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Musk changes course on Mars quest and shoots for moon again

Barely a year ago, the moon was a distraction to Elon Musk, the billionaire chief executive of SpaceX then fixated on his ludicrously ambitious project to build a self-sustaining city on Mars within 20 years. Why bother returning to the orbiting chunk of rock humanity conquered half a century ago, he reasoned, when the greater prize of the red planet lay tantalizingly in reach for his company's mighty Starship rockets?

Science

US politics

fromwww.scientificamerican.com

4 months ago

NASA Is Crucial to the U.S. Winning the New Space Race

China's 15th-century maritime retreat squandered a global empire opportunity; today the U.S. risks repeating that loss by undermining its space leadership while China rises.

World news

fromFuturism

5 months ago

New Report Finds That China's Space Program Is Rapidly Outstripping NASA

China's government-backed surge in commercial space investment and lunar exploration is eroding U.S. dominance and reshaping global space markets, partnerships, and governance.

Digital life

fromWIRED

8 months ago

A GPS Blackout Would Shut Down the World

GPS outages would cause catastrophic disruptions in transportation, financial markets, and essential services globally.

US politics

fromArs Technica

9 months ago

After convincing senators he supports Artemis, Isaacman nomination advances

Jared Isaacman's nomination as NASA administrator advanced with mixed support, highlighting tensions in U.S. space policy on lunar and Martian missions.