The new dystopian space race
- Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were rescued from the International Space Station after a nine-month stay, marking a shift from government-led missions to private companies taking charge of space travel.
- The 60th anniversary of Alexei Leonov's first spacewalk coincided with their splashdown, highlighting the historic competition between the USA and the Soviet Union in space exploration.
- Elon Musk announced that SpaceX's Starship plans to travel to Mars by 2026, aiming for human landings possibly by 2029, with a vision of colonizing the planet.
- The global space industry is projected to reach £1.3 trillion by 2035, indicating a booming market in private space exploration.
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The new dystopian space race
This week, two NASA astronauts stranded in space since June returned to Earth thanks to a craft from Elon Musk’s SpaceX. As the Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency shutters NASA offices, billionaire space privateers like Musk and Amazon boss Jeff Bezos are likely to expand their role. That holds great promise: competition and the profit motive do catalyze innovation and productivity, as even Marx recognised. But it could also turn the f…
Secrets of new space race from dark death speech to astronauts who can't walk - The Mirror
While the space race of the 1960s was a contest between two rival superpowers, today it is being fought by private space firms and billionaires battling for bragging rights. And the winner will be whoever lands man, not on the moon, but on Mars
NASA makes rocket scientists use an app to list accomplishments - WeirdReads
NASA is rolling out a “weekly accomplishments app” for agency workers to track their productivity, a step toward complying with one of Elon Musk’s government-efficiency demands. “Today, we will debut a new tool for the “Five Things” request,” Acting NASA Administrator Janet Petro told employees in an email Friday seen by Bloomberg News. “This secure, internal tool makes it easier for you to track and share the incredible work you do each week.” …
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