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Blue Origin carries the first all-female crew to the Kármán line. A leaked copy of the US Administration's 2026 budget request includes a 47% cut to NASA's science programs. NASA seeks business models that propose new approaches to solving complex Earth science problems using unconventional computing methods, and more.
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Our guest today is Patrick O'Neill, Public Affairs and Outreach Lead at the International Space Station US National Laboratory.
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Selected Reading
New Shepard Mission NS-31- Blue Origin
Advocacy Action Center- The Planetary Society
NASA Announces Call For New Computing Approaches to Earth Science
Satellogic Awarded $30 Million Contract for Its AI-First Constellation Services
India, UAE to step up defence and Coast Guard cooperation
AE Industrial Partners Mull $2 Billion York Space Sale - Bloomberg
Jonathan McDowell on Retiring From Harvard and Leaving the U.S. - The New York Times
World Quantum Day
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