AMERICANTHINKER - Space Junk And The Coming Crisis In Low Earth Orbit
ChatGPT for American Thinker By Janet Levy There is only so much capacity in space for objects; a cleanup is critical and overdue.
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Orbital data centers could wreak havoc on the Earth’s atmosphere, scientist says
Tech companies are aiming for the stars as they seek permits for orbital data centers. And just like on Earth, this advancement does not come without warnings. Cole Donovan, director of science policy and advocacy for Stand Up for Science, joins NewsNation's Hena Doba to explain the issues with orbital data centers and how they could alter the atmosphere. "NewsNation Prime" is America’s source for unbiased news offering a full range of perspectives from across the U.S. Weekends starting at 7p/6C. #Prime NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Alicia Sitz) - Space data centers could be 'catastrophic' for planet, scientist says
Space data centers would circle Earth about once every 90 minutes, Donovan said.
HUFFPOST - SpaceX Launches Robot To Give Fuel Jetpacks To Out-of-gas Satellites
A two-armed space robot is on its way to give life-extending jetpacks to out-of-gas satellites thousands of miles up.
NYTIMES (Selam Gebrekidan and Pei-Lin Wu) - China Launches Reusable Rocket, Clearing a Key Hurdle in Race With SpaceX
The launch and recovery of the Long March 10B could represent a long-awaited breakthrough for Chinese satellite companies.
NYTIMES (Stefano Montali) - Is Space Tourism Finally Ready for Takeoff?
Delays and rising prices have made the promise of space travel for ordinary people more elusive than ever. Will that ever change?
NPR (Geoff Brumfiel) - Big tech's next move is to put data centers in space. Can it work?
In orbit, power is free. But everything else is expensive.
NYTIMES (Sachi Kitajima Mulkey) - Sorry, SpaceX: It’s Getting Too Crowded Up There
Elon Musk wants to launch a million satellites, but researchers say global warming is changing the upper atmosphere in ways that makes space junk linger.
NYTIMES (Michael S. Rosenwald) - Gladys West, Unsung Figure in Development of GPS, Dies at 95
As a Navy mathematician in the 1950s and beyond, she played an unheralded but foundational role in making possible the global satellite-based mapping system.