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Story of the week
SpaceX ’s Falcon 9 rocket is the most reliable launching vehicle in history , but even the greats have an occasional miss . That ’s what happened last Thursday eve , when the rocket ’s second leg suffer a catastrophic misplay on domain during a routine launch of a batch of Starlink internet satellites .
This is the tale of the week because it ’s just soremarkable , and also because work the government issue may impact two important forthcoming human space missions : Polaris Dawn , the secret commission funded by billionaire Jared Isaacman that ’s due to launch at the end of July , and an astronaut transit launch for NASA in mid - August . No doubt SpaceX will be back to establish quickly .
Exclusive of the week
When other SpaceX engineer Bulent Altan and long - meter investor Joram Voelklein surveyed the European space sector at the end of the 2010s , they were surprised : It looked a whole lot like the beginnings of American NewSpace in the other 2000s , when SpaceX and other companies were just setting up shop .
The yoke decided to go in early on a personal investment in German launching startup Isar Aerospace , but they also regard make a self-aggrandizing play to more fully grasp the Brobdingnagian opportunity to help grow the space sector in both the U.S. and Europe . To do that , they establishedAlpine Space Venturesin Munich , Germany in 2020 . Four years after , and after two year of fundraising , they come together their first $ 184 million ( € 170 million ) monetary fund — the largest first - time VC investment firm dedicated to space globally .
Launch of the week
Go , Ariane 6 , go ! Europe ’s newest heavy - lift rocket direct to the sky last week , with the flight goingnearlyflawlessly until the upper microscope stage experienced an unusual person on orbit . The good news is that the anomaly occurred after all the satellites were deploy , and European Space Agency officials were crowning it a success . I write aboutthe stakes of bringing Ariane 6 onlinelast workweek prior to the launching .
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What we’re watching
I finally watched Ashlee Vance ’s “ Wild Wild Space , ” a young documentary that will be appearing on HBO on July 17 . I must say , it is very , very fun viewing . If you have a spare 90 minutes this week , I extremely suggest sitting down with a bowl of popcorn and watch it for yourself .
