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From Sputnik to Starship: Launch Costs and the Experience Curve

The dispersion of launch costs has shrunk over the years. A new paper noted that three effects could be causing this phenomenon. Historically it has been documented how there is a high degree of trial and error in the early application of technologies, leading to a wide dispersion in productivity outcomes. Space exploration began in […]
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Moon Impact Site Imaged by Korea’s Danuri Lunar Orbiter

  The Korea Aerospace Administration (KASA) has released the lunar impact observation data acquired by the country’s Moon-orbiting Danuri spacecraft. Danuri captured images of the pre-hit scene and after the impact of the roughly 4 ton upper stage of a SpaceX rocket. The upper stage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket struck the area near […]
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