RegularJoe@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agoAn in-space propulsion company just raised a staggering amount of moneyarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down13
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-linkAn in-space propulsion company just raised a staggering amount of moneyarstechnica.comRegularJoe@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareartifex@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·28 days agoTo save you a click: they make propulsion modules to move satellites around in LEO/GEO they raised $300M because we’re militarizing space
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·28 days agoPlus they’ve got a big GEO booster in the works that can also send 11 tons to Mars. But mostly militarizing space.
minus-squaresolrize@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·27 days agoAre they using some interesting propulsion system or just old fashioned rockets? Space tug was supposed to be part of STS in the 1970s but it got cancelled iirc. Leaving just the now defunct space shuttle.
minus-squareartifex@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·27 days agoNah nothing fun, just tanks of propellant.
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Plus they’ve got a big GEO booster in the works that can also send 11 tons to Mars.
But mostly militarizing space.
Are they using some interesting propulsion system or just old fashioned rockets? Space tug was supposed to be part of STS in the 1970s but it got cancelled iirc. Leaving just the now defunct space shuttle.
Nah nothing fun, just tanks of propellant.