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What we’re looking forward to seeing from the space industry in 2024

December 21, 2023

It was a jaw dropping year for the space industry, and while we all know by now that progress isn’t linear, we feel pretty confident that 2024 will be even more astonishing. This year was tough for many space companies, and we aren’t trying to paper that over with our optimism. The world of zero-interest-rate […]

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Tech’s DEI backlash is here

December 21, 2023

The backlash is only set to heat up come the 2024 election.

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National Lab simulates Armageddon-style nuclear asteroid deflection

December 21, 2023

As if last year’s fabulous Dual Asteroid Redirection Test firing a satellite bullet into an asteroid wasn’t enough, now researchers are doing detailed simulation of the nuclear deflection scenario envisioned in 1998 space disaster film Armageddon. At Lawrence Livermore National Lab, a team led by Mary Burkey (above) presented a paper that moves the ball […]

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Dog-themed memecoins are pawing their way back into investors’ hearts

December 21, 2023

Welcome back to Chain Reaction. To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important crypto stories delivered to your inbox every Thursday at 12 p.m. PT, subscribe here. Editor’s note: There won’t be a newsletter on 12/28; hope you all have a happy holidays and talk to you in the new year! It seems […]

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Even without Adobe, things don’t look too bad for Figma

December 21, 2023

Now that Adobe is no longer part of the picture, how Figma sailed through this period of uncertainty suggests it will come out of this saga relatively unscathed.

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Intuitive Machines, SpaceX push lunar lander launch date to February

December 21, 2023

Intuitive Machines is pushing back the mission of its first lunar lander to mid-February in coordination with launch provider SpaceX, the company said earlier this week. The Houston, Texas-based company said that the new launch window “comes after unfavorable weather conditions resulted in shifts in the SpaceX launch manifest.” The new launch target date, which […]

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