President Donald Trump signed legislation restoring federal funding to early-stage companies after a six-month lapse that left space startups and defense innovators in financial limbo. For small space firms gathered at the spring industry conference in Colorado Springs, the news landed as relief. The legislation reauthorizes the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business […]

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People who need to understand a system before trusting it aren't being difficult — they're carrying hard-won knowledge from prior failures, and the caution they've developed is a form of intelligence that organisations consistently misread as resistance.

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Policymakers and industry warn that money alone won’t solve structural bottlenecks

The global space community is looking to build on a wave of momentum to expand its civil and national security sectors and sustain the industry’s resurgence well into the future.

The future of space is commercial, with American companies critical to establishing a moon base and developing a vibrant economy in low Earth orbit (LEO) and beyond.

Amazon has unveiled the antenna its upcoming constellation would use to provide gigabit speeds to commercial aircraft, after gaining ground with major airlines despite Starlink’s LEO broadband dominance.

Envy carries precise information about what you actually want, where you feel deficient, and what you believe you deserve. The problem is that most people treat it as a character flaw and look away before the signal resolves into something useful.

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Seattle startup aims to pre-position spacecraft in orbit for rapid deployment