space technology – Karma https://karmaimpact.com Advancing people, planet and profit. Mon, 02 Dec 2019 17:12:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.3 How the Private Sector Became a Major Player in the Space Race /how-the-private-sector-became-a-major-player-in-the-space-race/ /how-the-private-sector-became-a-major-player-in-the-space-race/#respond Mon, 25 Nov 2019 16:44:13 +0000 /?p=13898 Vice President Mike Pence may have promised to make America’s space program “great again” and to make sure Americans were the next humans on the Moon, but robots may beat the U.S. to it. “We will ensure that the next man, and the first woman, on the moon will be American astronauts,” Pence said earlier […]

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]]> /how-the-private-sector-became-a-major-player-in-the-space-race/feed/ 0 Astrobotic Shoots for the Moon as NASA Makes Billion-Dollar Bet on Private Companies /astrobotic-shoots-for-the-moon-as-nasa-makes-billion-dollar-bet-on-private-companies/ /astrobotic-shoots-for-the-moon-as-nasa-makes-billion-dollar-bet-on-private-companies/#respond Tue, 24 Sep 2019 19:46:37 +0000 /?p=12297 John Thornton remembers his passion for space being ignited when, in his early teens, the robotic spacecraft Pathfinder landed on Mars with a roving probe. “My ‘Apollo moment’ was seeing the Pathfinder mission” the 35-year-old Thornton said of the 1997 mission. “I still remember building a LEGO model of the rover in school.” Years later, […]

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]]> /astrobotic-shoots-for-the-moon-as-nasa-makes-billion-dollar-bet-on-private-companies/feed/ 0 Musk Tweets “Nuke Mars!’’ in Latest Push to Colonize Red Planet /musk-tweets-nuke-mars-in-latest-push-to-colonize-red-planet/ /musk-tweets-nuke-mars-in-latest-push-to-colonize-red-planet/#respond Thu, 29 Aug 2019 18:36:01 +0000 /?p=11654 Elon Musk talks and tweets Mars travel a lot. He even flirted with the red planet over Twitter around Valentine’s Day this year. His most recent comment about planet seemed uncharacteristically un-romantic, sounding like a breakup: “Nuke Mars!” No, the romance is there, as strong as ever. Musk was again highlighting his belief that Mars […]

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]]> /musk-tweets-nuke-mars-in-latest-push-to-colonize-red-planet/feed/ 0 Space Robot Firm GITAI Lands $4.1 Million Investment /space-robot-firm-gitai-lands-4-1-million-investment/ /space-robot-firm-gitai-lands-4-1-million-investment/#respond Thu, 22 Aug 2019 17:47:12 +0000 /?p=11535 With robots doing jobs everywhere from factory floors to suburban lawns, putting them to work in space was a matter of time. For Japanese space start-up GITAI, that time is now. The company raised $4.1 million that will enable continued development of its “avatar” space robot, which it aims to have on board the International […]

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]]> /space-robot-firm-gitai-lands-4-1-million-investment/feed/ 0 SpaceX, Taking Cue from Uber, Starts Ride-sharing For Satellites /spacex-taking-cue-from-uber-starts-ride-sharing-for-satellites/ /spacex-taking-cue-from-uber-starts-ride-sharing-for-satellites/#respond Tue, 06 Aug 2019 20:53:47 +0000 /?p=10576 SpaceX is moving ride-sharing to outer space. Taking a hint from fellow unicorn Uber, Elon Musk’s rocket launching company is starting a service it says will keep it at the head of the private space industry while enabling smaller companies to launch satellites cheaply. Small satellite companies will hitch rides on SpaceX’s Falcon 9, the […]

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]]> /spacex-taking-cue-from-uber-starts-ride-sharing-for-satellites/feed/ 0 PlanetiQ Lands $18.7 Million As Weather Satellite Startup Faces Rising Pressure for Data /planetiq-lands-18-7-million-as-weather-satellite-startup-faces-rising-pressure-for-data/ /planetiq-lands-18-7-million-as-weather-satellite-startup-faces-rising-pressure-for-data/#respond Tue, 16 Jul 2019 20:02:40 +0000 http://3.222.249.12/?p=10159 Weather data company PlanetiQ raised $18.7 million this month to shoot more satellites into space, as climate change stokes demand for more accurate predictions and investors crowd into the space.   The deal, led by New Science Ventures and AV8, brings PlanetiQ’s total funding to $23.9 million. The company plans to send a 20-satellite network aloft […]

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]]> /planetiq-lands-18-7-million-as-weather-satellite-startup-faces-rising-pressure-for-data/feed/ 0 Rocket Lab is Thinking Small to Win the Private Space Race /rocket-lab-is-thinking-small-to-win-the-private-space-race/ /rocket-lab-is-thinking-small-to-win-the-private-space-race/#respond Mon, 01 Jul 2019 22:19:04 +0000 http://3.222.249.12/?p=9748 The biggest opportunity in space travel may be in the smallest end of the market.  With its seventh successful rocket launch into low-Earth orbit last week, Rocket Lab — which is billing itself as the “turnkey solution for complete small-satellite missions” — is well on its way to capturing the small spacecraft market. The “Make […]

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