NeilT
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NeilT
@Exogynous
Old geek with an interest in many things. Hard rule #1 Block me to stop me replying and you get blocked. 100%, no exceptions.

Here's why SpaceX is interested in a massive chunk of land in Southern Louisiana. arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/…

Hughes files for bankruptcy after GEO business loses ground to Starlink spacenews.com/hughes-files-f…


The NASA logo is recognizable around the world because of the near-impossible feats we have accomplished and all we are still capable of achieving. In some years past, we became comfortable moving at a different pace, one inconsistent with Mercury, Gemini, Apollo or Shuttle. We started outsourcing capabilities that should be essential to any organization built around technical, operational and engineering excellence. For a period of time, we tried to make everyone happy. In most cases, that means no one is happy, because the headlines the interested public was waiting to read took far too long, cost way too much and, in many cases, were never realized at all. The best and brightest across NASA show up to work each day looking to change the world, and that meant dusting off the playbook from decades past and getting after it. We are rebuilding the workforce after a level of outsourced staffing that was indefensible. We are pausing and pivoting away from programs that were not on a path to success, freeing up billions of dollars in resources, and refocusing on the President’s national space policy and the objectives outlined through Ignition, including the missions no other agency, company or even nation is capable of achieving. And we are off to a good start. This is how NASA made the history that inspired so many of us, and this is how we will do it again.


US satellite internet provider Hughesnet has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after running low on cash and losing subscribers to @Starlink. In a quarterly report today, EchoStar also noted that its broadband subscribers had fallen to 622,000, a loss of 59,000 during Q2. “We continue to experience increased competition from satellite-based competitors and other technologies," it said.






The MIT research you should know about now. This will impact you or someone you love. “Unique visual stimulation may be new treatment for Alzheimer’s” Nothing has come close to this treatment thus far. It’s not a drug. See the device below.








The real scope of NACS. I made this image to show which companies have said they'll adopt NACS so far. The floodgates are open. There's no doubt about the North American Charging Standard to being widely distributed, way beyond Tesla's own Deeper look: evuniverse.beehiiv.com/p/nacs-evunive…


























NASA wants to send Perseverance's engineering twin to the Moon — reusing hardware sounds like a budget-friendly, quick option. But would it actually save money? Our Chief of Space Policy Casey Dreier ran the numbers. Spoiler: it would still cost a fortune and it wouldn't be fast, either. planetary.org/articles/the-c…




