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Man visits SpaceX in Texas and discovers what happened to the 1,000+ Tesla Cybertrucks the company bought

I was thinking they could give them away to employees as a bonus if they agreed not to sell them for 3 years.

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u/Melodic_Network6491 — 3 days ago
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Orbital station 20 year plan

THE COS (CELESTIAL ORBITAL STATION) FRAMEWORK: INTEGRATED
INFRASTRUCTURE PROPOSAL
1. Mission Statement
The COS Framework defines a Remotely Operated Industrial Logistics and Habitat
Foundation System. The objective is to establish a closed-loop resource extraction and
manufacturing node on a Carbonaceous (C-type) asteroid (e.g., Bennu or Ryugu archetype)
to support deep-space logistics and mission-critical hardware production.
2. Operational Architecture
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Mother Hub (Centralized Processing Unit): A subsurface industrial hub that utilizes
tele-operated commands to manage refinery and casting processes.
Agile Exploration Swarm: A fleet of 2–3 remote rovers designed for tele-operation
from ground control.
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Mobility & Anchoring: Each rover utilizes Microspine Grippers to establish
high-stability, non-mechanical fixation to the asteroid surface, mitigating reactive
forces during drilling.
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Extraction: Material harvesting is conducted via pneumatic gas-injection
loops, utilizing the asteroid’s own internal volatiles to convey mineral feedstock
into the Hub.
3. Technical Subsystems
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Power Architecture (Hybrid Fission-Photovoltaic):
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Fission Surface Power (FSP): Provides a 24/7 electrical baseload for refinery
and life-support operations.
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Photovoltaic (PV) Arrays: Deployable thin-film arrays supply peak-load energy
for high-intensity industrial operations (foundry operations and kinetic
acceleration).
Manufacturing (Foundry Operations):
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The Hub utilizes Centrifugal Casting to process refined metallic solids. This
ensures maximum structural integrity and density for replacement parts, such as
high-torque drill components.●
Radiation Mitigation (Graded-Z Passive Shielding):
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Primary Barrier: The station is housed within a subsurface void, utilizing the
asteroid's lithospheric mass for kinetic impact and thermal protection.
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Secondary Barrier: The interior habitable modules are encased in a Graded-Z
jacket. This annular (ring-shaped) cladding utilizes recycled water and
hydrocarbon volatiles to attenuate secondary neutron radiation, preventing the
radiation "shrapnel" effect common with high-density shielding materials.

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u/Pleasant_Heart1871 — 3 days ago
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The Hunt for Earth 2.0: How Lockheed Martin Plans to Spot Potentially Habitable Exoplanets

On its quest to find Earth’s twin, NASA is designing a next-generation space telescope that will focus on one specific, audacious goal: to directly image potentially habitable worlds and scan them for chemical signatures of life. Lockheed Martin was recently selected by the space agency to continue advancing next-gen technologies and architecture studies for this ambitious planet-hunting mission.

The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is planned to be a large aperture space telescope specifically engineered to identify Earth-like planets. NASA is working on the HWO concept using lessons learned from its predecessors like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). It will combine the large-stature segmented mirror philosophy of JWST with the optical wavelengths of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), all while incorporating the coronagraph advancements being tested on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, slated for launch on August 30.

While a launch isn’t expected until the late 2030s or early 2040s, the rigorous groundwork being done today by NASA and industrial partners like Lockheed Martin represents the critical first steps. The North Bethesda-based aerospace giant is involved in the development of HWO under a study called Technology Maturation for Astrophysics Space Telescopes, or TechMAST.

“Lockheed Martin has steadily contributed to different phases of research and development for HWO, securing four different contracts for TechMAST maturation since 2018,” Tat’yana Berdan, Lockheed Martin spokesperson told Universelost.com.

Read more: https://universelost.com/2026/06/14/the-hunt-for-earth-2-0-how-lockheed-martin-plans-to-spot-potentially-habitable-exoplanets/

u/TomaszNowakowski — 4 days ago
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The Heat Is Out There: Tracking the Warmth of Alien Technology

The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) has largely operated on a single, fragile assumption: that if advanced aliens are out there, they want to talk to us. Traditional SETI programs spend millions of hours listening for deliberate radio broadcasts or scanning the skies for flashing laser beams. So maybe instead of waiting to catch a radio signal, we should look for the heat produced by advanced alien civilizations?

Jason T. Wright, a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the Pennsylvania State University (PSU) started over a decade ago the G-HAT (Glimpsing Heat from Alien Technologies) project. Rather than trying to eavesdrop on alien conversations, this innovative “Dysonian” SETI method relies on a much more reliable metric: the unbending laws of thermodynamics. It suggests that no matter how secretive or advanced an alien civilization becomes, it cannot hide its waste heat.

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u/TomaszNowakowski — 5 days ago
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Should We Be Landing Vehicles That Not Only Deliver Cargo, but Become Part of a Greater Infrastructure Ecosystem?

Should a Lunar Lander Be More Than Just a Vehicle?
I’ve spent hundreds of hours developing a conceptual lunar infrastructure architecture, and it keeps bringing me back to one question.
Every kilogram delivered to the Moon requires enormous energy, cost, planning, and logistical effort.
If that’s true, should future lunar landers be designed from the beginning to provide long-term value after touchdown?
Not just deliver cargo.
But contribute to storage, laboratory space, utilities, communications, emergency shelter, and future expansion.
In other words, should we think of a lunar lander primarily as transportation hardware?
Or should we think of it as the first piece of infrastructure delivered to a new world?
Instead of asking:
“How do we land cargo?”
Should we also be asking:
“How do we land infrastructure?”
Would the added complexity be worth it, or would purpose-built infrastructure always be the better approach?
This question comes from a larger lunar infrastructure concept I’ve been developing over hundreds of hours of work. I’ve also completed a white paper describing the architecture, but I’m interested in hearing how others think about the underlying tradeoffs first.
I’m curious where people think the balance should be.

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u/rriding-waves — 4 days ago
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NASA inspector general suggests Boeing's Starliner will now be a decade late

Will anyone trust this this turkey ... I assume a cargo run is next ...

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u/perilun — 4 days ago
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Roman Empire: NASA’s Next-Gen Telescope on Track to Conquer Infrared Sky

“Veni, Vidi, Vici” is a famous phrase attributed to Julius Caesar, dictator of the Roman Empire, describing his quick victory in his short war against Pharnaces II of Pontus at the Battle of Zela, 47 BC. But when NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches later this summer AD 2026, its mission won’t be to conquer territories, but to capture them on a cosmic scale. Armed with a field of view 100 times greater than that of the Hubble Space Telescope, this next-generation powerhouse is designed to see more of the universe in a single snapshot than ever before possible.

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u/TomaszNowakowski — 7 days ago
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SpaceX Is Getting Ready For Flight 13! NASA Reveals 15 Flights per Artemis Launch

Looks like they will need that depot first, then maybe 2 a week fueler launches? In any case they need a NatGas pipeline and power upgrade for an atmospheric processor to make LOX at both Starbase and the Cape. Too many trucks

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u/perilun — 8 days ago
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Perhaps it the SpaceX stock price than needs a heat shield

Well the XAI losses (which is wildly behind Gem and Clause at the moment IMHO) are not helping ... and the other lines suggest a $20B/year company through 2030. That surprise $25B bond offering dilutes the IPO as well. At least the insider still can't sell (this will be a big event when the lockup period expires). I think if you are a wild optimist this might settle down around $100 ... they really don't have any credible AI upside ... and they really are tracking with Oracle as AI "infrastructure" vs an customer facing AI service.

BTW: Given the name and 20 years of success, they have built very little that has left earth orbit (other than that F9S2 that is going to nose dive into the moon)..

u/perilun — 9 days ago
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What do you think about space data-centers (technology, economics, timeline) ?

IMO it make sense, energy are available, it doesn't pollute the neighbourhood, tech company have so much cash to spend, and ai keep get better and hungrier.

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u/Different_Whereas_75 — 11 days ago
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SpaceX wants to turn orbit into a giant AI data center

SpaceX is reportedly pushing the idea of orbital AI data centers: satellites powered by solar energy, linked by lasers, and used for massive compute workloads.

The logic is simple but wild: Earth-based data centers need land, power and cooling. Space has sunlight and room, but also debris, radiation, launch costs and orbital traffic.

The idea sounds like sci-fi, but the AI infrastructure race is already forcing companies to think beyond normal data centers.

Question is: do we really want the AI cloud to become a literal cloud of satellites?

u/Planhub-ca — 12 days ago