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burble , 5 days ago

How is this a handout? They bid for a contract and won it vs competitors.

I'm hoping we get a source selection statement soon where they spell out why companies like Northrop and Blue didn't win.

burble , 5 days ago

I brought up Northrop because I'm guessing they bid a Cygnus derived deorbit vehicle.

burble , 2 months ago

Yup, I'm at the point where I gave up on cleaning at all because I get screwed every single time.

burble , 2 months ago

They know they can get away with it and almost nobody will take them to small claims court.

burble , 4 months ago

Will you feel just as smug about your moral high ground if you don't vote and Trump wins and makes all that and much more worse?

It's a fucked system, but it's the one we have right now. Not voting for the lesser of two evils means you're ok with the even worse guy winning.

burble , 4 months ago

AstroForge thinks they can close the business case for asteroid mining. Their concept is to launch mining satellites to near-Earth M-type asteroids to mine platinum group metals. These would go on 2 year missions to bring back $100 million+ in metal at a time. With launch and satellite costs dropping, it might just work. Their forge demo sat has been struggling but moving forward. Their asteroid flyby demo sat should launch later this year.

Redwire 3d printed a meniscus in space last year. That'll take awhile to get worthwhile scale and cost, but it's another interesting avenue.

Varda hit regulatory trouble, but their orbital drug manufacturing demo did its job.

burble , 4 months ago

I don't think this is true anymore. The cost of a rideshare with SpaceX is super accessible. Companies can launch for <$1 million. This has been huge for a lot of companies trying to launch a proof of concept or one-off, and even for some operational constellations.