AI in space: Karpathy suggests AI chatbots as interstellar messengers to alien civilizations
Andrej Karpathy muses about sending a LLM binary that could "wake up" and answer questions.
Space
Rocket Report: Astroscale chases down dead rocket; Ariane 6 on the pad
Rocket Factory Augsburg, a German launch startup, nears a test-firing of its booster.
NASA says Artemis II report by its inspector general is unhelpful and redundant
"The redundancy in the above recommendations does not help."
Europe’s ambitious satellite Internet project appears to be running into trouble
The devil, as always, is in the details.
Daily Telescope: The Horsehead Nebula as we’ve never seen it before
Webb delivers with a new look on an iconic classic.
Two giants in the satellite telecom industry join forces to counter Starlink
SES is buying Intelsat, the world's first commercial satellite operator, for $3.1 billion.
New space company seeks to solve orbital mobility with high delta-v spacecraft
"If we’re going to have a true space economy, that means logistics and supply services."
NASA lays out how SpaceX will refuel Starships in low-Earth orbit
"The fundamental flow mechanism is the pressure delta across the umbilical."
NASA still doesn’t understand root cause of Orion heat shield issue
“When we stitch it all together, we’ll either have flight rationale or we won’t."
Rocket Report: SLS workforce cuts; New Glenn launch to launch in the early fall
"This is a vital component in our preparations for launch."
Russia stands alone in vetoing UN resolution on nuclear weapons in space
"The United States assesses that Russia is developing a new satellite carrying a nuclear device."
If Starship is real, we’re going to need big cargo movers on the Moon and Mars
"I left SpaceX knowing the width of the Starship door."
SpaceX has now landed more boosters than most other rockets ever launch
Can the Falcon 9 eventually challenge Soyuz for launch totals?
Recoding Voyager 1—NASA’s interstellar explorer is finally making sense again
"We're pretty much seeing everything we had hoped for, and that's always good news.”
