SpaceX Starship SN9 test fires ahead of next high-altitude flight
CNET· 3 days agoThe latest SpaceX Starship prototype has some fresh Raptor engines and continues getting prepped for...
SpaceX Starship Is Almost Ready for Big High-Altitude Test | Digital Trends
Digital Trends· 1 day agoSpaceX is almost ready for the next big test of its Starship SN9 prototype: The high-altitude test,...
South Korean police clear protesters blocking access to US Army-operated THAAD missile-defense...
Stars and Stripes· 5 hours agoArmy operates a missile-defense system, according to local media. More than 50 people staged a...
For Wars of the Future, Pentagon Looks to Distant Past: the B-52
The Wall Street Journal· 2 hours agoThis was a bomber presence mission, a taxiing flight designed to demonstrate the U.S. military’s...
Alphabet Is 'Winding Down' Loon Internet Balloon Project
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Alphabet Shuts Down a Much-Hyped Moon Shot
Motley Fool· 2 days agoAlphabet's ambitious project to provide wireless connectivity to rural areas using a network of high-altitude balloon satellites was one of the...
Google Parent Firm Pops Loon Balloon Internet Project | Digital Trends
Digital Trends· 3 days agoAlphabet is ending its Loon initiative that used high-altitude balloons to provide internet...
K2: Is The Style Debate Unfair?
Explorersweb· 6 days agoBefore last weekend’s first winter ascent of K2, some of the finest exponents of high altitude climbing, such as Simone Moro and Denis Urubko, gently...
What a ‘wrecked’ polar vortex means for winter-starved Americans
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Google-Linked Balloon Project to Provide Cell Service Will Close
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