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Block 2 will have more payload mass capacity. It will have a lower launch cost than the block 1 design. SpaceX Starship 33 should fly around January 11, 2025. There are approvals for up to 25 launches of SpaceX Starship in 2025. 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The project envisions a swarm of dozens of self-propelled, cellphone-size robots looking for signs of life on ocean worlds. SWIM is funded by NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts program under the agency’s Space Technology Mission Directorate. 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class="posted-on"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-26T12:11:05-08:00" itemprop="datePublished">November 26, 2024</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.nextbigfuture.com/author/brian-wang" title="View all posts by Brian Wang" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Brian Wang</span></a></span></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text"> <p>Rep. Kiley has introduced legislation to make the Office of Commercial Space Transportation report directly to the Secretary of Transportation. This comes after Rep. Kiley questioned Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Whitaker before the Aviation Subcommittee with respect to the FAA’s decisions with SpaceX launches in September. 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Firefly is now preparing to ship the lander to Cape Canaveral, Florida, in mid-December for launch on Following launch and vehicle separation, Blue Ghost will begin its … </p> <p class="read-more-container"><a title="$2 Billion Firefly Aerospace Sending Lunar Lander to the Moon in Mid January 2025" class="read-more button" href="https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2024/11/2-billion-firefly-aerospace-sending-lunar-lander-to-the-moon-in-mid-january-2025.html#more-199288" aria-label="Read more about $2 Billion Firefly Aerospace Sending Lunar Lander to the Moon in Mid January 2025">Read more</a></p> </div> <footer class="entry-meta" aria-label="Entry meta"> <span class="tags-links"><span class="gp-icon icon-tags"><svg viewBox="0 0 512 512" aria-hidden="true" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="1em" height="1em"><path d="M20 39.5c-8.836 0-16 7.163-16 16v176c0 4.243 1.686 8.313 4.687 11.314l224 224c6.248 6.248 16.378 6.248 22.626 0l176-176c6.244-6.244 6.25-16.364.013-22.615l-223.5-224A15.999 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Erc X rendered an Earth Orbit SpaceX Refueling depot. Elon has talked about sending a fleet of five Starships to Mars in October-December 2026. 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itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Brian Wang</span></a></span></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text"> <p>Eric Berger is the Ars Technica, senior space editor and author of Reentry, a book about the behind the scenes SpaceX development of Falcon 9. Berger’s primary focus is on NASA and private aerospace companies. He authored Liftoff, which was published by William Morrow and Company and released in March 2021. The book chronicles the … </p> <p class="read-more-container"><a title="Eric Berger Believes SLS Will Be Cancelled" class="read-more button" href="https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2024/11/eric-berger-believes-sls-will-be-cancelled.html#more-199277" aria-label="Read more about Eric Berger Believes SLS Will Be Cancelled">Read more</a></p> </div> <footer class="entry-meta" aria-label="Entry meta"> <span class="tags-links"><span class="gp-icon icon-tags"><svg viewBox="0 0 512 512" aria-hidden="true" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="1em" height="1em"><path d="M20 39.5c-8.836 0-16 7.163-16 16v176c0 4.243 1.686 8.313 4.687 11.314l224 224c6.248 6.248 16.378 6.248 22.626 0l176-176c6.244-6.244 6.25-16.364.013-22.615l-223.5-224A15.999 15.999 0 00196.5 39.5H20zm56 96c0-13.255 10.745-24 24-24s24 10.745 24 24-10.745 24-24 24-24-10.745-24-24z"/><path d="M259.515 43.015c4.686-4.687 12.284-4.687 16.97 0l228 228c4.686 4.686 4.686 12.284 0 16.97l-180 180c-4.686 4.687-12.284 4.687-16.97 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published" datetime="2024-11-25T11:12:37-08:00" itemprop="datePublished">November 25, 2024</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.nextbigfuture.com/author/brian-wang" title="View all posts by Brian Wang" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Brian Wang</span></a></span></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text"> <p>On September 29, 2013, SpaceX performed the first supersonic retropropulsion (SRP) maneuver to decelerate the reentry of the first stage of their Falcon 9 rocket. NASA asked if their EDL (entry, descent, and landing) engineers could watch and study SpaceX’s data, and SpaceX agreed. Beginning in 2014, NASA and SpaceX worked together for three years. … </p> <p class="read-more-container"><a title="SpaceX and NASA Learned to Land on Mars by Studying Falcon 9 Landings" class="read-more button" href="https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2024/11/spacex-and-nasa-learned-to-land-on-mars-by-studying-falcon-9-landings.html#more-199273" aria-label="Read more about SpaceX and NASA Learned to Land on Mars by Studying Falcon 9 Landings">Read more</a></p> </div> <footer class="entry-meta" aria-label="Entry meta"> <span class="tags-links"><span class="gp-icon icon-tags"><svg viewBox="0 0 512 512" aria-hidden="true" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="1em" height="1em"><path d="M20 39.5c-8.836 0-16 7.163-16 16v176c0 4.243 1.686 8.313 4.687 11.314l224 224c6.248 6.248 16.378 6.248 22.626 0l176-176c6.244-6.244 6.25-16.364.013-22.615l-223.5-224A15.999 15.999 0 00196.5 39.5H20zm56 96c0-13.255 10.745-24 24-24s24 10.745 24 24-10.745 24-24 24-24-10.745-24-24z"/><path d="M259.515 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https://nextbigfuture.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-25-at-10.41.34-AM-1024x558.jpg 1024w, https://nextbigfuture.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-25-at-10.41.34-AM-768x418.jpg 768w, https://nextbigfuture.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-25-at-10.41.34-AM-1536x837.jpg 1536w, https://nextbigfuture.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-25-at-10.41.34-AM-2048x1115.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 2262px) 100vw, 2262px" data-eio="l" /></noscript> </a> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2024/11/centrifugal-magnetic-mirror-nuclear-fusion-propulsion.html" rel="bookmark">Centrifugal Magnetic Mirror Nuclear Fusion Propulsion</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-25T10:50:57-08:00" itemprop="datePublished">November 25, 2024</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.nextbigfuture.com/author/brian-wang" title="View all posts by Brian Wang" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Brian Wang</span></a></span></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text"> <p>Centrifugal Magnetic Mirrors could enable commercial nuclear fusion reactors on Earth and are also promising for next level propulsion in space. There is funded near term work for both goals. An early Centrifugal Magnetic Mirror propulsion concept could achieve 1 to 10 newtons of thrust with 10,000 to 30000 ISP. This would be propulsion that … </p> <p class="read-more-container"><a title="Centrifugal Magnetic Mirror Nuclear Fusion Propulsion" class="read-more button" href="https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2024/11/centrifugal-magnetic-mirror-nuclear-fusion-propulsion.html#more-199260" aria-label="Read more about Centrifugal Magnetic Mirror Nuclear Fusion Propulsion">Read more</a></p> </div> <footer class="entry-meta" aria-label="Entry meta"> <span class="tags-links"><span class="gp-icon icon-tags"><svg viewBox="0 0 512 512" aria-hidden="true" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="1em" height="1em"><path d="M20 39.5c-8.836 0-16 7.163-16 16v176c0 4.243 1.686 8.313 4.687 11.314l224 224c6.248 6.248 16.378 6.248 22.626 0l176-176c6.244-6.244 6.25-16.364.013-22.615l-223.5-224A15.999 15.999 0 00196.5 39.5H20zm56 96c0-13.255 10.745-24 24-24s24 10.745 24 24-10.745 24-24 24-24-10.745-24-24z"/><path d="M259.515 43.015c4.686-4.687 12.284-4.687 16.97 0l228 228c4.686 4.686 4.686 12.284 0 16.97l-180 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class="entry-summary" itemprop="text"> <p>There has been huge progress on laser pushed sails. Laser pushed sails appear to be a path to sending probes up to 20% of the speed of light when we can make 1 gram sails that are one to two meters on a side. There is still work needed to make the sail area about … </p> <p class="read-more-container"><a title="Making Affordable Laser Pushed Sails With AI Optimization" class="read-more button" href="https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2024/11/making-affordable-laser-pushed-sails-with-ai-optimization.html#more-199245" aria-label="Read more about Making Affordable Laser Pushed Sails With AI Optimization">Read more</a></p> </div> <footer class="entry-meta" aria-label="Entry meta"> <span class="tags-links"><span class="gp-icon icon-tags"><svg viewBox="0 0 512 512" aria-hidden="true" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="1em" height="1em"><path d="M20 39.5c-8.836 0-16 7.163-16 16v176c0 4.243 1.686 8.313 4.687 11.314l224 224c6.248 6.248 16.378 6.248 22.626 0l176-176c6.244-6.244 6.25-16.364.013-22.615l-223.5-224A15.999 15.999 0 00196.5 39.5H20zm56 96c0-13.255 10.745-24 24-24s24 10.745 24 24-10.745 24-24 24-24-10.745-24-24z"/><path d="M259.515 43.015c4.686-4.687 12.284-4.687 16.97 0l228 228c4.686 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itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Brian Wang</span></a></span></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text"> <p>Elon Musk has said that SpaceX will send five unmanned Starships to Mars in 2026. The launch window is about October 2024 to January 2025. The 1000 tons of payload will include thousands of Teslabots and dozens of cybertrucks. What will this mean for Tesla, SpaceX and the future. What will the Teslabots build on … </p> <p class="read-more-container"><a title="Five Unmanned SpaceX Starships to Mars in 2026 with Thousands of Teslabots" class="read-more button" href="https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2024/11/five-unmanned-spacex-starships-to-mars-in-2026-with-thousands-of-teslabots.html#more-199233" aria-label="Read more about Five Unmanned SpaceX Starships to Mars in 2026 with Thousands of Teslabots">Read more</a></p> </div> <footer class="entry-meta" aria-label="Entry meta"> <span class="tags-links"><span class="gp-icon icon-tags"><svg viewBox="0 0 512 512" aria-hidden="true" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="1em" height="1em"><path d="M20 39.5c-8.836 0-16 7.163-16 16v176c0 4.243 1.686 8.313 4.687 11.314l224 224c6.248 6.248 16.378 6.248 22.626 0l176-176c6.244-6.244 6.25-16.364.013-22.615l-223.5-224A15.999 15.999 0 00196.5 39.5H20zm56 96c0-13.255 10.745-24 24-24s24 10.745 24 24-10.745 24-24 24-24-10.745-24-24z"/><path d="M259.515 43.015c4.686-4.687 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<span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.nextbigfuture.com/author/brian-wang" title="View all posts by Brian Wang" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Brian Wang</span></a></span></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-summary" itemprop="text"> <p>Smart money is selling Uber and buying Tesla for the bet that 2025 will be the year of Tesla robotaxi. 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