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  1. "US Air Force looks to convert offshore oil rigs into rocket recovery platforms" by DefenseNews - Soon-to-retire offshore oil platforms are being eyed by the federal launch ranges to provide public services for potential expansion of commercial rocket booster landing options. Currently recovery of first stages by #SpaceX and #BlueOrigin either return to the coast if in range, or land on a barge at sea, owned by each company. defensenews.com/industry/techw #military #space #NewSpace #business #spacegeek

  2. "US Air Force looks to convert offshore oil rigs into rocket recovery platforms" by DefenseNews - Soon-to-retire offshore oil platforms are being eyed by the federal launch ranges to provide public services for potential expansion of commercial rocket booster landing options. Currently recovery of first stages by #SpaceX and #BlueOrigin either return to the coast if in range, or land on a barge at sea, owned by each company. defensenews.com/industry/techw #military #space #NewSpace #business #spacegeek

  3. "US Air Force looks to convert offshore oil rigs into rocket recovery platforms" by DefenseNews - Soon-to-retire offshore oil platforms are being eyed by the federal launch ranges to provide public services for potential expansion of commercial rocket booster landing options. Currently recovery of first stages by #SpaceX and #BlueOrigin either return to the coast if in range, or land on a barge at sea, owned by each company. defensenews.com/industry/techw #military #space #NewSpace #business #spacegeek

  4. "US Air Force looks to convert offshore oil rigs into rocket recovery platforms" by DefenseNews - Soon-to-retire offshore oil platforms are being eyed by the federal launch ranges to provide public services for potential expansion of commercial rocket booster landing options. Currently recovery of first stages by #SpaceX and #BlueOrigin either return to the coast if in range, or land on a barge at sea, owned by each company. defensenews.com/industry/techw #military #space #NewSpace #business #spacegeek

  5. "US Air Force looks to convert offshore oil rigs into rocket recovery platforms" by DefenseNews - Soon-to-retire offshore oil platforms are being eyed by the federal launch ranges to provide public services for potential expansion of commercial rocket booster landing options. Currently recovery of first stages by #SpaceX and #BlueOrigin either return to the coast if in range, or land on a barge at sea, owned by each company. defensenews.com/industry/techw #military #space #NewSpace #business #spacegeek

  6. RE: spacey.space/@AstroHawk/112459

    Thread a couple years ago for what is now 22 years ago, May 17, 2004, the first successful amateur/all-volunteer rocket launch to #space. The Civilian Space eXploration Team (CSXT) Space Shot 2004 brought together teams like only the Internet could: spaceframe from Minnesota + Colorado, #HamRadio + avionics from Connecticut, rocket motor from Florida, tracking team (incl me) from California and it came together to launch in Nevada. 72mi / 115km / 380,000ft altitude. #NewSpace #rocketry #history

  7. "SpaceX aims for mid-May Starship Flight 12 launch with revised trajectory" by NASASpaceFlight - Next #SpaceX #Starship test launch attempt from Boca Chica "Starbase" in Texas planned with daily launch windows May 12-18. The stack is Booster 19 and Ship 39. Iterating on previous tests, this also aims for 2nd stage Indian Ocean splashdown to test re-entry heat shield. nasaspaceflight.com/2026/05/sp #NewSpace

  8. "Virgin Galactic reveals new ship, but it’s running out of time and cash" by @arstechnica / @sciguyspace - No revenue while not flying, having retired old spacecraft model. Lots of expenses building a new spacecraft at a new factory (moved from Mojave CA to Mesa/Phoenix AZ). Quarterly financials show cash reserves falling fast enough to question if flight testing can be done in time. arstechnica.com/space/2026/05/ #NewSpace #VirginGalactic #aviation #avgeek #space #spacegeek

  9. "Virgin Galactic reveals new ship, but it’s running out of time and cash" by @arstechnica / @sciguyspace - No revenue while not flying, having retired old spacecraft model. Lots of expenses building a new spacecraft at a new factory (moved from Mojave CA to Mesa/Phoenix AZ). Quarterly financials show cash reserves falling fast enough to question if flight testing can be done in time. arstechnica.com/space/2026/05/ #NewSpace #VirginGalactic #aviation #avgeek #space #spacegeek

  10. "Virgin Galactic reveals new ship, but it’s running out of time and cash" by @arstechnica / @sciguyspace - No revenue while not flying, having retired old spacecraft model. Lots of expenses building a new spacecraft at a new factory (moved from Mojave CA to Mesa/Phoenix AZ). Quarterly financials show cash reserves falling fast enough to question if flight testing can be done in time. arstechnica.com/space/2026/05/ #NewSpace #VirginGalactic #aviation #avgeek #space #spacegeek

  11. "Virgin Galactic reveals new ship, but it’s running out of time and cash" by @arstechnica / @sciguyspace - No revenue while not flying, having retired old spacecraft model. Lots of expenses building a new spacecraft at a new factory (moved from Mojave CA to Mesa/Phoenix AZ). Quarterly financials show cash reserves falling fast enough to question if flight testing can be done in time. arstechnica.com/space/2026/05/ #NewSpace #VirginGalactic #aviation #avgeek #space #spacegeek

  12. "Virgin Galactic reveals new ship, but it’s running out of time and cash" by @arstechnica / @sciguyspace - No revenue while not flying, having retired old spacecraft model. Lots of expenses building a new spacecraft at a new factory (moved from Mojave CA to Mesa/Phoenix AZ). Quarterly financials show cash reserves falling fast enough to question if flight testing can be done in time. arstechnica.com/space/2026/05/ #NewSpace #VirginGalactic #aviation #avgeek #space #spacegeek

  13. Spain’s Arkadia Space to supply propulsion for Dassault’s VORTEX‑D spaceplane

    Spanish company Arkadia Space has been selected by Dassault Aviation to develop and supply the complete propulsion system…
    #Spain #ES #Europe #Europa #EU #ArkadiaSpace #DassaultAviation #ESA #NewSpace #spacedomain #spacemilitarization #spacerace #VORTEX
    europesays.com/spain/12703/

  14. L’Allemagne s’apprêterait à acheter 8 navires de combat équipés du système Aegis pour environ 119 milliards $, un saut massif dans la défense navale européenne et l’intégration OTAN fr.businessam.be/lallemagne-s... #Space #Science #Innovation #DefenseTech #Aegis #NATO #NavalWarfare #NewSpace

    L'Allemagne s'apprête à achete...

  15. L’Allemagne s’apprêterait à acheter 8 navires de combat équipés du système Aegis pour environ 119 milliards $, un saut massif dans la défense navale européenne et l’intégration OTAN fr.businessam.be/lallemagne-s... #Space #Science #Innovation #DefenseTech #Aegis #NATO #NavalWarfare #NewSpace

    L'Allemagne s'apprête à achete...

  16. Midland Int'l Airport #KMAF (between Midland and Odessa in Texas) was the first airline-served airport to apply for an FAA spaceport license. The industry watched closely, anticipating difficulties with proximity of airline & spaceflight operations. Interestingly, it was not more difficult. Actually, for FAA requirements on fire departments at spaceport facilities, MAF mostly already complied due to their airline emergency response capability. #aviation #avgeek #travel #spacegeek #NewSpace

  17. Midland Int'l Airport #KMAF (between Midland and Odessa in Texas) was the first airline-served airport to apply for an FAA spaceport license. The industry watched closely, anticipating difficulties with proximity of airline & spaceflight operations. Interestingly, it was not more difficult. Actually, for FAA requirements on fire departments at spaceport facilities, MAF mostly already complied due to their airline emergency response capability. #aviation #avgeek #travel #spacegeek #NewSpace

  18. Midland Int'l Airport #KMAF (between Midland and Odessa in Texas) was the first airline-served airport to apply for an FAA spaceport license. The industry watched closely, anticipating difficulties with proximity of airline & spaceflight operations. Interestingly, it was not more difficult. Actually, for FAA requirements on fire departments at spaceport facilities, MAF mostly already complied due to their airline emergency response capability. #aviation #avgeek #travel #spacegeek #NewSpace

  19. Midland Int'l Airport #KMAF (between Midland and Odessa in Texas) was the first airline-served airport to apply for an FAA spaceport license. The industry watched closely, anticipating difficulties with proximity of airline & spaceflight operations. Interestingly, it was not more difficult. Actually, for FAA requirements on fire departments at spaceport facilities, MAF mostly already complied due to their airline emergency response capability. #aviation #avgeek #travel #spacegeek #NewSpace

  20. Midland Int'l Airport #KMAF (between Midland and Odessa in Texas) was the first airline-served airport to apply for an FAA spaceport license. The industry watched closely, anticipating difficulties with proximity of airline & spaceflight operations. Interestingly, it was not more difficult. Actually, for FAA requirements on fire departments at spaceport facilities, MAF mostly already complied due to their airline emergency response capability. #aviation #avgeek #travel #spacegeek #NewSpace

  21. XCOR deleted their YouTube videos upon going out of business. I think mgmt was shortsighted, and should have preserved their history. A few copies remain via a tourism company who worked with them. Mike Massee updated XCOR's animation of what a suborbital space flight on Lynx could have been like, previously with Mojave CA scenery, updated for Midland TX with airliners at #KMAF. (disclosure: I worked at XCOR on Lynx flight hardware.) youtube.com/watch?v=T4S51_Q_rfU #aviation #avgeek #spacegeek #NewSpace

  22. XCOR deleted their YouTube videos upon going out of business. I think mgmt was shortsighted, and should have preserved their history. A few copies remain via a tourism company who worked with them. Mike Massee updated XCOR's animation of what a suborbital space flight on Lynx could have been like, previously with Mojave CA scenery, updated for Midland TX with airliners at #KMAF. (disclosure: I worked at XCOR on Lynx flight hardware.) youtube.com/watch?v=T4S51_Q_rfU #aviation #avgeek #spacegeek #NewSpace

  23. XCOR deleted their YouTube videos upon going out of business. I think mgmt was shortsighted, and should have preserved their history. A few copies remain via a tourism company who worked with them. Mike Massee updated XCOR's animation of what a suborbital space flight on Lynx could have been like, previously with Mojave CA scenery, updated for Midland TX with airliners at #KMAF. (disclosure: I worked at XCOR on Lynx flight hardware.) youtube.com/watch?v=T4S51_Q_rfU #aviation #avgeek #spacegeek #NewSpace

  24. XCOR deleted their YouTube videos upon going out of business. I think mgmt was shortsighted, and should have preserved their history. A few copies remain via a tourism company who worked with them. Mike Massee updated XCOR's animation of what a suborbital space flight on Lynx could have been like, previously with Mojave CA scenery, updated for Midland TX with airliners at #KMAF. (disclosure: I worked at XCOR on Lynx flight hardware.) youtube.com/watch?v=T4S51_Q_rfU #aviation #avgeek #spacegeek #NewSpace

  25. XCOR deleted their YouTube videos upon going out of business. I think mgmt was shortsighted, and should have preserved their history. A few copies remain via a tourism company who worked with them. Mike Massee updated XCOR's animation of what a suborbital space flight on Lynx could have been like, previously with Mojave CA scenery, updated for Midland TX with airliners at #KMAF. (disclosure: I worked at XCOR on Lynx flight hardware.) youtube.com/watch?v=T4S51_Q_rfU #aviation #avgeek #spacegeek #NewSpace

  26. "SpaceX’s Starship makes a splash in its best flight test yet" by @CosmicLog / @b0yle - Progress in development of #SpaceX #Starship today is also progress for planned #NASA #Artemis lunar crew landings. cosmiclog.com/2024/06/06/space #IFT4 #NewSpace

  27. "#SpaceX #Starship launches nail-biting Flight 4 test of the world's most powerful rocket" by @SpaceDotCom / @MichaelDWall - reactions to the successful #IFT4 flight, history of the 4 test flights, and upcoming plans for Starship space.com/spacex-starship-flig #NewSpace

  28. "SpaceX’s mega rocket completes its fourth test flight from Texas without exploding" by @AP / Marcia Dunn - Despite some heat erosion damage to a flap visible on live re-entry video, #SpaceX #Starship #IFT4 made it to splashdown apnews.com/article/spacex-musk #NewSpace

  29. "Here's why the private Athena lunar lander toppled over on the moon" by @Spacecom - Lunar south pole has long shadows and dim lighting from shallow sun angle, worse than expected for #IM2 lander's cameras. Fixes based on lessons from IM2 failure will be used to improve IM3 landing attempt in 2026. space.com/astronomy/moon/heres #NewSpace #Moon #space #science #business

  30. "Space Force Weighs Range Upgrades to Support Reusable Rockets" by Air & Space Forces Magazine - Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg launch ranges are seeing many times more rocket launches than they did 10 years ago, and traffic challenges as roads are frequently closed to tow recovered boosters from wharves to refurbishment facilities. It's the problem all the site users wanted to have. Now USSF has to expand facilities to keep things moving. airandspaceforces.com/space-fo #USSF #NewSpace #rocketry #space