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SpaceX acquires parachute company for $2.2M, because it turns out space-rated parachutes are very hard
SpaceX is known for its erect integration , but one component it ’s been outsourcing is parachutes — until in the beginning this calendar month , when the company quietly acquired parachute vendor Pioneer Aerospace after its parent troupe move bankrupt . The Informationfirst reportedthe news .
Saving a vendor from dissolution — which would ’ve likely been Pioneer ’s lot , consecrate the bankruptcy of its parent company — seems like a strong gesture on the part of SpaceX. But that just points to the real difficulty of make parachutes designed to survive such gamey speeds .
“ Space is hard , but distance parachutes are much hard , ” Abhi Tripathi , director of mission operations at UC Berkeley ’s Space Sciences Laboratory , tell in a late interview . “ It ’s pretty much among the hardest things , other than a very complex propulsion system , to make . ”
Former Blue Origin rocket engine manager alleges wrongful termination for whistleblowing on safety
The former program managing director of Blue Origin ’s BE-4 rocket engines has register a lawsuit against the party say whistleblower revenge after he spoke up about guard issue .
The complaint was file in the Los Angeles County Superior Court . It admit a detailed story about course of study director Craig Stoker ’s efforts over seven month to intensify his concerns about safety and a hostile work environment at Blue Origin .
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“ Myself , my leadership team and others throughout the company should not have to perpetually apologize and make excuses to ourselves and our teams for the CEO ’s sorry deportment , ” Stoker say in an email to two Blue VPs . “ We spend significant time smoothing things over , build back morale , quicken equipment casualty , stopping citizenry from overreacting … The hostile work environment … is creating a safety and timbre chance for our masses , products and customers . ”
More news from TC and beyond
Amazonhas purchasedthree Falcon 9 launchesfrom SpaceX to support deployment of its Project Kuiper mega - configuration , its competitor on the planet net marketplace .
LockBit , a notorious ransomware gang , has take responsibilityfor a cyberattack targeting India ’s state - have aerospace inquiry lab .
Loft Orbitalis launchinga new offer call “ virtual missions,”where customers will be able to deploy their software apps onto a Loft satellite to leverage on - board sensor and compute nodes , psychoanalyse information as it is being collected and run a whole chain of use cases .
Terran Orbitalis litigate itsformer CTO , Austin Williams , a little over a month after he and other shareholders publicly called for a alteration in company leaders .
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