NASA retaining plans to select a single Artemis lunar rover
03 Aug
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NASA retaining plans to select a single Artemis lunar rover

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Top Stories Tamfitronics LAS VEGAS — NASA is not reconsidering plans to select only one company to develop an Artemis lunar rover, despite a setback in another program procuring key elements of the lunar exploration effort as a service.NASA announced in April that it awarded feasibility study contracts to three companies — Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost and Venturi Astrolab — for the first phase of its Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) Services contract. The one-year contracts, work on which formally started in May, will allow the companies to mature their designs for rovers that will be used by astronauts on later Artemis missions as well as teleoperated from the ground when astronauts are not present.The agency said it will then select one of the companies to build and demonstrate its rover on the moon, after which...
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Temasek plans to invest up to $40b in US over next 5 years, Money News
31 Jul
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Temasek plans to invest up to $40b in US over next 5 years, Money News

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Technology tamfitronics NEW YORK — Singapore state investor Temasek plans to invest up to US$30 billion (S$40 billion) over the next five years in the US in sectors such as healthcare, financial services and technology."It's an incredibly deep and broad capital market in the US," Jane Atherton, Temasek's head of North America, told Reuters. "The US is really at the forefront of everything that's happening from the AI perspective."The US economy grew faster than expected in the second quarter and continues to outperform its global peers. Despite recent turbulence, the S&P 500 is up 14.5 per cent this year in a rally driven in part by excitement over artificial intelligence.In contrast, China reported weaker-than-expected growth earlier this month and surprised markets by cutting major short- and long-term interest rates last week in a bid to boost its...
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NASA plans for space station’s demise with new SpaceX ‘Deorbit Vehicle’
20 Jul
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NASA plans for space station’s demise with new SpaceX ‘Deorbit Vehicle’

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NASA Space Technology An artist’s impression of SpaceX’s ISS Deorbit Vehicle pushing the lab toward a controlled re-entry and breakup in the 2030 timeframe, after a formal decision to retire the lab complex after three decades of operation. Graphic: SpaceXSpaceX is building a souped-up version of its cargo Dragon spacecraft to drive the International Space Station out of orbit for a controlled re-entry and breakup over an uninhabited stretch of ocean when the lab is finally retired in the 2030 timeframe, NASA and company officials said Wednesday.The ISS Deorbit Vehicle, or DV, will be a custom-built, one-of-a-kind spacecraft needed to make sure the space station re-enters the atmosphere at the precise place and in the proper orientation to insure any wreckage that survives the 3,000-degree heat of re-entry will crash harmlessly into the sea.In late...
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Russia plans ‘response’ to contain ‘serious threat’ from NATO: Kremlin
11 Jul
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Russia plans ‘response’ to contain ‘serious threat’ from NATO: Kremlin

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Top Stories Tamfitronics MANILA: With a roster of young artists under his care, Mohammed Bansil wears several hats as a businessman, producer, and mentor to Filipino hip-hop talent — all of them combining into one main goal: giving voice to the Moro people and their narratives of the Philippines’ Muslim south.Known as DJ Medmessiah, Bansil is the founder of Morobeats, the independent record label and musical collective, which also features his daughters, the new sensations on the Philippine hip-hop scene, Miss A and Fateeha.The projects and collaborations Morobeats engages in get millions of views on Netflix, Spotify, or YouTube, but despite that, they do not comply with the hip-hop mainstream in which the genre is flooded with themes involving money and urban gangs.“It’s fake. In this era, everyone is talking about how rich they are,...
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