the billionaire entrepreneur said in a tweet on Tuesday.
Energy
Tesla is plugging a secret mega-battery into the Texas grid
Elon Musk is getting into the Texas power market, with previously unrevealed construction of a gigantic battery connected to an ailing electric grid that nearly collapsed last month.
Science
Watch | SpaceX Starship rocket prototype nails landing … then blows up
The third time appeared to be the charm for Elon Musk’s Starship rocket – until it wasn’t.
World
Bezos reclaims title of world’s richest person from Musk
Elon Musk’s reign as the the world’s richest person was brief. Tesla shares slid 2.4% on Tuesday, erasing $4.6-billion from its CEO’s fortune and knocking him from the top spot in a billionaires’ ranking.
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An unleashed Jeff Bezos will seek to shift Blue Origin into hyperdrive
Freed from his daily obligations at Amazon.com, Jeff Bezos is expected to turn up the heat on his space venture, Blue Origin, as it faces a pivotal year and fierce competition from Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
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SpaceX vs Nasa: Who will get us to the moon first?
No one has visited the moon since 1972. But with the advent of commercial human spaceflight, the urge to return is resurgent and generating a new space race.
News
Watch | SpaceX Starship prototype rocket explodes on landing
A prototype of SpaceX’s Starship rocket exploded during a landing attempt minutes after a high-altitude experimental launch from Texas on Tuesday, in a repeat of an accident that destroyed a previous test rocket.
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SpaceX plans all-civilian space flight
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is planning the first all-civilian orbital spaceflight later this year, to be led by a technology entrepreneur who will be joined by three other people.