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2 days ago |
planetocracy.org | Peter Hague
Jared Isaacman’s nomination for NASA Administrator has be abruptly withdrawn by the Trump administration. This has been widely viewed as a very negative development - Isaacman was both well liked across the space community and incredibly well qualified. He would have been the first NASA Administrator to have prior experience running a different space program (his own private Polaris program).
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6 days ago |
planetocracy.org | Peter Hague
Last week we saw the ninth test flight of Starship, and an update from Elon Musk on the SpaceX plan for colonising Mars. Neither part of the Flight 9 vehicle fully completed its flight, and thus were not able to collect all the data that was needed, but did demonstrate the second ascent of a previously flown Superheavy booster. A similar mission will have to be reflown in a few weeks, delaying fully orbital flights. This did not dampen the ambitions of the company regarding this program though.
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2 weeks ago |
planetocracy.org | Peter Hague
On Wednesday, during an press conference for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, in answer to a question from an AFP journalist, a spokeswoman made her government’s objection to the proposed “Golden Dome” ballistic missile defence system plain. Golden Dome is, based on statements from the White House, a space-based boost phase interception system.
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3 weeks ago |
planetocracy.org | Peter Hague
Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson is the book I’ve been hoping someone on the left would produce for a while now. I have noticed with frustration that left-wing movements across the western world have taken the production of goods and services for granted, believing their job is only to redistribute the bottomless spoils of a capitalist economy - often whilst unfairly criticising that economy.
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1 month ago |
planetocracy.org | Peter Hague
During a recent static fire, the next Starship being prepared for a test flight suffered an anomaly. Its not been stated at this point if this is related to the event that destroyed flights 7 and 8. It is likely flight 9 will be delayed at this point, with a potential impact on the total flights that are possible this year.
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