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Casey Handmer Makes a Detailed Case Why the NASA Orion Space Capsule Has 1 in 10 Chance of Crew Loss

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Casey Handmer is an Australian-born physicist, engineer, entrepreneur, and pilot renowned for his pioneering work at the intersection of astrophysics and sustainable energy. Holding a PhD in general relativity from Caltech, where he also taught courses in waves, quantum mechanics, nuclear physics, and computational methods, Handmer honed his expertise through research on frontier technologies at …

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SpaceX Going to the Moon and Tesla Robotaxi Sending Share Price to the Moon. $2000 in 2026

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Aggressive Tesla FSD and Robotaxi rollout can send Tesla shares to $2000 in 2026. SpaceX released more details of the plan to return the moon and Brian Wang goes over the critical factors for SpaceX to help the US beat China to the moon. Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular …

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Asteroid Threat Detection and Planetary Defense Can Be Complete and Ready by 2035

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We need an enhanced version of SUNSET to establish a space-based, combined discovery and early-warning system for NEOs (Near Earth Objects). If we use multiple satellites traveling ahead of Earth on its orbit we improve detections of sunward objects over satellites in NEO-Surveyor-like orbits by tens of percent and enables seamless, automatic follow-ups. A University …

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Dynetics and Blue Origin Lunar Landers

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Dynetics Alpaca and Blue Origin both look like possible 2029-2030 lunar landers if they get funded. The developments are not certain. Reviving the competition will be a $2-5 billion cost. However, this funding will not deliver the completed Artemis 3 mission. It would just give an option in 2028 or later for another lander if …

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SpaceX Starship For A NASA Flagship Uranus Science Mission

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In 2022, the National Academy of Sciences Planetary Science Decadal Survey recommended exploration of Uranus as its highest priority Flagship mission for the 2030s. The Decadal recommendation relied on the Uranus Orbiter and Probe (UOP) concept as its baseline for the mission. UOP assumed a launch in 2031 on a Falcon Heavy Expendable rocket and …

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New Space Race to the Moon. US Vs China. SpaceX vs Blue Origin. MUSK vs Bezos. MUSK vs NASA

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There is an intensifying race to return humans to the Moon, pitting the US against China and now NASA Acting Administrator Sean Duffy will have SpaceX race Blue Origin and other bidders. China is aiming for a crewed lunar landing in 2029–2030. There are developing a Long March 10A super heavy lift rocket (70 tons), …

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SpaceX Losing Exclusivity to the NASA Artemis 3 Lunar Lander

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NASA’s acting administrator Sean Duffy says he plans to “open up the contract” SpaceX holds to land astronauts on the moon for the Artemis 3 mission because the company has fallen behind schedule. Duffy previously maintained that Artemis 3 would launch in 2027, the agency’s official target, even as multiple Starship test flight failures earlier …

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Nuclear Tritium Betavoltaic Battery for Space Missions

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NASA confirmed that nuclear-micropowered probes (NMPs) using tritium betavoltaic power technology is possible. A new study will raise from a valid concept to a proof of concept experiment. Nuclear-micropowered probes could be used for autonomous exploration of the Moon’s permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) and other space missions. Tritium betavoltaics are a class of nuclear batteries …

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