NASA astronaut Frank Borman, who commanded the legendary Apollo 8 mission around the moon, has died at 95, the space agency announced. Borman was an accomplished pilot and a unique astronaut.
NASA’s stance on astronaut romance is complicated
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Astra founders propose purchasing outstanding stock to take space company private
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Flexport gobbles up Convoy’s assets, Revel pulls the plug on mopeds and UAW sets its sights on Toyota and Tesla
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We may live to see NASA building houses on the moon
A NASA-funded project by construction tech company ICON is developing a project which aims to build 3-D-printed moon habitats.
In our lifetimes, we may see people living on the moon.
Olympus is a NASA-funded project by the construction tech company ICON, which seeks to create human-supporting infrastructure on the moon, including roads, landing pads, blast shields and, eventually, habitats.
Still at its research and development stage, Olympus is going to first test lunar surface samples brought to Earth from Apollo missions in order to observe their mechanical behavior in simulated moon gravity. This will help develop prototypes for a future full-scale 3D printing system that might one day, perhaps in the coming decades, build infrastructure on the moon.
Existential risk? Regulatory capture? AI for one and all? A look at what’s going on with AI in the UK
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Shein adds struggling UK brand Missguided to its fashion empire
Shein, the fast fashion giant that has thrived on its nimble supply chain in China, is expanding its product range by scooping up competitors. In a statement released […]
Reddit may have killed Apollo, but the developer’s Pixel Pals app has hit ~50K subscribers
The shutdown of the third-party Reddit app, Apollo, hasn’t stopped developer Christian Selig from continuing to publish iOS apps. Instead, he’s moved on to an Apollo spin-off app […]