[Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XM0lpVlvo0] NASASpaceFlight (below) has multiple angles of the booster explosion if you scrub back. Today was supposed to be the first time in history that an entire orbital launch system would be recovered, but that milestone will have to wait. The Starship itself has already deployed 22 payloads though, and it may still be able to return to SpaceX’s Starbase.

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The National Weather Service says there’s no radar outage.

“Outdated content from isolated webpages stating otherwise has been circulating, but NWS radars are operating normally,” NWS public affairs director John Ewald tells The Verge in an email. Weather.gov is “operating normally” too.

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SpaceX-Tesla mega-merger could come as soon as December.

The SpaceX-Tesla merger is increasingly sounding more like a when than an if. Bloomberg reports that the estimated $3.5 trillion tie-up could come as soon as December, but could also slip to early 2027: > The companies have also discussed a scenario in which an announcement slips into early 2027, said the people, who asked to not be identified because the discussions are private. Their boards and advisers are hammering out the terms of the tie-up and governance structure of the combined entity, among other matters, the people said. One of the complicating factors is how to keep separate Tesla’s business in China from SpaceX’s many government and defense contracts. The merger also may be upended by the Democratic Party’s success in the midterms, with many candidates running on the message of reining in Elon Musk’s corporate empire. [Link: SpaceX and Tesla Talks on Record Merger Are Said to Progress | https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-11-12/spacex-and-tesla-talks-on-record-merger-are-said-to-progress | Bloomberg]

#tesla #spacex #merger

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The global pledge to use AI for climate good is a cruel joke

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The global pledge to use AI for climate good is a cruel joke

It’s almost good, but actually deeply unsatisfying.

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An ESA satellite obeyed voice commands to play DOOM.

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An ESA satellite obeyed voice commands to play DOOM.

The European Space Agency’s OPS-SAT PRETTY wasn’t designed to understand and carry out spoken voice commands until Tanagra Space uploaded new software that enabled it to launch the classic shooter after detecting a radio transmission. It isn’t the first satellite to play DOOM, but receiving voice commands was the real achievement here anyway. [Link: First Voice Command of a Satellite Achieved Through ESA’s OPS-SAT Space Lab | https://tanagraspace.com/press/first-voice-command-of-a-satellite/ | Tanagra Space]

#esa #doom #satellite

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NASA is taking applications for its next class of astronauts.

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NASA is taking applications for its next class of astronauts.

From now through December 3rd, would-be spacefarers can throw their hat in the ring to join NASA. This is the first time in two years the agency has opened up astronaut applications. Those who are selected are expected to start training sometime in 2028. You can file your own application here. [Link: NASA Seeks Next Generation of Explorers to Join Astronaut Corps | https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-seeks-next-generation-of-explorers-to-join-astronaut-corps/ | NASA]

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Starlink Mobile: All the news on SpaceX’s major mobile carrier ambitions

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Starlink Mobile: All the news on SpaceX’s major mobile carrier ambitions

Is Starlink Mobile about to become the fourth major carrier?

#starlink-mobile #space #spacex

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What will it take for SpaceX to launch its “major” mobile network?

Bloomberg has a breakdown of how Starlink Mobile will operate — and what SpaceX still needs to do to get its hybrid 5G network up and running. [Link: How Musk Plans to Shake Up the US Wireless Industry | https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-11-05/how-musk-s-starlink-can-challenge-at-t-verizon-and-t-mobile?srnd=phx-technology | Bloomberg]

#space #spacex #mobile

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1w ago

Climate action is back on the table.

From setting stricter rules for data centers to releasing funding for renewable energy projects, Democrats could reinvigorate climate action in the US after winning big in the midterms. [Link: What a historic ‘blue wave’ midterm means for climate action | https://grist.org/elections/midterms-2026-blue-wave-climate-races-data-centers/ | Grist]

#renewable-energy #democrats #midterm

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