In a hardscrabble crater on Mars, a tiny helicopter with a smartphone brain is now days away from trying the first powered flight to another world. NASA hopes that its spindly robotic helicopter, named ingenuity, will prove that thin flight is possible in dangerously thin Martian air and help us …
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Pure-play space stocks spread. Businesses and business models are new and seem like the stuff of science fiction. Navigating the space will not be easy. A framework, as well as some comparisons with existing businesses, can help investors. The “new space” can be divided into three parts. Launch Services is …
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Since the Apollo program was completed almost 10 years ago, every newly elected U.S. The President is stunned by the same question: where to send astronauts from now on? NASA’s current target is the moon, but the moon is the last generation of American pioneers. One of the great, more …
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Tesla Inc. TSLA 0.30% Chief executive Elon Musk said he has relocated to Texas, becoming one of the top executives to leave Silicon Valley during a coronavirus epidemic. He said the move had been going on for months and California lamented that the state was happy with its innovations and …
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Text size George Whitesides, left, will become Virgin Galactic’s chief space officer. Michael Colglazier takes over as CEO. Courtesy of Virgin Galactic. Shares of Virgin Galactic, a pioneer of space tourism, shot up after the company named a new CEO. He comes from Disney and the former CEO stays. The …
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