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Blue Origin and Airbus back ‘The Moon Race’
A new nonprofit organization is partnering with Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture, Airbus and other heavy-hitters to create a moon-centric prize program known as “The Moon Race.” The contest’s goal is to boost technologies that could contribute to sustainable lunar exploration. A … Continue reading
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Tagged Airbus, Blue Origin, European Space Agency, IAC, Moon, Space
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Moon Express brings in $12.5M to boost lunar plans
Moon Express, which aims to start missions to the moon within the next couple of years, says it has raised $2.5 million in bridge financing and has begun a $20 million Series B financing round, anchored by a $10 million … Continue reading
How Boeing CEO plants seeds of tomorrow’s tech
Dennis Muilenburg is leading Boeing into a second century of innovation with dreams of hypersonic flight, self-flying planes and journeys to Mars. But to lead the way, the 102-year-old company’s CEO, chairman and president turns to the values he learned … Continue reading
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Tagged Aviation, Boeing, Dennis Muilenburg, GeekWire Summit, Space, Technology
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Check out Hayabusa 2 mission’s asteroid close-ups
The scientists and engineers behind Japan’s Hayabusa 2 mission made history last week when the mission’s mothership dropped two mini-rovers onto the surface of the asteroid Ryugu, 180 million miles from Earth, but they’re not resting on their laurels. The first rovers … Continue reading
Stratolaunch lifts the veil on PGA rocket engine
The name of Stratolaunch Systems’ home-grown rocket engine leaves no doubt about who’s footing the bill: It’s called the PGA, as in Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen. Stratolaunch has made glancing references to its in-house propulsion system development program over the … Continue reading
How to boost Washington’s $1.8B space industry
A newly published economic report estimates the space industry’s contribution to Washington state’s economy at $1.8 billion and 6,200 jobs in 2018 — and goes on to suggest ways to boost the industry to a higher orbit. “The central Puget Sound region is … Continue reading
Arch Mission gets set to send DNA library to moon
DNA-based data storage systems have been proposed as a theoretical way to preserve information for millennia on the moon, but the idea isn’t so theoretical anymore. The Arch Mission Foundation says it’s partnering with Microsoft, the University of Washington and Twist Bioscience to send … Continue reading
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Tagged Arch Mission Foundation, Data Storage, DNA, Microsoft, Moon, Space, Twist Bioscience, University of Washington
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