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Speed Boost for Starlink Coming Soon!

27 Feb 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Cje95

Earlier this week I was informed I had been selected as a Beta Tester for Starlink in Texas however since I have moved to Washington, DC I have joined the waitlist for it, and service in DC is expected to commence between the middle-end of the year....

Why creating a settlement on the Red Planet is going to be a pain in the Mars

24 Feb 2021 4 minute read 2 comments PierreL

With the Perseverance rover landing last week, everyone started talking about Mars again. But is it truly a safe haven where humanity can thrive if we fail (on) Earth?   For a few minutes, let's assume that we have the technology and resources availa...

Access to Starlink!

24 Feb 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Cje95

Today I got an email that blew my socks off. Months ago I signed up for Beta Testing with Starlink and today I was selected to partake! If I still lived in Texas I would be eligible to start using Starlink as soon as the hardware arrived however with...

The first ever video recorded of a Mars landing

23 Feb 2021 2 minute read 0 comments PierreL

Whether you're into space exploration, astronomy and stars or not at all, this is something I believe every human should see. Yesterday, NASA unveiled the incredible footage sent by the Perseverance rover over the weekend. The video shows the rover l...

Space News: Successful Mars Landing and Two Companies with Successful Fundraising Round!

20 Feb 2021 2 minute read 1 comment Cje95

NASA Landing! Yesterday marked the 8th successful landing of a Mars mission and the 5th rover landing by the United States the only country to successfully land a rover on the red planet. This rover's goal is to find ancient signs of life on Mars. It...

Perseverance Rover ready for landing on Mars. LIVE !!!

18 Feb 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Mrjeff

The perseverance Rover is a Mars rover that has been flying towards Mars for several months, and NASA is already getting ready to place the vehicle on the Red Planet. The process will be automatic and it will be 7 minutes of great uncertainty for the...

SpaceX Rocket Failure

16 Feb 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Cje95

Last night SpaceX launched the first of two launches for this week. This Falcon 9 rocket carried 60 new Starlink Satellites into orbit successfully. However upon its reentry and attempted landing something went wrong. As of now they have not announce...

The First All- Civilian Mission To Space

16 Feb 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Stockpiles

SpaceX has been on a tear lately with rocket launches for their satellite constellation, to flying their private customers payloads and working closely on NASA missions. On the human space travel side they have been the ones to bring astronaut launch...

Blue Origin Suffers a Huge Loss and SpaceX Putting 120 New Satellites in Orbit

15 Feb 2021 1 minute read 8 comments Cje95

Blue Origin, the company founded and funded to a tune of $1 billion a year by Jeff Bezos alone, suffered a pretty significant setback at the end of last year that I do not think a lot of people where likely aware of. Back when The Air Force was in co...

SpaceX's Huge Wins

10 Feb 2021 1 minute read 1 comment Cje95

This week SpaceX has already had two really big wins for not only the company now but for it moving forward. What are those two wins you might wonder?   SpaceX's Falcon Heavy was chosen to be the rocket to carry NASA's Lunar Station, Gateway, to the...