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Keep creating #SpaceJunk, #Elon! Maybe it's time to send up the #SpaceJanitors, eh?

The #KesslerSyndrome: Crisis in Space Intensifies as Thousands of Satellites Crowd Earth Orbit

by Micah Hanks, May 8, 2025

Excerpt: "Welcome to this week’s installment of The Intelligence Brief… as #SpaceX’s Starlink constellation continues to raise the number of operational satellites in orbit, scientists are raising alarms about the growing threat of #SpaceDebris. In our analysis this week, we’ll be looking at 1) the potential onset of the Kessler Syndrome, 2) how a cascading chain reaction of orbital collisions could jeopardize #satellites, #SpaceStations, and critical infrastructure in space, and 3) what space agencies like NASA and the ESA are doing to mitigate risks through debris removal missions and stricter deorbiting guidelines, amid concerns over whether current efforts will be enough to prevent orbital chaos."

https://thedebrief.org/the-kessler-syndrome-crisis-in-space-intensifies-as-thousands-of-satellites-crowd-earth-orbit/

#Satellites #SpacePollution #KesslerEffect #Starlink #DeadSatellites #DarkSkies

Gravitics makes a $125M space station deal with Axiom
Marysville, Wash.-based Gravitics says it has won a $125 million contract from Axiom Space to provide a pressurized spacecraft for Axiom’s yet-to-be-launched commercial space station.

The hardware would play a utility role by providing a varie
https://cosmiclog.com/2024/07/09/gravitics-makes-a-125m-space-station-deal-with-axiom/
#GeekWire #AxiomSpace #CommercialSpaceflight #Gravitics #InternationalSpaceStation #Space #SpaceStations

List of commercial #SpaceStations and even larger #SpaceHabitats. Last updated: 📆 2024-01-01. Entries: 37 https://www.factoriesinspace.com/space-stations

#Airbus
#ASTROLAB
#AxiomSpace
#Bigelow
#BlueOrigin
#DEHAS
#ExodusStar
#FutureSpaceArchitecture
#GalacticHarbour
#GalacticSuiteDesign
#GatewaySpaceport
#Gravitics
#HamonIndustries
#InterPlanetary
#LeviathanSpace
#MaverickSpace
#MirCorp
#Nanoracks
#NexusAurora
#NorthropGrumman
#OrbitalOutpost
#OrionSpan
#ROVIAL
#SierraSpace
#SpaceEntertainment
#SpaceIndustries
#SpaceIslandGroup
#SpaceIslandsHilton
#Spacehab
#SpartanSpace
#Starlab
#SynodicSpace
#FairchildSpace
#ThinkOrbital
#VAST
#VellonSpace

https://www.factoriesinspace.com/space-stations

#SpaceTourism #SpaceHotel #TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy #SciFi #SpaceCompany

Novelist charts a course for the future space frontier
If Jeff Bezos needs a blueprint for building a space station beyond the moon with ore from an asteroid, he just might want to start with "Critical Mass," a newly published sci-fi novel by Daniel Suarez.

The 464-page book
https://cosmiclog.com/2023/03/07/novelist-charts-a-course-for-the-future-space-frontier/
#FictionScienceClub #Books #CommercialSpaceflight #DanielSuarez #FictionScience #Moon #ScienceFiction #Space #Spacestations

📆 2023/02/16 Four 4️⃣ private #SpaceStations planned

• #AxiomSpace
• #NorthropGrumman
• #VoyagerSpace / #Nanoracks
• #SierraSpace / #BlueOrigin

"It's going to be a small percentage that #NASA is going to be funding these #SpaceStations" so each project needs "to go out and raise #capital 💰 to do this." https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/16/investing-in-space-the-space-station-kingmaker.html

Several other #SpaceNews in this article : #FAA #SpaceX #IntuitiveMachines #CASC #Roscosmos #AerojetRocketdyne #Maxar #VirginOrbit #VirginGalactic #SpaceRyde #Inmarsat #Astranis #SidusSpace #RocketLab #RelativitySpace #AllSpace #Iridium #AerojetRockdyne #JAXA #SpaceCom

Pictures : "Langley engineers check out the interior of the #inflatable 24-foot #SpaceStation in 📆 1962.", #Bigelow #SpaceStation, #CrewDragon approaches #ISS Kibo laboratory https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Langley_engineers_inside_inflatable_a_24-foot_spacestation_mock-up.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bigelow_Aerospace_facilities.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crew-2_dragon_approach.jpg

Gravitics raises $20M to build space station modules
A space venture called Gravitics has emerged from stealth with $20 million in seed funding and a plan to build space station modules at a 42,000-square-foot facility north of Seattle, in Marysville, Wash.

As NASA makes plans to phase out the International Space Station in the 2031 ti
https://cosmiclog.com/2022/11/17/gravitics-raises-20m-to-build-space-station-modules/
#GeekWire #CommercialSpaceflight #Gravitics #Space #Spacestations