#axiom-space — Public Fediverse posts

U.S-based Axiom Space revealed Thursday that it will establish a wholly owned Japanese subsidiary, as the company seeks to deepen ties ahead of its planned commercial replacement for the International Space Station. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/05/14/companies/axiom-space-japan-launch/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #space #jaxa #iss #axiomspace

U.S-based Axiom Space revealed Thursday that it will establish a wholly owned Japanese subsidiary, as the company seeks to deepen ties ahead of its planned commercial replacement for the International Space Station. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/05/14/companies/axiom-space-japan-launch/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #space #jaxa #iss #axiomspace

U.S-based Axiom Space revealed Thursday that it will establish a wholly owned Japanese subsidiary, as the company seeks to deepen ties ahead of its planned commercial replacement for the International Space Station. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/05/14/companies/axiom-space-japan-launch/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #space #jaxa #iss #axiomspace

U.S-based Axiom Space revealed Thursday that it will establish a wholly owned Japanese subsidiary, as the company seeks to deepen ties ahead of its planned commercial replacement for the International Space Station. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/05/14/companies/axiom-space-japan-launch/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #space #jaxa #iss #axiomspace

https://www.europesays.com/ie/?p=457953 Corrosion problem affects Gateway and commercial space station modules #AxiomSpace #Éire #esa #Gateway #IE #Ireland #LunarGateway #nasa #NorthropGrumman #Science #SN #Space #ThalesAleniaSpace

Corrosion problem affects Gateway and commercial space station modules

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/corrosion-problem-affects-gateway-and-commercial-space-station-modules/

📆 2018 #FinalFrontier Design is developing suits that can withstand the pressures of #DeepSpace at a retail price of less than $2 million 💵 apiece. #NASA spent almost $200 million developing several suits https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/27/final-frontier-design-nasa-space-spacesuit-startups.html

📆 Jan. 6, 2022 Paragon acquires Final Frontier, a leading supplier of #spacesuits https://www.paragonsdc.com/paragon-space-development-corporation-agrees-to-acquire-final-frontier-design/

📆 September 8, 2022 NASA’s #spacesuit task order, base value of $228.5 million 💰, with a ceiling of $3.5B for all services https://www.paragonsdc.com/nasa-taps-axiom-space-for-first-artemis-spacesuits

#AxiomSpace

📆 2018 #FinalFrontier Design is developing suits that can withstand the pressures of #DeepSpace at a retail price of less than $2 million 💵 apiece. #NASA spent almost $200 million developing several suits https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/27/final-frontier-design-nasa-space-spacesuit-startups.html

📆 Jan. 6, 2022 Paragon acquires Final Frontier, a leading supplier of #spacesuits https://www.paragonsdc.com/paragon-space-development-corporation-agrees-to-acquire-final-frontier-design/

📆 September 8, 2022 NASA’s #spacesuit task order, base value of $228.5 million 💰, with a ceiling of $3.5B for all services https://www.paragonsdc.com/nasa-taps-axiom-space-for-first-artemis-spacesuits

#AxiomSpace

📆 2018 #FinalFrontier Design is developing suits that can withstand the pressures of #DeepSpace at a retail price of less than $2 million 💵 apiece. #NASA spent almost $200 million developing several suits https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/27/final-frontier-design-nasa-space-spacesuit-startups.html

📆 Jan. 6, 2022 Paragon acquires Final Frontier, a leading supplier of #spacesuits https://www.paragonsdc.com/paragon-space-development-corporation-agrees-to-acquire-final-frontier-design/

📆 September 8, 2022 NASA’s #spacesuit task order, base value of $228.5 million 💰, with a ceiling of $3.5B for all services https://www.paragonsdc.com/nasa-taps-axiom-space-for-first-artemis-spacesuits

#AxiomSpace

📆 2018 #FinalFrontier Design is developing suits that can withstand the pressures of #DeepSpace at a retail price of less than $2 million 💵 apiece. #NASA spent almost $200 million developing several suits https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/27/final-frontier-design-nasa-space-spacesuit-startups.html

📆 Jan. 6, 2022 Paragon acquires Final Frontier, a leading supplier of #spacesuits https://www.paragonsdc.com/paragon-space-development-corporation-agrees-to-acquire-final-frontier-design/

📆 September 8, 2022 NASA’s #spacesuit task order, base value of $228.5 million 💰, with a ceiling of $3.5B for all services https://www.paragonsdc.com/nasa-taps-axiom-space-for-first-artemis-spacesuits

#AxiomSpace

📆 2018 #FinalFrontier Design is developing suits that can withstand the pressures of #DeepSpace at a retail price of less than $2 million 💵 apiece. #NASA spent almost $200 million developing several suits https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/27/final-frontier-design-nasa-space-spacesuit-startups.html

📆 Jan. 6, 2022 Paragon acquires Final Frontier, a leading supplier of #spacesuits https://www.paragonsdc.com/paragon-space-development-corporation-agrees-to-acquire-final-frontier-design/

📆 September 8, 2022 NASA’s #spacesuit task order, base value of $228.5 million 💰, with a ceiling of $3.5B for all services https://www.paragonsdc.com/nasa-taps-axiom-space-for-first-artemis-spacesuits

#AxiomSpace

https://www.europesays.com/ie/?p=445984 Artemis spacesuit development risks further delays #Artemis #AxiomSpace #CollinsAerospace #Éire #IE #Ireland #ISS #nasa #Science #SN #Space #Spacesuit

Artemis spacesuit development risks further delays

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/artemis-spacesuit-development-risks-further-delays/

Axiom, then Vast. Now, 3rd company to send private astronauts to ISS

The International Space Station is increasingly becoming a place where not only government astronauts affiliated with space agencies…
#NewsBeep #News #Space #Astronauts #AU #Australia #AxiomSpace #EuropeanSpaceAgency #internationalspacestation #NASA #NASAastronauts #orbitallaboratory #privateastronaut #Science #Spacestation #VoyagerTechnologies
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/614670/

Axiom, then Vast. Now, 3rd company to send private astronauts to ISS

The International Space Station is increasingly becoming a place where not only government astronauts affiliated with space agencies…
#NewsBeep #News #Space #Astronauts #AU #Australia #AxiomSpace #EuropeanSpaceAgency #internationalspacestation #NASA #NASAastronauts #orbitallaboratory #privateastronaut #Science #Spacestation #VoyagerTechnologies
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/614670/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/441117/ Axiom, then Vast. Now, 3rd company to send private astronauts to ISS #Astronauts #AxiomSpace #Éire #EuropeanSpaceAgency #IE #InternationalSpaceStation #Ireland #nasa #NASAAstronauts #OrbitalLaboratory #PrivateAstronaut #Science #Space #SpaceStation #VoyagerTechnologies

Companies make the case for commercial space station markets

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/companies-make-the-case-for-commercial-space-station-markets/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/436543/ Axiom Space Is Ready to Test Its Next-Generation Spacesuit in 2027 #Artemis #AxiomSpace #Éire #IE #Ireland #nasa #Science #Space #Spacesuit

https://www.europesays.com/es/471664/ Del cohete de hojalata a los aeropuertos espaciales #AviaciónYEspacio #AxiomSpace #barnstorming #BlueOrigin #CoheteNell #EfeméridesEspacio #ES #España #EstaciónEspacialMir #EstacionesEspacialesComerciales #Haven1 #Health #HistoriaDeLaCohetería #ISS #LEOComercial #mir #NASA #OrbitalReef #PrimerCoheteDeCombustibleLíquido #RobertGoddard #Salud #SIERRASPACE #Spain #VastSpace

充氣太空站、首個太空娛樂場館？ 5 大 ISS 國際太空站繼任者
國際太空站（International Space Station，ISS）計劃於 2030 年底除役，屆時將 […]
#城中熱話 #新科創業 #生活娛樂 #Axiom Space
https://unwire.hk/2026/03/19/commercial-space-stations-replace-iss-2030/hottopic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=commercial-space-stations-replace-iss-2030

充氣太空站、首個太空娛樂場館？ 5 大 ISS 國際太空站繼任者
國際太空站（International Space Station，ISS）計劃於 2030 年底除役，屆時將 […]
#城中熱話 #新科創業 #生活娛樂 #Axiom Space
https://unwire.hk/2026/03/19/commercial-space-stations-replace-iss-2030/hottopic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=commercial-space-stations-replace-iss-2030

充氣太空站、首個太空娛樂場館？ 5 大 ISS 國際太空站繼任者
國際太空站（International Space Station，ISS）計劃於 2030 年底除役，屆時將 […]
#城中熱話 #新科創業 #生活娛樂 #Axiom Space
https://unwire.hk/2026/03/19/commercial-space-stations-replace-iss-2030/hottopic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=commercial-space-stations-replace-iss-2030

5 Companies Competing to Replace the International Space Station

NASA and its international partners plan to deorbit the International Space Station at the end of 2030, sending…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Space #AxiomSpace #BlueOrigin #InternationalSpaceStation #NASA #Science
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/531226/

5 Companies Competing to Replace the International Space Station

NASA and its international partners plan to deorbit the International Space Station at the end of 2030, sending…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Space #AxiomSpace #BlueOrigin #InternationalSpaceStation #NASA #Science
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/531226/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/391635/ 5 Companies Competing to Replace the International Space Station #AxiomSpace #BlueOrigin #Éire #IE #InternationalSpaceStation #Ireland #nasa #Science #Space

5 Companies Competing to Replace the International Space Station

NASA and its international partners plan to deorbit the International Space Station at the end of 2030, sending…
#NewsBeep #News #Space #AxiomSpace #BlueOrigin #CA #Canada #internationalspacestation #NASA #Science
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/544637/

5 Companies Competing to Replace the International Space Station

NASA and its international partners plan to deorbit the International Space Station at the end of 2030, sending…
#NewsBeep #News #Space #AU #Australia #AxiomSpace #BlueOrigin #internationalspacestation #NASA #Science
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/548476/

5 Companies Competing to Replace the International Space Station

NASA and its international partners plan to deorbit the International Space Station at the end of 2030, sending…
#NewsBeep #News #Space #AU #Australia #AxiomSpace #BlueOrigin #internationalspacestation #NASA #Science
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/548476/

https://www.europesays.com/uk/833969/ 5 Companies Competing to Replace the International Space Station #AxiomSpace #BlueOrigin #InternationalSpaceStation #Nasa #Science #Space #UK #UnitedKingdom

https://www.europesays.com/es/423113/ La NASA echa un jarro de realidad al programa lunar SLS #AxiomSpace #BlueOrigin #boeing #Ciencia #CienciaYTecnología #CienciaYtecnología #ES #España #LockheedMartin #NASA #Portada #Science #ScienceAndTechnology #ScienceAndTechnology #SpaceX #Spain #Technology #Tecnología #UnitedLaunchAlliance

Axiom Space Raises $350 Million for Its New Private Space Station

Who will replace the International Space Station (ISS)? In 2030, the United States plans to retire ISS, hiring…
#NewsBeep #News #Space #AU #Australia #Axiom #AxiomSpace #AxiomStation #BlueOrigin #habitationmodule #internationalspacestation #OrbitalReef #Science #Spacestations
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/499164/

Axiom Space Raises $350 Million for Its New Private Space Station

Who will replace the International Space Station (ISS)? In 2030, the United States plans to retire ISS, hiring…
#NewsBeep #News #Space #AU #Australia #Axiom #AxiomSpace #AxiomStation #BlueOrigin #habitationmodule #internationalspacestation #OrbitalReef #Science #Spacestations
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/499164/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/352285/ Axiom Space Raises $350 Million for Its New Private Space Station #Axiom #AxiomSpace #AxiomStation #BlueOrigin #Éire #HabitationModule #IE #InternationalSpaceStation #Ireland #OrbitalReef #Science #Space #SpaceStations

Vast Takes a Giant Leap Towards Building a Private Space Station

In the race to build a new space station to replace the aging International Space Station (ISS), two…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Space #AxiomSpace #HiltonWorldwide #OrbitalReef #Science #spacestation #Starlab
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/483181/

Vast Takes a Giant Leap Towards Building a Private Space Station

In the race to build a new space station to replace the aging International Space Station (ISS), two…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Space #AxiomSpace #HiltonWorldwide #OrbitalReef #Science #spacestation #Starlab
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/483181/

Vast Takes a Giant Leap Towards Building a Private Space Station

In the race to build a new space station to replace the aging International Space Station (ISS), two…
#NewsBeep #News #Space #AxiomSpace #HiltonWorldwide #OrbitalReef #Science #spacestation #Starlab #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/438818/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/349349/ Vast Takes a Giant Leap Towards Building a Private Space Station #AxiomSpace #Éire #HiltonWorldwide #IE #Ireland #OrbitalReef #Science #Space #SpaceStation #Starlab

https://www.europesays.com/ie/337254/ Axiom Space raises additional $350 million #AxiomSpace #CommercialLEODestinations #Éire #IE #Ireland #nasa #Science #SN #Space #Spacesuit

Vast wins ISS private astronaut mission

SAN FRANCISCO — NASA has selected commercial space station company Vast to fly a private astronaut mission to…
#NewsBeep #News #Space #AU #Australia #AxiomSpace #ISS #NASA #privateastronauts #Science #SN #VastSpace
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/478315/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/336057/ Vast wins ISS private astronaut mission #AxiomSpace #Éire #IE #Ireland #ISS #nasa #PrivateAstronauts #Science #SN #Space #VastSpace

Vast wins ISS private astronaut mission

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/vast-wins-iss-private-astronaut-mission/

Vast wins ISS private astronaut mission

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/vast-wins-iss-private-astronaut-mission/

Vast wins ISS private astronaut mission

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/vast-wins-iss-private-astronaut-mission/

Vast wins ISS private astronaut mission

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/vast-wins-iss-private-astronaut-mission/

Vast wins ISS private astronaut mission

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/vast-wins-iss-private-astronaut-mission/

Axiom Space raises additional $350 million

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/axiom-space-raises-additional-350-million/

Axiom Space raises additional $350 million

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/axiom-space-raises-additional-350-million/

Axiom Space raises additional $350 million

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/axiom-space-raises-additional-350-million/

Axiom Space raises additional $350 million

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/axiom-space-raises-additional-350-million/

Axiom Space raises additional $350 million

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/axiom-space-raises-additional-350-million/

Weekly output: Robust.ai, United Airlines Starlink rollout, Ookla speed test rankings, UpScrolled, Shop with Points fraud risk, commercial space stations

This past week had me flying a long distance to trade snow for sand, in the form of Web Summit Qatar. This coming week will also have me flying from snow to sand, but not nearly as far: I’m headed to Las Vegas for the customer-experience company Medallia’s annual conference. (The organizers of each event are covering my travel costs.)

2/2/2026: Automation in the wild: Why real environments break perfect models, Web Summit Qatar

My one panel at Web Summit’s Qatar conference had me quizzing John Spinale, chief strategy officer at Robust.ai, about how that company has gone about designing robots to help ease the work of humans in warehouses.

2/2/2026: United Airlines: More Than 25% of Our Daily Departures Now Offer Starlink Wi-Fi, PCMag

I was able to add some context to this post because I’m an avgeek and know there’s a volunteer-run site tracking the state of United’s fleet–a site that I wrote about nine years ago.

2/3/2026: Latest Speed Tests Put T-Mobile Ahead of Rival Carriers, PCMag

I’ve been wondering why Ookla issues scores for AT&T’s fiber broadband, ignoring the rest of that company’s residential broadband services, while it grades other providers on a company-wide basis, and this time I asked Ookla far enough ahead of time to get a clear answer to include in my writeup of this survey.

2/4/2026: CEO of Would-Be TikTok Rival UpScrolled: We Won’t Censor Anybody, PCMag

Watching UpScrolled founder and CEO Issam Hijazi go on at Web Summit Qatar’s opening night about how that social platform would not practice censorship reminded me of all of the other times I’ve seen other social-networking executives say versions of that and then be proved wrong by reality.

2/4/2026: Shop on Amazon? Watch Out for This Sneaky Credit Card Points Scam, PCMag

I had started reporting this post in late December, then had to set it aside for CES, then had to set it aside for other pressing deadlines, and finally filed it on the last day of January.

2/6/2026: Space Startups to NASA: Hurry Up and Pick Someone to Build ISS Replacement, PCMag

Appropriately enough, considering a prior topic of my coverage this week, I finished and filed this post via Starlink from my Qatar Airways flight back to Dulles.

Weekly output: Robust.ai, United Airlines Starlink rollout, Ookla speed test rankings, UpScrolled, Shop with Points fraud risk, commercial space stations

This past week had me flying a long distance to trade snow for sand, in the form of Web Summit Qatar. This coming week will also have me flying from snow to sand, but not nearly as far: I’m headed to Las Vegas for the customer-experience company Medallia’s annual conference. (The organizers of each event are covering my travel costs.)

2/2/2026: Automation in the wild: Why real environments break perfect models, Web Summit Qatar

My one panel at Web Summit’s Qatar conference had me quizzing John Spinale, chief strategy officer at Robust.ai, about how that company has gone about designing robots to help ease the work of humans in warehouses.

2/2/2026: United Airlines: More Than 25% of Our Daily Departures Now Offer Starlink Wi-Fi, PCMag

I was able to add some context to this post because I’m an avgeek and know there’s a volunteer-run site tracking the state of United’s fleet–a site that I wrote about nine years ago.

2/3/2026: Latest Speed Tests Put T-Mobile Ahead of Rival Carriers, PCMag

I’ve been wondering why Ookla issues scores for AT&T’s fiber broadband, ignoring the rest of that company’s residential broadband services, while it grades other providers on a company-wide basis, and this time I asked Ookla far enough ahead of time to get a clear answer to include in my writeup of this survey.

2/4/2026: CEO of Would-Be TikTok Rival UpScrolled: We Won’t Censor Anybody, PCMag

Watching UpScrolled founder and CEO Issam Hijazi go on at Web Summit Qatar’s opening night about how that social platform would not practice censorship reminded me of all of the other times I’ve seen other social-networking executives say versions of that and then be proved wrong by reality.

2/4/2026: Shop on Amazon? Watch Out for This Sneaky Credit Card Points Scam, PCMag

I had started reporting this post in late December, then had to set it aside for CES, then had to set it aside for other pressing deadlines, and finally filed it on the last day of January.

2/6/2026: Space Startups to NASA: Hurry Up and Pick Someone to Build ISS Replacement, PCMag

Appropriately enough, considering a prior topic of my coverage this week, I finished and filed this post via Starlink from my Qatar Airways flight back to Dulles.

Weekly output: Robust.ai, United Airlines Starlink rollout, Ookla speed test rankings, UpScrolled, Shop with Points fraud risk, commercial space stations

This past week had me flying a long distance to trade snow for sand, in the form of Web Summit Qatar. This coming week will also have me flying from snow to sand, but not nearly as far: I’m headed to Las Vegas for the customer-experience company Medallia’s annual conference. (The organizers of each event are covering my travel costs.)

2/2/2026: Automation in the wild: Why real environments break perfect models, Web Summit Qatar

My one panel at Web Summit’s Qatar conference had me quizzing John Spinale, chief strategy officer at Robust.ai, about how that company has gone about designing robots to help ease the work of humans in warehouses.

2/2/2026: United Airlines: More Than 25% of Our Daily Departures Now Offer Starlink Wi-Fi, PCMag

I was able to add some context to this post because I’m an avgeek and know there’s a volunteer-run site tracking the state of United’s fleet–a site that I wrote about nine years ago.

2/3/2026: Latest Speed Tests Put T-Mobile Ahead of Rival Carriers, PCMag

I’ve been wondering why Ookla issues scores for AT&T’s fiber broadband, ignoring the rest of that company’s residential broadband services, while it grades other providers on a company-wide basis, and this time I asked Ookla far enough ahead of time to get a clear answer to include in my writeup of this survey.

2/4/2026: CEO of Would-Be TikTok Rival UpScrolled: We Won’t Censor Anybody, PCMag

Watching UpScrolled founder and CEO Issam Hijazi go on at Web Summit Qatar’s opening night about how that social platform would not practice censorship reminded me of all of the other times I’ve seen other social-networking executives say versions of that and then be proved wrong by reality.

2/4/2026: Shop on Amazon? Watch Out for This Sneaky Credit Card Points Scam, PCMag

I had started reporting this post in late December, then had to set it aside for CES, then had to set it aside for other pressing deadlines, and finally filed it on the last day of January.

2/6/2026: Space Startups to NASA: Hurry Up and Pick Someone to Build ISS Replacement, PCMag

Appropriately enough, considering a prior topic of my coverage this week, I finished and filed this post via Starlink from my Qatar Airways flight back to Dulles.

Weekly output: Robust.ai, United Airlines Starlink rollout, Ookla speed test rankings, UpScrolled, Shop with Points fraud risk, commercial space stations

This past week had me flying a long distance to trade snow for sand, in the form of Web Summit Qatar. This coming week will also have me flying from snow to sand, but not nearly as far: I’m headed to Las Vegas for the customer-experience company Medallia’s annual conference. (The organizers of each event are covering my travel costs.)

2/2/2026: Automation in the wild: Why real environments break perfect models, Web Summit Qatar

My one panel at Web Summit’s Qatar conference had me quizzing John Spinale, chief strategy officer at Robust.ai, about how that company has gone about designing robots to help ease the work of humans in warehouses.

2/2/2026: United Airlines: More Than 25% of Our Daily Departures Now Offer Starlink Wi-Fi, PCMag

I was able to add some context to this post because I’m an avgeek and know there’s a volunteer-run site tracking the state of United’s fleet–a site that I wrote about nine years ago.

2/3/2026: Latest Speed Tests Put T-Mobile Ahead of Rival Carriers, PCMag

I’ve been wondering why Ookla issues scores for AT&T’s fiber broadband, ignoring the rest of that company’s residential broadband services, while it grades other providers on a company-wide basis, and this time I asked Ookla far enough ahead of time to get a clear answer to include in my writeup of this survey.

2/4/2026: CEO of Would-Be TikTok Rival UpScrolled: We Won’t Censor Anybody, PCMag

Watching UpScrolled founder and CEO Issam Hijazi go on at Web Summit Qatar’s opening night about how that social platform would not practice censorship reminded me of all of the other times I’ve seen other social-networking executives say versions of that and then be proved wrong by reality.

2/4/2026: Shop on Amazon? Watch Out for This Sneaky Credit Card Points Scam, PCMag

I had started reporting this post in late December, then had to set it aside for CES, then had to set it aside for other pressing deadlines, and finally filed it on the last day of January.

2/6/2026: Space Startups to NASA: Hurry Up and Pick Someone to Build ISS Replacement, PCMag

Appropriately enough, considering a prior topic of my coverage this week, I finished and filed this post via Starlink from my Qatar Airways flight back to Dulles.

Weekly output: Robust.ai, United Airlines Starlink rollout, Ookla speed test rankings, UpScrolled, Shop with Points fraud risk, commercial space stations

This past week had me flying a long distance to trade snow for sand, in the form of Web Summit Qatar. This coming week will also have me flying from snow to sand, but not nearly as far: I’m headed to Las Vegas for the customer-experience company Medallia’s annual conference. (The organizers of each event are covering my travel costs.)

2/2/2026: Automation in the wild: Why real environments break perfect models, Web Summit Qatar

My one panel at Web Summit’s Qatar conference had me quizzing John Spinale, chief strategy officer at Robust.ai, about how that company has gone about designing robots to help ease the work of humans in warehouses.

2/2/2026: United Airlines: More Than 25% of Our Daily Departures Now Offer Starlink Wi-Fi, PCMag

I was able to add some context to this post because I’m an avgeek and know there’s a volunteer-run site tracking the state of United’s fleet–a site that I wrote about nine years ago.

2/3/2026: Latest Speed Tests Put T-Mobile Ahead of Rival Carriers, PCMag

I’ve been wondering why Ookla issues scores for AT&T’s fiber broadband, ignoring the rest of that company’s residential broadband services, while it grades other providers on a company-wide basis, and this time I asked Ookla far enough ahead of time to get a clear answer to include in my writeup of this survey.

2/4/2026: CEO of Would-Be TikTok Rival UpScrolled: We Won’t Censor Anybody, PCMag

Watching UpScrolled founder and CEO Issam Hijazi go on at Web Summit Qatar’s opening night about how that social platform would not practice censorship reminded me of all of the other times I’ve seen other social-networking executives say versions of that and then be proved wrong by reality.

2/4/2026: Shop on Amazon? Watch Out for This Sneaky Credit Card Points Scam, PCMag

I had started reporting this post in late December, then had to set it aside for CES, then had to set it aside for other pressing deadlines, and finally filed it on the last day of January.

2/6/2026: Space Startups to NASA: Hurry Up and Pick Someone to Build ISS Replacement, PCMag

Appropriately enough, considering a prior topic of my coverage this week, I finished and filed this post via Starlink from my Qatar Airways flight back to Dulles.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman Visits Goddard Space Flight Ce ☀️🌑🚀🧑‍🚀

#Armstrong #ArmstrongFlightResearchCenter #Artemis #ArtemisII #ArtemisIIPreflight #AxiomSpace #Blackbird #California

⏩ 19 new pictures from NASA (Image Library) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=19&user=OptimusPrimeBot&ilshowall=1&offset=20260204010734

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman Visits Goddard Space Flight Ce ☀️🌑🚀🧑‍🚀

#Armstrong #ArmstrongFlightResearchCenter #Artemis #ArtemisII #ArtemisIIPreflight #AxiomSpace #Blackbird #California

⏩ 19 new pictures from NASA (Image Library) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=19&user=OptimusPrimeBot&ilshowall=1&offset=20260204010734

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman Visits Goddard Space Flight Ce ☀️🌑🚀🧑‍🚀

#Armstrong #ArmstrongFlightResearchCenter #Artemis #ArtemisII #ArtemisIIPreflight #AxiomSpace #Blackbird #California

⏩ 19 new pictures from NASA (Image Library) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=19&user=OptimusPrimeBot&ilshowall=1&offset=20260204010734

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman Visits Goddard Space Flight Ce ☀️🌑🚀🧑‍🚀

#Armstrong #ArmstrongFlightResearchCenter #Artemis #ArtemisII #ArtemisIIPreflight #AxiomSpace #Blackbird #California

⏩ 19 new pictures from NASA (Image Library) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=19&user=OptimusPrimeBot&ilshowall=1&offset=20260204010734

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