Sometimes I feel bad for a billionaire. All of that pressure to send people into space has to be something that weighs on you constantly. But then I remember that I bought a taco with quarters a few weeks ago, and then I kinda forgot...
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The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, TESS for short, will launch on April 16. Once in orbit, TESS will undergo tests and adjustments for sixty days before beginning its two-year mission. TESS is opening a door for a whole new kind of study. We’re going to...
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On Thursday, The Federal Communications Commission granted permission to Elon Musk's aerospace company to launch satellites into space. Musk can finally move forward with his plans to beam high-speed internet signals down to our planet from some 12,000 satellites in low Earth orbit. Related -...
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Elon Musk has eaten up a lot of news time with his SpaceX Falcon Heavy shooting up into the heavens with a Tesla strapped to it, and of course the Hyperloop. This time, it's more about the Hyperloop and the possibilities of the future. Musk has...
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What Will Happen to the Tesla Roadster and Starman? On Tuesday, SpaceX launched Elon Musk’s Falcon Heavy into space with a Tesla Roadster and crash dummy inside. The goal was to send the dummy, named ‘Starman,’ on orbit to Mars – and Musk predicted it...
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SpaceX has made us look up to the sky in awe for years now. Watching one of his rockets take off and land on platforms in the ocean is incredible. But the launch of the Falcon Heavy rocket carrying a Tesla convertible is so cool...
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Elon Musk just won a huge bet. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO made a bet that he could install the world's biggest battery in South Australia within 100 days of making the bet. If Musk failed that bet, his company would install the battery for...
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Everything you need to know about in this weekly series: The rise and fall of science in Islam, Chili Klaus returns to Hot Ones to punish his mouth with hotness, a sequel to a superb film, and 7 scientific breakthroughs that happened in 2017. At Social...
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SpaceX and Budweiser have teamed up to send barley seeds on a round trip to space to determine the impact of micro-gravity on the seeds. The seeds will stop at the International Space Station and remain there for a month as part of SpaceX's partnership...
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SpaceX is targeting launch of Koreasat-5A from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida on Monday, October 30 at 3:34 p.m. EDT. A backup launch window opens on Tuesday, October 31 at 3:34 p.m. EDT. The satellite will be deployed approximately 36...
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