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Space Solar Power
The Aerospace Corporation is calling for international collaboration to develop the tech for it. Despite Elon’s opposition to it, ironically, Starship may be one of the enablers for it. I think that space-to-space use is more likely than terrestrial applications, though, at least initially.
International Law
Elon Musk says it will not apply on Mars.
Does that imply that he won’t abide by the Outer Space Treaty?
Seattle’s Aid To CHOP
…may have been a taking. Sure looks like it to me.
Starlink
…is starting beta testing. It’s a little pricey, at least initially, but it could be a huge boon for the boondocks.
Glenn Reynold’s New Space Book
Laura Montgomery reviews it. He gave me a draft when he was writing it, on which I provided some comments.
American Universities
Just how corrupt are they?
Too corrupt.
Nuclear Thermal Propulsion
This looks promising.
SN8
…has been stacked for flight.
Gordon Woodcock
I just learned that he passed a few days ago. He was both a good and great man, devoted to getting us into space. He was the manager of the Boeing SPS study in the late 70s. I knew him both from L-5 and NSS, and from working with him in the 80s when Boeing and Rockwell teamed on a project.
[Update a while later]
Sorry, link is fixed now.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Well, that was fast. This post is already on the first few links at DuckDuckGo.