This was the last flight of SpaceX’s second-gen Starship design. Version 3 arrives next year. Thirty-three methane-fueled Raptor engines power […]
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Horrifying screwworm infection confirmed in US traveler after overseas trip
Skip to content It’s not a first—there was a case last year—but it’s still disturbing. The tip of a screwworm […]
Time is running out for SpaceX to make a splash with second-gen Starship
SpaceX is gearing up for another Starship launch after three straight disappointing test flights. SpaceX’s 10th Starship rocket awaits liftoff. […]
Texas prepares for war as invasion of flesh-eating flies appears imminent
Past success As the flies’ host and geographic range expand, pressure is intensifying to control the flies—something many countries have […]
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Texas politicians warn Smithsonian it must not lobby to retain its space shuttle
(Oddly, Cornyn and Weber’s letter to Roberts described the law as requiring Duffy “to transfer a space vehicle involved in […]
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Houston, you’ve got a space shuttle… only NASA won’t say which one
An orbiter by any other name… “The acting administrator has made an identification.” Don’t say Discovery: Acting NASA Administrator Sean […]
Why Gov. Greg Abbott won’t release his emails with Elon Musk
The language Abbott’s office used appears to be fairly boilerplate. Paxton’s office, in an explanation of the common-law privacy exception […]
“It’s a heist”: Senator calls out Texas for trying to steal shuttle from Smithsonian
Citing research by NASA and the Smithsonian, Durbin said that the total was closer to $305 million and that did […]
Texas politicians make headway in effort to wrench space shuttle from Smithsonian
In 2011, the NASA Office of the Inspector General investigated the process that NASA went through and found “no evidence […]
Supreme Court upholds Texas porn law that caused Pornhub to leave the state
Justice Elena Kagan filed a dissenting opinion that was joined by Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson. Kagan said that […]