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NASA taking its time unboxing asteroid sample because it grabbed too much stuff
Dust on the outside of the sample canister that’s interesting in its own right will be removed and tested before the sample canister will be opened.
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The ROARS mission plan calls for the creation of eight microwave-oven-sized cubesats packed with sensors capable of taking measurements of Earth’s atmosphere and magnetosphere, to investigate how space weather events, such as solar flares, affect orbiting satellites.
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Elon Musk’s ambitions for Starship soar high while reality waits on launchpad
Elon Musk took part in an interview at the International Astronautical Congress this week and demonstrated a reality distortion field that would make even the most ardent Steve Jobs fanatic take a step back.
The interview, which seemed more of a platform for Musk to extol his vision for interplanetary spaceflight rather than a serious chat about when the monster Starship rocket would leave the ground once again, was conducted in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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He didn’t give away much to viewers interested to know more about the here and now – getting stages to separate without exploding sounds a challenge – he did make one reference to the past: “We try and draw as many lessons as possible from the Soviet N1 rocket which is probably the closest in design to Starship.”
The Reg can but hope Musk’s team has learned some lessons from the design of the Soviet N1 and that the similarities end at the point of both having lots of engines. The Soviet Moon rocket suffered four launch failures before the program was canceled nearly 50 years ago, including one so catastrophic that it leveled the launch complex.
Improving defense of US space assets isn’t rocket science. Oh wait
The US Space Force is doing something about its underdeveloped ability to detect threats with the award of a $630 million contract to Booz Allen Hamilton to help get its tech in order.
BAH’s seven-year deal with the USSF will support systems engineering and integration of the USSF’s space-based missile warning system, along with its environmental monitoring and surveillance missions.
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Or, three years after Level 5 full Self Driving is perfected.
from that one box:
Taking control of space is a priority for billionaires and world powers. Whoever moves fastest will be able to dominate information and communications
or, you know, we could cooperate, avoid enriching the 1%, and avoid cluttering the sky. 
