Hacker News with Generative AI: Space Industry

Blue Origin Cuts 10% of Its Employees (nytimes.com)
Blue Origin, the space company owned by Jeff Bezos, is laying off roughly 10 percent of its work force, according to an email that was sent to staff on Thursday and that was viewed by The New York Times.

Space Industry, Layoffs, Business, Jeff Bezos

6 points by lxm 7 days ago | 1 comments

Elon Musk will not receive highest-level government security clearance – reports (theguardian.com)
The space entrepreneur Elon Musk is unlikely to receive government security clearances if he so applied, even as his SpaceX launch company blasts military and spy agency payloads into orbit, according to a report on Monday.

Elon Musk, Security Clearance, Government, Space Industry, SpaceX

10 points by mitchbob 67 days ago | 0 comments

SpaceX became too big to fail for US national security (vox.com)
How Musk’s SpaceX became too big to fail for US national security.

SpaceX, National Security, Elon Musk, US Government, Space Industry

7 points by rntn 110 days ago | 0 comments

Astronomers have warned against colonial practices in the space industry (theunconventionalgardener.com)
The past decade has seen a rapid expansion of the commercial space industry.

Space Exploration, Space Industry, Ethics

6 points by speckx 163 days ago | 1 comments

Does anyone remember Blue Origin? What are they even doing for a decade? (ycombinator.com)

Space Exploration, Blue Origin, Business, Space Industry

8 points by user90131313 230 days ago | 7 comments

Starlink's disruption of the space industry (thespacereview.com)

Space Industry, Disruption, Starlink

178 points by mlindner 268 days ago | 258 comments