Environmental groups v. SpaceX
By Steve Gorman REUTERS published 1/5/2023 May 1, (Reuters) – Conservation groups sued the Federal Aviation Administration on Monday, challenging its approval of expanded rocket launch operations by Elon Musk’s SpaceX next to a national wildlife refuge in South Texas without requiring greater environmental study. The lawsuit comes 11 days after SpaceX made good on […]
Starship échec – Le Monde
Le Starship, la mégafusée de SpaceX, explose en vol trois minutes après son premier décollage La fusée conçue par la société d’Elon Musk se compose de deux éléments, dont le Starship, censé, à terme, transporter du fret ou des passagers, ce qui en ferait le plus gros vaisseau habitable jamais conçu. Par Pierre Barthélémy Publié aujourd’hui […]
Starship – analysis ArsTechnica
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas—It began with a bang, as big things often do. On Thursday morning, with clearing skies overhead, SpaceX’s Starship rocket slowly began to climb away from its launch pad. Fully laden with about 5,000 metric tons of liquid oxygen and methane propellant, the largest rocket ever built needed about 10 seconds to […]
Juice journey flybys
While the launch of JUICE will certainly be an exciting and critical event in the mission timeline, what occurs after the launch is, perhaps, some of the most important events of the mission. Following the launch, JUICE will spend eight years traveling through the inner solar system, performing four gravity assists to raise its aphelion […]
Background Starship docs
ArsTechnica On Friday afternoon—after much angst and anxious waiting by the spaceflight community—the Federal Aviation Administration issued a launch license to SpaceX for the launch of its Starship rocket from South Texas. “After a comprehensive license evaluation process, the FAA determined SpaceX met all safety, environmental, policy, payload, airspace integration and financial responsibility requirements,” the […]
L’abeille noire
L’association “Les5Sites” se met au service des apiculteurs pour sauver l’abeille noire.
Alice Vinocour – Le Monde
Interview avec Alice Vinocour dans le Monde à l’occasion de la sortie de Revoir Paris.
Jon Snow book – The Guardian
why we’re not all in it together The news reader tackles privilege and politics in this personal exploration of inequality Written by John Harris, published Thu 2 Mar 2023 11.00 GMT (Read before receiving the book) The morning after the Grenfell Tower disaster, Jon Snow arrived at the offices of Channel 4 News, the programme […]
ULA for sale ? – Ars Technica
Sources say prominent US rocket-maker United Launch Alliance is up for sale The potential sale of ULA comes with many questions for a buyer. Published by Eric Berger – 3/1/2023, 5:50 PM One of the world’s most important rocket companies, United Launch Alliance, may be sold later this year. The potential sale has not been […]
Valentine Project – US students
Special message for young students at the Sharkey-Issaquena Academy, Rolling Fork, MS request from Heny Kine