SpaceX delays begin to pile up as a trio of missions await launch, but continue to be rejected. SpaceX’s launch schedule is packed, and delays can have dramatic effects on future releases. The fifth launch of the SpaceX spacecraft could still occur this week, but it is in the air. …
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The Trump administration proposed in its budget presentation to NASA for fiscal year 2021 that $ 4.7 billion be allocated to exploration research and development (R&D), including the Human Landing System (HLS). The numbers were designed to ensure that NASA could return astronauts to the moon by 2024. However, House …
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Starting in July, the window opens when missions to Mars can be easily dispatched across the interplanetary gulf. If all goes well, three of those missions, ridden by NASA, China, and the United Arab Emirates, will leave Earth for the Red Planet. The number of missions, who is launching them …
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The novel coronavirus has shattered education in the United States, leaving millions of parents struggling to cope with childcare and remote classes. Naturally, tech billionaires have taken it upon themselves to fill the void. But while Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg promised $ 6 million for educational projects, and Twitter CEO Jack …
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The GPS III satellite armada will eventually make our GPS technology more accurate, but we’re not there yet. So far, only three satellites have been launched, and only one of them is operational at the moment. Elon Musk recently tweeted that our ‘GPS just got a little better’, but that’s …
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