SES Rethinking Being First To Fly a Full-throttle Falcon 9
Satellite fleet operator SES said it is likely to trade its midyear launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for a slot later in the year rather than be the first to fly a Falcon 9 with Merlin 1D engines adjusted for improved thrust.
5 Lunar X Prize Teams Land Payday; Only 2 Landed Hardware
The X Prize Foundation awarded more than $5 million in intermediate prizes to five teams competing in the Google Lunar X Prize competition Jan. 26, but those teams’ achievements varied widely, even in the same category of the competition.
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Missions Policy & PoliticsData-relay Project Exemplifies Uneasy Relationship Between European Commission and ESA
The level of mistrust and disdain between the European Space Agency and the European Commission shows no sign of subsiding despite European governments’ reaffirmation that ESA would remain an independent body.
