Great to see Rocket Lab’s return to flight last night.
Scientific American: “Human intelligence may be just a brief phase before machines take over. That may answer where the aliens are hiding.”
This is an idea that I explored with GPT-4 here.
Rocket Lab hitting its stride with high cadence, new venture for Electron
“With a total of nine launches last year and as many as 15 planned for 2023, Rocket Lab now flies more boosters than any other company in the world not named SpaceX. In recent years, Rocket Lab’s cadence has surpassed United Launch Alliance, Arianespace, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and other major players.”
Rocket Lab has another launch coming up in a few days. They’re putting hurricane monitoring satellites in orbit for NASA:
“NASA’s TROPICS constellation will monitor the formation and evolution of tropical cyclones, including hurricanes, and will provide rapidly updating observations of storm intensity. This data will help scientists better understand the processes that effect these high-impact storms, ultimately leading to improved modelling and prediction.”
The launch window opens at:
🚀 NZST | 13:00, May 1 🚀 UTC | 01:00, May 1 🚀 EDT | 21:00, 30 April 🚀 PDT | 18:00, 30 April
And their livestreams are always really well done if you’re into space stuff.
Rocket Lab has some really incredible rocket photos on their official Flickr page - if you’re into that sort of thing (you should be). They’re launching again on the 24th. 📷
