Blue Origin and Amazon Had Momentum. Then Came the Fireball.

kept by eddie may 30

A rocket explosion on the launchpad sets back Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin and Amazon, which had been gaining on SpaceX and Starlink.

SpaceX is starting to move on from the world's most successful rocket - Ars Technica
SpaceX plans to reduce Falcon 9 launches from 165 in 2025 to roughly 140-145 in 2026 as it shifts focus and launch infrastructure toward the larger Starship rocket.
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Exclusive | Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Race To Bring Data Centers to Space - WSJ
SpaceX and Blue Origin are racing to develop orbital AI data centers, aiming to bypass Earthly power constraints despite major engineering and cost hurdles.
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Can NASA Really Land Astronauts on the Moon by 2028?
NASA's 2028 Moon landing goal depends heavily on the decisions and timelines of Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin.
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Data Centre Slumlord by Binary Mirror
Data Centre Slumlord is a satirical management RPG where players run a hyperscale AI infrastructure firm, balancing profit and ethics while building data centres amid environmental and social fallout.
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AddyOsmani.com - Bias Toward Action
Bias toward action means taking the smallest responsible step with guardrails, using reversible decisions, error budgets, and safety nets to learn faster without catastrophic failure.
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