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SpaceX fans are powering the race to Mars through Reddit
The internet gets a bad reputation, but it’s not all assholes and your dwindling attention span. The best of the internet comes from community, many of which are composed of people that would otherwise have never had the opportunity to meet. This is especially true in the case of SpaceX and its global fans on Reddit.
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Dawn of the Space Lords
THEY CALLED IT A “SPUTNIK MOMENT.” In October, the Financial Times reported that over the summer of 2021, the Chinese government tested a new missile. It was reported to have been fired from a so-called hypersonic glide vehicle that circled the planet at speeds exceeding Mach 5 before landing within twenty-five miles of its target. The strategic implications were overblown, but the Sputnik comparison was apt in that a rival power—a communist one no less—had outperformed the United States in space.
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After 7 years, a spent Falcon 9 rocket stage is on course to hit the Moon
SpaceX launched its first interplanetary mission nearly seven years ago. After the Falcon 9 rocket's second stage completed a long burn to reach a transfer orbit, NOAA's Deep Space Climate Observatory began its journey to a Sun-Earth LaGrange point more than 1 million km from the Earth. By that point, the Falcon 9 rocket's second stage was high enough that it did not have enough fuel to return to Earth's atmosphere.
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China’s spat with Musk ‘highlights need to cut space risks’
China and the United States have been urged to improve communications with each other and with private companies over space matters to reduce the risk of accidents. The call follows China’s complaint to the United Nations that its Tiangong space station had two near misses with satellites from Elon Musk’s company SpaceX last year.
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SpaceX engineers used to manually log data about rocket part tests into spreadsheets they didn't trust, former employee says
Engineers at SpaceX used to manually input data about rocket part tests into spreadsheets that nobody trusted, a former employee has said. Karan Talati joined the space exploration company in 2013 as a manufacturing engineer. He told Insider that he encountered manual rather than automated procedures for testing rocket parts, which made the process "very slow."
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SpaceX VP says Starship is already winning commercial launch contracts
A SpaceX executive says that the company’s next-generation, fully-reusable Starship rocket has already secured multiple commercial launch contracts.
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2021 Was the Weirdest Year in Space Ever
With space stations performing impromptu backflips, rockets careening out of control, billionaires going into space like they just don’t care, and space junk threatening to cause disaster nearly every week, 2021 will go down as one of the more memorable years in space.
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A broken toilet on SpaceX capsule means astronauts will return to Earth in diapers
The journey back to Earth from space is never easy, but the astronauts aboard the SpaceX capsule coming home Monday will have an extra challenge to deal with: no working toilet. The four members on SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavor will be wearing diapers as they splash down, in order to prevent anything else from splashing too.
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SpaceX's SN20 Starship prototype completes its first static fire test
SpaceX has taken a major step towards sending the Starship to orbit. On Thursday night, the private space corporation has conducted the SN20 Starship prototype's first static fire test as part of its preparation for the spacecraft's launch. According to Space, the SN20 is currently outfitted with two Raptor engines: A standard "sea-level" Raptor and a vacuum version designed to operate in space.
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SpaceX fires up SN20 Starship prototype for 1st time (video)
SpaceX's SN20 Starship prototype just took its first fiery breath. SpaceX conducted a brief engine test at its South Texas facilities last night (Oct. 18) with SN20, which the company is prepping to make the Starship program's first-ever orbital test flight.
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SpaceX crosses $100 billion valuation following secondary share sale
According to CNBC, Elon Musk’s SpaceX just crossed a $100 billion valuation. The change results from an agreement with new and existing investors to sell shares at $560 per share. CNBC’s Michael Sheetz reports that this is a 33% increase in share price, following the last sale at $419.99. SpaceX was previously valued at $74 billion. This latest share of sales is not a SpaceX seeking additional capital, as they are all secondary sales of already existing shares.
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SpaceX sees growing demand for private Crew Dragon missions
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Elon Musk said SpaceX's first-ever civilian crew had 'challenges' with the toilet, and promised an upgrade for the next flight
Elon Musk said on Twitter that SpaceX plans to upgrade the amenities for its next space-tourist flight, including the toilet. The Inspiration4 crew, made up of four civilian astronauts, took off on Wednesday aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft. They landed back on Earth on Saturday evening.
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SpaceX lofts 51 Starlink internet satellites in the constellation's 1st West Coast launch
One of SpaceX's oldest rockets launched on a historic 10th flight, carrying the first stack of Starlink satellites into space in more than two months before sticking a landing at sea to cap the successful mission.
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SpaceX: Amateur astronauts launch on Inspiration4 mission
Four amateur astronauts have blasted off from Florida on their private mission to orbit. The Inspiration4 crew, comprising one billionaire and three "ordinary citizens", rode out of the Kennedy Space Center in a Dragon capsule provided by the SpaceX rocket company.
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Elon Musk soars while Jeff Bezos sues in the new space race
Space races are supposed to be won in engineering labs or up in orbit. Thanks to Jeff Bezos, the next one might be won in a courtroom or regulator’s office.
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX Seeks Next Space Milestone With Launch This Week
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is aiming to cement its position as a leading space enterprise with a mission this week that seeks to deliver four civilians to orbit for several days and then return them to Earth.
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Elon Musk's SpaceX calls out Amazon in latest spat over Starlink: 'Despite its theatrics, Amazon does not identify a single fact, figure, or scintilla of data that SpaceX omitted from its application'
In the latest in a series of spats between Elon Musk's and Jeff Bezos' companies, SpaceX called Amazon out for its "theatrics" and "gamesmanship" in its complaints against Starlink Gen2. "As usual, Amazon tries to prevent a fair review on the merits by using procedural gamesmanship," SpaceX said in its letter to the Federal Communications Commission. "Despite its theatrics, Amazon does not identify a single fact, figure or scintilla of data that SpaceX omitted from its application."
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SpaceX's Inspiration4 all-civilian spaceflight: When to watch and what to know
SpaceX's first all-civilian launch is scheduled to launch on Tuesday (Sept. 14) carrying a message of diversity during the third billionaire-led flight to launch in 2021. The mission, called Inspiration4, includes four private citizens who will fly on a Crew Dragon spacecraft for an Earth-orbiting mission.
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Amazon complains Elon Musk's companies don't play by the rules
Amazon's response to SpaceX's FCC filing, which accused the e-commerce giant of trying to delay proposals for its Starlink internet service on purpose, is just as scathing. In an FCC filing of its own, Amazon told the regulator that SpaceX chief Elon Musk tends to ignore rules and government-imposed regulations. The company also said that SpaceX often accuses any company "that dares point out its flouting of laws and regulations" as "anticompetitive."
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