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Read my tale from last weekon the causes of the additional time lag and what it might mean for Boeing ’s Starliner syllabus .
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Story of the week
The space industriousness is all abuzz about howSpaceX’sStarship , down in the mouth Origin’sNew Glenn and other heavy - lift rockets will change just about everything . One probable consequence is that ballistic capsule will get bigger — much adult — as technologist forge outside the constraints of low-down great deal prerequisite .
There ’s one problem : The current testing government for spacecraft is focused on payloads four meters or less across . GraviticsandNASAare look to exchange that , with a young understanding aimed at address this dearth of examination and qualification method for large ballistic capsule .
Scoop of the week
Like many extremely valued inauguration , SpaceXsometimes take into account itsemployees to cash in out some of their shares by sellingto company - authorized outside investor .
TechCrunch has gotten a peep at an internalSpaceXdocument about such a tender pass from May 2022 . Muskposted on Xlast calendar month that SpaceX hold such sales for employees about every six months .
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These documents propose interesting brainstorm into the investors who are pass to corrupt these secondary percentage , and the good deals they get . tick the nexus above to take a flavor .
Launch of the week
Congratulations toRocket Labfor collar its fiftieth Electron arugula launch ! To commemorate the massive milestone , the company posted this pretty poignant video on X that sums up just how far Rocket Lab has come .
When you look at all the hurdles we had to clear , reaching our first launch seemed highly improbable . As we border on our 50th launch,@Peter_J_Beckreflects on the magnitude of the labor we had in front of us to bring Electron to life . Fortunately we ’ve never shied away from a…pic.twitter.com/MnZChovpDY
What we’re reading
Did you bang … that we put up the agenda for this class ’s space programming at TechCrunch Disrupt ? We areincrediblyexcited by this year ’s lineup , which includes some of the top founders and investors operating in the space industry . Plus fireside chats with none other than Rocket Lab ’s Peter Beck and Bridgit Mendler ofNorthwood Space . tick the connexion above to learn more .
This week in space history
In last week’s‘This calendar week in space history’column , we detailed the flight of Sally Ride , the first American woman to go to space . This workweek we ’re commemorating her return . On June 24 , 1983 , she concluded her historic trip when the Space Shuttle Challenger touch down in California .
