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Space & Aerospace

Space & Aerospace

Launch, satellites, astronomy and aviation.

ai market shifts corporate evolutionJun 29, 20265 min

The MANGOS Are Coming: How AI and Space Giants Are Rewriting Big Tech’s Playbook

SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI are all preparing record-breaking public debuts that could replace the old FAANG oligopoly with a new MANGOS coalition of AI and space giants — redefining what it means to be a tech superpower.

ai in mobilityJun 28, 20265 min

When Rockets Outpace Cars: The AI-Driven Convergence of Space, Grid, and Road

How SpaceX’s $2.1T valuation, GM’s battery pivot, and Decart’s AI simulation are forcing a radical rethink of mobility as one interconnected system.

aerospaceJun 25, 20263 min

Unpacking NASA's Artemis Pivot: The Cost of Stalled Hardware

A brief analysis of how skyrocketing costs and delays in Artemis programs—specifically the Universal Stage Adapter—justified NASA's recent strategic shifts.

aerospaceJun 17, 20265 min

Roelof Botha joins SpaceX's board of directors

Former Sequoia Capital leader Roelof Botha joins SpaceX board, filling an existing vacancy days after the company's record-breaking IPO.

space explorationJun 12, 20263 min

Curiosity Rover at 13: How JPL Engineers Keep the Mars Veteran Doing Science

An exploration of the engineering ingenuity and remote maintenance strategies that have kept NASA's Curiosity rover operational on Mars for over a decade.