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Mars One CEO Pushes Back Against Criticism of Private Venture
Mars One has delayed its launch plans by two years — again. In a video released by the Dutch nonprofit March 19, CEO Bas Lansdorp said that delays in raising funding forced them to push back robotic missions scheduled for 2018 until 2020, with later missions, including one-way human expeditions there, also postponed.

Royal Caribbean CIO Shows Off Ship’s 03b-enabled Satellite WiFi
A short video from TechCrunch Makers introducing the O3b-delivered satellite broadband for Quantum of the Seas, a new cruise ship from Royal Caribbean, whose CTO describes the length and breadth of the coverage, and its cost per passenger.

Fighter Jet Launches Microsatellite in this DARPA Concept Video
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently released this 2.5-minute animation to showing how it plans to launch microsatellites quickly and economically with the Airborne Launch Assist Space Access (ALASA) program.

SES Taps Arianespace for Launch in 2017 4th Quarter
Arianespace will launch the SES-12 telecommunications satellite for SES of Luxembourg aboard an Ariane 5 rocket in the fourth quarter of 2017 under a contract announced by the satellite operator Jan. 22.

Elon Musk Guest Stars on ‘The Simpsons’
Elon Musk "appears" as himself in an episode of Fox's longest-running animated series The Simpsons premiering Sunday, Jan. 25.

Video | 1st Test Firing the Space Launch System’s RS-25 Engine
The RS-25 engine was tested at the Stennis Space Center.

Falcon 9 Crash-landing Video Loop is Mesmerizing
There's something downright mesmerizing about this six-second video loop SpaceX posted Jan. 16 showing the Falcon 9's first stage crash land on the company's “autonomous spaceport drone ship.”