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[Matski]

Four Telescopes Confirm There's Something Deeply Strange About the Mysterious Object Headed Into the Solar System

Astronomers simply can't shake the feeling that there's something really off about interstellar object 3I/ATLAS. The mysterious entity, which was first spotted hurtling towards the Sun in early July, has fascinated researchers ever since. As Science Alert reports, NASA's Hubble, SPHEREx, and...

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Let's hope it wasn't shot out of orbit by Bug plasma from within the Arachnid quarantine zone.

Also... don't just link dump.

 

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Venus Aerospace completes first US flight test of Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine

Venus Aerospace completed a flight test of a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) on May 14, 2025. The engine is designed to "enable vehicles to travel 4 to 6 times the speed of sound from a...

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'A game changer': Space shuttle astronaut Pam Melroy joins Venus Aerospace after revolutionary rocket engine breakthrough

"We believe in a future where this is the engine powering everything..."

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Price: $876.00 million

Rocket Height: 98.1m

Payload to Orbit LEO: 95 000 kg

Liftoff Thrust: 39 440 Kilonewtons

Stages: 2

Strap-ons: 2

 

[Matski]

Clearing the tower is still the benchmark for success.... right?

 

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