Spaaaaace (Part 1)

Doctorow wrote a book about a similar concept but with the moon not mars

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My mind goes to:

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You’re preaching the choir here.

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Uranus is an a-hole, who knew!

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Virgin Orbit-uary: Beardy Branson’s satellite launch biz shutters

Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit has sold all its assets just months after a failed attempt at what would have been first ever satellite launch from UK soil.

It’s a sad end to months of scrambling to secure funding to keep the operation whole. It also means the company can’t sell it out of bankruptcy protection to an owner who might revive it.

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$450k can probably also create a nice motion-simulation 3-D ride that you can go on repeatedly in your backyard. /s

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This is, to me, what’s so incredible about these rovers:

It ingested and executed it, resulting in its 50th flight and an altitude record of 18 meters.

and

The craft was designed to fly just five times, so has already vastly exceeded expectations.

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