Hacker News with Generative AI: SpaceX

SpaceX engineers brought on at FAA after probationary employees were fired (wired.com)
Engineers who work for Elon Musk’s SpaceX have been brought on as senior advisers to the acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), sources tell WIRED.

SpaceX, FAA, Aviation, Government, Employment

163 points by actionfromafar 4 hours ago | 94 comments

Russian Oligarch Held Stake in SpaceX Through Trust While He Was Sanctioned (bloomberg.com)
A Russian senator who is one of the country’s richest men held a stake in Elon Musk-led SpaceX via a trust even after he was sanctioned by the first Trump administration, exposing gaps in the enforcement of rules intended to target elites who enable Kremlin policies, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

SpaceX, Sanctions, Russia, Oligarchs, Politics

16 points by type0 1 day ago | 0 comments

These Are the SpaceX Engineers Working Inside the FAA (wired.com)
Engineers who work for Elon Musk’s SpaceX have been brought on as senior advisers to the acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), sources tell WIRED.

SpaceX, FAA, Aviation, Government, Elon Musk

13 points by rntn 1 day ago | 3 comments

Landing a model rocket like SpaceX [video] (youtube.com)

SpaceX, Model Rockets, Video, Engineering, DIY

11 points by plantain 2 days ago | 1 comments

A SpaceX team is being brought in to overhaul FAA's air traffic control system (theverge.com)
A team from Elon Musk’s SpaceX is visiting the Air Traffic Control Command Center in Virginia Monday to help overhaul the system in the wake of last month’s deadly air disaster in Washington, DC, US Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy announced.

SpaceX, Aviation, Government, Accidents

107 points by ianrahman 2 days ago | 146 comments

John Carmack discusses SpaceX strategy and Mars (twitter.com)

Space Exploration, SpaceX, Mars, John Carmack

25 points by ViktorRay 4 days ago | 22 comments

USAID was investigating its public-private partnership between Starlink-Ukraine (gizmodo.com)
Since coming into power, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has barraged USAID, the international aid agency that dispenses food and supplies to nations all over the world. It is likely that the agency will soon be shuttered and could be subsumed into the U.S. State Department. Now, new reporting shows USAID was actually investigating equipment from one of Musk’s companies at the time that he attacked the agency.

Government, International Aid, SpaceX, Ukraine, Public-Private Partnerships

53 points by gpi 16 days ago | 21 comments

Europe has the worst imaginable idea to counter SpaceX's launch dominance (arstechnica.com)
It is not difficult to understand the unease on the European continent about the rise of SpaceX and its controversial founder, Elon Musk.

Space Exploration, Europe, SpaceX, Elon Musk

6 points by pitwin 16 days ago | 2 comments

It seems the FAA office overseeing SpaceX's Starship probe still has some bite (arstechnica.com)
The seventh test flight of SpaceX's gigantic Starship rocket came to a disappointing end a little more than two weeks ago. The in-flight failure of the rocket's upper stage, or ship, about eight minutes after launch on January 16 rained debris over the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Atlantic Ocean.

Space Exploration, SpaceX, Starship, FAA, Accidents

10 points by isaacfrond 18 days ago | 0 comments

Island residents are still dealing with the fallout of exploded Starship (cnn.com)

SpaceX, Accidents, Texas, Environment, Local News

76 points by janpot 20 days ago | 46 comments

Russian Oligarch Held Stake in Musk's SpaceX Through Citi Trust While Sanctioned (bloomberg.com)
A Russian senator who is one of the country’s richest men held a stake in Elon Musk-led SpaceX via a trust even after he was sanctioned by the first Trump administration, exposing gaps in the enforcement of rules intended to target elites who enable Kremlin policies, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

SpaceX, Russia, Sanctions, Business, Politics

16 points by JumpCrisscross 22 days ago | 0 comments

It's Time to Admit It: Starship Is an Embarrassing Failure (planetearthandbeyond.co)
It's not just the failed test launches; Starship simply isn't what was promised.

Space Exploration, SpaceX, Starship

9 points by keepit 23 days ago | 1 comments

Why did Elon Musk just say Trump wants to bring two stranded astronauts home? (arstechnica.com)
For reasons that were not immediately clear, SpaceX founder Elon Musk took to his social media site X on Tuesday evening to make a perplexing space-based pronouncement.

SpaceX, Elon Musk, Politics, Twitter, Space

6 points by pitwin 24 days ago | 1 comments

Apple and SpaceX link up to support Starlink satellite network on iPhones (bloomberg.com)
Apple Inc. has been secretly working with SpaceX and T-Mobile US Inc. to add support for the Starlink network in its latest iPhone software, providing an alternative to the company’s in-house satellite-communication service.

Apple, SpaceX, Satellite Networks, Mobile Technology, Telecommunications

234 points by mfiguiere 24 days ago | 258 comments

Newly discovered asteroid turns out to be Tesla Roadster launched into space (foxnews.com)
Seven years after the SpaceX CEO launched a Tesla Roadster into orbit, astronomers from the Minor Planet Center at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Massachusetts confused it with an asteroid earlier this month.

Space Exploration, Astronomy, Tesla, SpaceX

13 points by empressplay 28 days ago | 2 comments

Ask HN: Employees of Tesla and SpaceX, how do you feel after the inauguration? (ycombinator.com)
Ask HN: Employees of Tesla and SpaceX, how do you feel after the inauguration?

Tesla, SpaceX, Elon Musk, Employee Sentiment, Inauguration

21 points by josefresco 31 days ago | 16 comments

Falcon 9 Rocket Launch Scrubbed After Delta Air Flies into Restricted Airspace (paddleyourownkanoo.com)
SpaceX was forced to scrub the launch of its Falcon 9 rocket with just 11 seconds to go on Sunday morning after a Delta Air Lines airplane reportedly flew into an area of restricted airspace close to the launch site.

SpaceX, Rocket Launches, Aviation Safety

48 points by fenced_load 32 days ago | 48 comments

Fire destroys Starship on its seventh test flight, raining debris from space (arstechnica.com)
SpaceX launched an upgraded version of its massive Starship rocket from South Texas on Thursday, but the flight ended less than nine minutes later after engineers lost contact with the spacecraft.

SpaceX, Space Exploration, Rocket Launches, Accidents

5 points by lisper 34 days ago | 0 comments

FAA grounds SpaceX's Starship, reports property damage on Turks and Caicos (cnbc.com)

SpaceX, Space Travel, Government Regulation, Accidents, Property Damage

5 points by ironyman 34 days ago | 1 comments

SpaceX Starship explosion forced FAA to divert flights to avoid debris (mashable.com)
A rocket from Elon Musk's SpaceX exploded spectacularly during a test flight on Thursday.

Space Exploration, SpaceX, Accidents, Aviation

3 points by f1shy 34 days ago | 1 comments

US and Turks and Caicos to inquire into failed SpaceX launch leading to debris (theguardian.com)
The US Federal Aviation Administration and officials from the Turks and Caicos Islands have launched investigations into SpaceX’s explosive Starship rocket test that sent debris streaking over the northern Caribbean and forced airlines to divert dozens of flights.

SpaceX, Space Exploration, Government Investigations, Accidents

32 points by n1b0m 34 days ago | 1 comments

Starship blew up in front of us. Had to divert (reddit.com)

Space Exploration, SpaceX, Starship

14 points by richbray 35 days ago | 2 comments

SpaceX's Starship test flight ends in failure after spacecraft is destroyed (theguardian.com)
SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its latest test flight on Thursday, but the spacecraft was destroyed following a thrilling booster catch back at the pad.

Space Exploration, SpaceX, Starship, Rocketry, Failures

5 points by teleforce 35 days ago | 0 comments

SpaceX loses Ship 33 during Starship Flight 7 (twitter.com)

SpaceX, Starship, Space Travel, Rocketry, Accidents

9 points by LorenDB 36 days ago | 7 comments

Mechazilla has caught the Super Heavy booster (twitter.com)

Space Exploration, SpaceX, Engineering

13 points by EvgeniyZh 36 days ago | 0 comments

Starship Flight 7 (spacex.com)
On its flight to the International Space Station, Dragon executes a series of burns that position the vehicle progressively closer to the station before it performs final docking maneuvers, followed by pressurization of the vestibule, hatch opening, and crew ingress.

Space Travel, SpaceX

678 points by chinathrow 36 days ago | 723 comments

Qantas South Africa flights delayed by falling debris from SpaceX rockets (theguardian.com)
Qantas says it has been forced to delay several of its flights to South Africa at the last minute due to warnings of falling debris from Elon Musk’s SpaceX rockets re-entering Earth.

SpaceX, Aviation, South Africa, Delays

186 points by adrian_mrd 37 days ago | 140 comments

Review: Reentry, by Eric Berger (thepsmiths.com)
Reentry: SpaceX, Elon Musk, and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age, Eric Berger (BenBella Books, 2024).

Space Exploration, SpaceX, Elon Musk, Books, Reviews

12 points by TimTheTinker 42 days ago | 0 comments

Amidst the noise and haste, Google has successfully pulled a SpaceX (markmaunder.com)

Google, SpaceX, Competition, Technology, Business

69 points by mmaunder 46 days ago | 63 comments

SpaceX to test vehicle upgrades and payload deployment on next Starship flight (spacenews.com)
WASHINGTON — SpaceX plans to test several upgrades to its Starship vehicle on its next test flight, scheduled for as soon as Jan. 10, as well as conduct the first payload deployments from it.

Space Exploration, SpaceX, Starship, Test Flights, Payload Deployment

4 points by rbanffy 46 days ago | 0 comments