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Silicon Investor » SpaceX
1d ago
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SpaceX lands 300th Falcon rocket during latest Starlink mission Falcon 9 launches from SLC-40 on the Starlink Group 6-53 mission
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Silicon Investor » SpaceX
1d ago
Exclusive: Injury rates for Musk's SpaceX exceed industry average for second year | Reuters ..read more
Silicon Investor » SpaceX
3d ago
OT......k, I'm surprised that you think earth's problems can be solved...
given the history of the humanoid race....
The future doesn't look to be any different...
but
time will tell
So, why not spend the money on the off chance it **MIGHT** be different on other astral bodies
personally, I doubt it though.
Now, on a somewhat positive note...there are many technical off shoots from the space industry that we mortals benefit from..
take for example the miracle of the Fisher space pen...lol ..read more
Silicon Investor » SpaceX
3d ago
All of this is a much longer and MUCH more expensive road than we are made to believe.
I can't keep but wonder if going back to the moon or going to Mars isn't more than a totally unnecessary adventure / a way to keep an essentially useless industry alive.
Wouldn't we be much better of improving conditions right here on earth instead of escaping to ridiculously "unfriendly" places?
Just think of what these countless billions of dollars could do to fix our earthly problems ..read more
Silicon Investor » SpaceX
3d ago
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SpaceX launches two Starlink missions just over 24 hours apart Booster 1080 launches 23 Starlink satellites to orbit
(Credit SpaceX)
By Richard Angle
Posted on April 22, 2024
Last week SpaceX launched two Starlink missions from Florida just over 24 hours apart, sending a total of 46 satellites to orbit.
The missions took place from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center and Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station respectively.
Both missions were a part of the Group 6 Starlink shell (Group 51 and 52) and were inserted into a 43-degree orbital inclination ..read more
Silicon Investor » SpaceX
1w ago
Is it just me, or should transmissions from space not be regulated by earthlings ..read more
Silicon Investor » SpaceX
1w ago
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Musk’s Starlink Cracks Down on Growing Black Market
Users who access the satellite internet service in Sudan, Zimbabwe and South Africa, where it hasn’t been authorized, receive notice they will be disconnected
By
Nicholas Bariyo
in Kampala, Uganda,
Gabriele Steinhauser
and
Alexandra Wexler
in Johannesburg and
Micah Maidenberg
in Washington
Updated April 16, 2024 3:12 pm ET
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A Starlink device on a roof in South Africa; South Africa’s telecommunications regulator has said that use of Starlink is illegal there.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has begun a crackdown on us ..read more
Silicon Investor » SpaceX
1w ago
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Starlink seeking regulatory clearance for international cellular service trials
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Silicon Investor » SpaceX
1w ago
SpaceX will launch one of its Falcon 9 boosters for a record 20th time on Friday, highlighting once again the success of the company’s reusable rocket system.
Booster 1062, which took its first flight in November 2020, will lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on Friday, April 12, on a mission to deploy 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit.
msn.com ..read more