At a time when the U.S. government is concerned about its reliance on a mercurial billionaire for access to space, new competitors say Elon Muskβs SpaceX is using tactics intended to squash them.
Russia has deployed advanced tech to interfere with Elon Muskβs satellite internet service, Ukrainian officials said, leading to more outages on the northern front battle line.
Members of the Achilles Drone battalion of Ukraineβs 92nd Assault Brigade in Kharkiv, Ukraine. They depend on Starlink service for communications and to conduct drone strikes.
Russia has deployed advanced tech to interfere with Elon Muskβs satellite internet service, Ukrainian officials said, leading to more outages on the northern front battle line.
Members of the Achilles Drone battalion of Ukraineβs 92nd Assault Brigade in Kharkiv, Ukraine. They depend on Starlink service for communications and to conduct drone strikes.
Edward Dwight was among the first pilots that the United States was training to send to space in 1961, but he was passed over. On Sunday, he finally made it on a Blue Origin flight.
Edward Dwight was one of six people who went to space aboard the Mission NS-25 crew capsule from Blue Origin on Sunday. Upon exiting, he raised his arm and said, βLong time coming.β
Mr. Musk has built a constellation of like-minded heads of state β including Argentinaβs Javier Milei and Indiaβs Narendra Modi β to push his own politics and expand his business empire.
Six decades ago, Mr. Dwightβs shot at becoming the first Black astronaut in space was thwarted by racism and politics. Now, at 90, heβs finally going up.
βMy whole life has been about getting things done,β said Edward Dwight, a retired pilot, current sculptor and future crew member on a Blue Origin mission into space. βThis is the culmination.β
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