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The rise of Big Data as the core lubricant of the digital world
(Image Credit: geospatialworld.net) "Information is the oil of the 21st century, and analytics is the combustion engine". — Peter Sondergaard, Senior Vice President, Gartner Research. Big Data from Space and the “overview effect” “I used to tell people I was from...
JWST is no comparison to Hubble Space Telescope, here is why.
Astronomers dealt with a major several problems since the inception of astronomy. First, objects give off electromagnetic radiation. The human eye's ability to detect the visible spectrum restricts us from seeing other electromagnetic radiation. Second, distant...
How has SpaceX Impacted China’s Space Sector?
How has SpaceX Impacted the Chinese Space Sector? SpaceX's Launches being heard around the world. Credit: SpaceX The year 2020 has been a strange one thus far. While things on earth appear to be moving backwards at an incredible rate, with cities being burned and...
China’s Satellite Internet Ambitions
Developing and Reforming Satellite Internet in China Coming soon: internet brought to you by Commsat-made satellites? One of the most important entities in China’s state apparatus is the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC, 国家发展和改革委员会). The NDRC manages...
Can we Talk about ChinaSat’s Market Capitalization?
Can we Talk about ChinaSat’s Market Capitalization? China Satellite Communications Company Limited (ChinaSat) is the leading satellite operator in China, with a fleet of more than 10 satellites in geostationary orbit. The company has for decades broadcast central and...
Understanding why did Sir Richard Branson blow up his own rocket!??!
Things didn’t go as planned today for Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit company. Branson seems to be in a glut recently. He recently needed to liquidate shares of the publically traded Virgin Galactic to shore up his other business hit hard by the COVID19...
Is Elon Musk the Steve Jobs of Space?
There is something very similar in the approach that Steve Jobs and Elon Musk have. They both focus on the human aspect and the aesthetics of their technology. Think about what a TESLA looks like. Sleek, minimalistic, user experience focused. Think about an...
Is Elon Musk going to Move Tesla and SpaceX to Texas?
According to a report from a CBS affiliate in Wichita Falls, Tex., Texas Governor Greg Abbott told a local television reporter he had the opportunity to talk to Elon Musk and he’s genuinely interested in Texas and genuinely frustrated with California. Tesla stopped...
New Space Era: Moore’s Law in Action
Due to the inevitable advance of technology during the last decades, the space industry has been developing and it is recently showing an abrupt growth such that, as it is widely referred, the world is entering a new space era. One of the aspects of this growth shows...
Tethers Unlimited acquired, and you probably don’t know who bought them but you should.
AMERGINT, don’t know them? There is a space company that you might know about. Pay attention because this company just went on a growth spurt. In a series of press releases, the AMERGINT Technologies, Inc.’s story unfolded. The employee-owned company specializes...
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