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  1. NASA officially opened for business on October 1, 1958.

    It emerged during the Space Race after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik.

    Gemini developed techniques needed for longer and more complex missions.

    NASA later built Skylab and operated the Space Shuttle for three decades.

    Today, Artemis, Mars rovers and new observatories are writing NASA’s next chapter.

    thenewsink.com/nasa-history-ex

    #NASAHistory #NASA #Apollo #SpaceRace #SpaceExploration #Science #TheNewsInk

  2. NASA officially opened for business on October 1, 1958.

    It emerged during the Space Race after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik.

    Gemini developed techniques needed for longer and more complex missions.

    NASA later built Skylab and operated the Space Shuttle for three decades.

    Today, Artemis, Mars rovers and new observatories are writing NASA’s next chapter.

    thenewsink.com/nasa-history-ex

    #NASAHistory #NASA #Apollo #SpaceRace #SpaceExploration #Science #TheNewsInk

  3. NASA officially opened for business on October 1, 1958.

    It emerged during the Space Race after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik.

    Gemini developed techniques needed for longer and more complex missions.

    NASA later built Skylab and operated the Space Shuttle for three decades.

    Today, Artemis, Mars rovers and new observatories are writing NASA’s next chapter.

    thenewsink.com/nasa-history-ex

    #NASAHistory #NASA #Apollo #SpaceRace #SpaceExploration #Science #TheNewsInk

  4. NASA officially opened for business on October 1, 1958.

    It emerged during the Space Race after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik.

    Gemini developed techniques needed for longer and more complex missions.

    NASA later built Skylab and operated the Space Shuttle for three decades.

    Today, Artemis, Mars rovers and new observatories are writing NASA’s next chapter.

    thenewsink.com/nasa-history-ex

    #NASAHistory #NASA #Apollo #SpaceRace #SpaceExploration #Science #TheNewsInk

  5. NASA officially opened for business on October 1, 1958.

    It emerged during the Space Race after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik.

    Gemini developed techniques needed for longer and more complex missions.

    NASA later built Skylab and operated the Space Shuttle for three decades.

    Today, Artemis, Mars rovers and new observatories are writing NASA’s next chapter.

    thenewsink.com/nasa-history-ex

    #NASAHistory #NASA #Apollo #SpaceRace #SpaceExploration #Science #TheNewsInk

  6. Trump reveals new Space Force uniforms inspired by ‘Starship Troopers’

    President Trump unveiled new uniforms for the United States Space Force Sunday, inspired by the sci-fi film “Starship…
    #NewsBeep #News #Headlines #classicmovies #DonaldTrump #Military #spaceprogram #spacerace #TruthSocial #Uniforms #UnitedStates #Us #USNews #USA
    newsbeep.com/722738/

  7. #Billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos use futuristic narratives about Mars and orbital colonies to distract from and justify #CorporateGreed and environmental destruction on Earth.

    These "humanitarian" goals serve as a cover for profit-driven ventures—such as #Starlink and lunar mining—that increase state surveillance, militarize space, and pollute both the atmosphere and the night sky. This unregulated expansion of #capitalism into #space threatens to create a debris-filled orbit that could permanently trap humanity on a degraded planet. #KesslerSyndrome

    Read more about it in out newest issue focusing on The New #SpaceRace (the billionaire-kind).

    newint.org/science-and-technol

  8. People pushing for the #SpaceRace were not wrong about it being a big area of technical advancement, and we use rockets and satellites for all sorts of tasks every day.

    However, 99% of the #SpaceAge hype about humans zooming around in space and living on the moon turned out to be impractical bullshit.

    Similarly, 99% of the hype of the #AIBubble will turn out to be the same sort of bullshit, even if the technology does have a few niche applications that will definitely make our lives easier.