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Yes, We do need another moonshot, or five
16Dec By adminNo Comments
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Yes, We do need another moonshot, or five

[ad_1] If all goes well, Japan will become at least the fourth country with a moon mission this year, making lunar exploration more active than it's been in five decades. The renaissance is being led by nations not usually considered leaders of the space race, which is an important development for the entire planet. In truth, launching a large tin can at the moon in the hopes of sticking the landing is challenging and fun, but it's not a money maker. Anyone hoping to spin a dime is better off staying grounded and finding ways to get AI to serve up ads or create cat videos. Thankfully, human endeavor isn't driven solely by profits. Also read: Elon Musk's Starlink, Jeff Bezos' Kuiper to get rival as EU seeks satellite offers in AI race Icky as it sounds, great adventures are more often dr...
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A New Kind of Space Race: Companies Vie Over Market For Satellite-Enabled Phone Calls
21May By adminNo Comments
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A New Kind of Space Race: Companies Vie Over Market For Satellite-Enabled Phone Calls

[ad_1] Elon Musk's SpaceX and T-Mobile US Inc. have picked up a powerful critic of their proposal to offer phone calls via satellite, with AT&T Inc. saying the plan risks interfering with existing wireless services.Regulators “should reject SpaceX's request to simply take it at its word that it will not cause interference” and demand more information before allowing the service, AT&T said in a filing with the Federal Communications Commission released Friday. AT&T has its own plan for calls via satellite and said it intends to show that offering, via AST SpaceMobile Inc., won't cause interference with conventional ground-based systems that rely on towers. Companies are in a race to tap the market for satellite-enabled calls offering connections in remote areas beyond the rea...
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China’s new space station opens for business as space race heats up
12Dec By adminNo Comments
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China’s new space station opens for business as space race heats up

[ad_1] China’s new space station opens for business in an increasingly competitive era of space activity The International Space Station is no longer the only place where humans can live in orbit.On Nov. 29, 2022, the Shenzhou 15 mission launched from China's Gobi Desert carrying three taikonauts – the Chinese word for astronauts. Six hours later, they reached their destination, China's recently completed space station, called Tiangong, which means “heavenly palace” in Mandarin. The three taikonauts replaced the existing crew that helped wrap up construction. With this successful mission, China has become just the third nation to operate a permanent space station. China's space station is an achievement that solidifies the country's position alongside the U.S. and Russia as one of the...
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From Shetlands to Azores, Europe’s space race takes off
8Dec By adminNo Comments
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From Shetlands to Azores, Europe’s space race takes off

[ad_1] Projects to develop space centres that can launch satellites into Earth's orbit are sprouting up around Europe, amid the soaring popularity of small rockets and the commercialisation of space. Projects to develop space centres that can launch satellites into Earth's orbit are sprouting up around Europe, amid the soaring popularity of small rockets and the commercialisation of space.By the end of this year, Spanish start-up PLD Space expects to launch its Miura-1 mini-rocket from the El Arenosillo site in the southern region of Andalusia. Satellites will also be launched "in the coming weeks for the first time in the UK", Britain's Innovation Minister George Freeman announced last month, with the first-ever Virgin Orbit rocket to be released from a repurposed Boeing 747 taking o...
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NASA Moon mission marks the start of a new space race
4Sep By adminNo Comments
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NASA Moon mission marks the start of a new space race

[ad_1] NASA plans to launch the Artemis I lunar mission this Saturday, September 3, after a first attempt earlier in the week was cancelled at the last minute due to engine trouble. NASA plans to launch the Artemis I lunar mission this Saturday, September 3, after a first attempt earlier in the week was cancelled at the last minute due to engine trouble.The mission is an exciting step towards returning humans to the Moon for the first time since 1972. But this time it's not just about putting our footprints on lunar dust: it marks the beginning of a new space race for lunar resources. This time around, everybody wants to mine the Moon. Return to the Moon Much about the Artemis programmeme is noble and inspiring.Artemis I is t...
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