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  • SpaceX's Starship notches major flight test milestones, breaks up over Indian Ocean in final moments

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  • I'm hoping this is successful enough to put Starlinks on the next one to actually get operational, but the loss of attitude control and lack of Raptor relight don't make me super optimistic.

  • The Impact of Direct File—by the Numbers

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  • For the rest of us who aren't in states with the trial this year, I've been using Freetaxusa for a few years. Free federal, $15 state.

  • State funding could be withheld from Colorado cities that don’t tie housing to transit under new affordability push

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  • Front Range Rail would be pretty great

  • How Google is killing independent sites like ours

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  • Wirecutter and RTINGS both do a lot of testing and reviews, including for headphones.

  • AI hiring tools may be filtering out the best job applicants - BBC Worklife

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  • The mass application boom is so annoying. Seeing a sankey diagram of someone who applied to hundreds of jobs always bothers me.

  • Wisconsin Picks New Legislative Maps That Would End Years of GOP Gerrymandering

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  • They also elected Ron Johnson

  • Australia to allow workers to ignore after-hours calls from bosses

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  • Getting paid for on-call hours would be cool. If only.

  • HP CEO says customers who don't use the company's supplies are "bad investments"

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  • I got mine a little over 4 years ago and am still on the original toner. It gives low toner warnings but just keeps on printing.

  • NASA finds Ingenuity after losing contact with the Mars helicopter

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  • Have you heard of Dragonfly? It's a thousand pound, nuclear powered drone that'll fly around Titan. Ingenuity has been a great first step (hop?) with these rotorcraft, and I'm really looking forward to seeing what else comes next.

  • Former NASA Director Trashes Upcoming Artemis Moon Mission

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  • I can echo almost all of this, to the point that I was wondering if we used to work at the same company.

    (I fully believe on purpose, to milk more money out of NASA)

    I remember a pretty absurd situation along these lines. We ended up delivering faulty hardware to the prime contractor, who said there wasn't a specific requirement for this failure mode, so they wanted to ship it, get paid, then have NASA fail it, write a new requirement, and buy another. The world of contract modifications and requirement lawyering always left a bad taste in my mouth. There are a handful of companies that I really want to see get banned from NASA contracting.

  • Henry Kissinger Cause of Death: Congestive Heart Failure

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  • I'm surprised to learn that he had a heart

  • 10 Days Into 2024 And 2300+ Video Game Layoffs Have Been Announced

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  • Twitch having 1400ish employees before the layoffs doesn't seem too crazy, right? Cutting 35% is insane, though.

  • Democrats Can’t Keep Ignoring Covid in 2024

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  • This feels like a good spot to remind folks that you can get free at-home covid tests from covid.gov.

    If you haven't gotten one in a bit, covid vaccines are also free in the US, either through your health insurance or through the Bridge Access Program.

  • X Purges Prominent Journalists, Leftists With No Explanation

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  • George Galloway was on Big Brother, so he must not really mind the surveillance and abuse.

  • NASA Peregrine 1: moon lander suffering from ‘critical loss of propellant’, abandons moon landing

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  • It wasn't a NASA lander, it was an Astrobotic lander. NASA has been busy with Mars landings. The whole point of CLPS is to get cheaper missions by doing less micromanaging. We'll see how Intuitive Machines does next.

    I don't think anyone even moderately informed has though a 2025 Artemis 3 landing is realistic for years at this point. It sounds like the official delay announcement is coming soon.

  • Peregrine lander suffers anomaly after launch

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  • Ouch, Vulcan did its job, but Peregrine can't get stable sun pointing to charge batteries. Hopefully they're able to get back on track. The volley of lunar landers in the past few years has been rough.

  • Congressional leaders reach deal that would avert government shutdown

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  • It seems like there should be an automatic continuing resolution to prevent this time wasting.

  • Watch ULA launch their Vulcan rocket for the first time ever!

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  • We'll see if ULA actually gets sold now that Vulcan finally flew and LM and Boeing want out.

    It still doesn't make any sense to me for Blue Origin to buy them.

  • U.S. oil production has hit a record under Biden, but he seldom mentions it.

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  • He might be right wing from a global perspective, but I'm still gonna vote for him instead of whoever has the R label. I wish we had cooler viable options, but "lesser of two evils" reigns supreme.

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    Science, Hardware Launch on NASA’s Northrop Grumman Cargo Mission

    www.nasa.gov /press-release/science-hardware-launch-on-nasa-s-northrop-grumman-cargo-mission
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    Senate committee advances orbital debris removal bill

    spacenews.com /senate-committee-advances-orbital-debris-removal-bill/
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    Space Force programs get trimmed in Senate appropriations bill

    spacenews.com /space-force-programs-get-trimmed-in-senate-appropriations-bill/
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    Starlink may account for up to 40% of SpaceX’s 2023 revenues

    spacenews.com /starlink-may-account-for-up-to-40-of-spacexs-2023-revenues/
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    The US government is taking a serious step toward space-based nuclear propulsion

    arstechnica.com
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    Launch roundup: Falcon Heavy to launch largest GEO satellite, Rocket Lab’s Electron to complete 40th flight - NASASpaceFlight.com

    www.nasaspaceflight.com /2023/07/launch-roundup-24/
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    Former NASA astronaut to advise Vast on commercial space station efforts

    spacenews.com /former-nasa-astronaut-to-advise-vast-on-commercial-space-station-efforts/
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    In-space manufacturing startup aces pharma experiment in orbit

    arstechnica.com /space/2023/07/in-space-manufacturing-startup-aces-pharma-experiment-in-orbit/
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    ESA’s Euclid lifts off on quest to unravel the cosmic mystery of dark matter and dark energy

    www.esa.int /Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Euclid/ESA_s_Euclid_lifts_off_on_quest_to_unravel_the_cosmic_mystery_of_dark_matter_and_dark_energy
  • Electric Vehicles including hybrids and plug-ins @lemmy.ml
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    Lordstown Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

    investor.lordstownmotors.com /news-releases/news-release-details/lordstown-motors-announces-strategic-restructuring-process
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    Final Ariane 5 launch scheduled for July 4 after fixes to booster separation system

    spaceflightnow.com /2023/06/26/final-ariane-5-launch-scheduled-for-july-4-after-fixes-to-booster-separation-system/
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    Second Orbiter transfer vehicle malfunctions

    spacenews.com /second-orbiter-transfer-vehicle-malfunctions/
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    NASA’s Mars Sample Return has a new price tag—and it’s colossal

    arstechnica.com /space/2023/06/the-mars-sample-return-mission-is-starting-to-give-nasa-sticker-shock/
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    Intelsat orders another refueling mission from Northrop Grumman’s SpaceLogistics

    spacenews.com /intelsat-orders-another-refueling-mission-from-northrop-grummans-spacelogistics/
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    Seven US Companies Collaborate with NASA to Advance Space Capabilities

    www.nasa.gov /press-release/seven-us-companies-collaborate-with-nasa-to-advance-space-capabilities
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    Megaplume of water vapor erupting on Enceladus caught by Webb Telescope

    arstechnica.com /science/2023/06/megaplume-of-water-vapor-erupting-on-enceladus-caught-by-webb-telescope/
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    Boeing hit with a lawsuit over alleged “theft” of SLS rocket tools

    arstechnica.com /space/2023/06/supplier-sues-boeing-over-alleged-theft-of-sls-rocket-tools/
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    NASA Psyche mission back on track for October launch

    spacenews.com /nasa-psyche-mission-back-on-track-for-october-launch/
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    Boeing finds new problems with Starliner space capsule and delays first crewed launch

    www.npr.org /2023/06/01/1179571776/boeing-delays-starliner-nasa