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SpaceX caught a rocket!

The SPaceX Starship and Super Heavy booster stacked ont eh launch pad at Boca Chica, Texas. Credit: SpaceX

On October 13th 2024, SpaceX caught a 20-storey booster rocket returning from the edge of space. An hour later, they accurately mock-landed the second-stage spaceship in the Indian Ocean. This was only the fifth test flight of a Starship combo. Spaceflight has long ago passed the Wright Brothers stage of innovation — this is more […]

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The Taste of Space 3: Let’s Meet the Meat*

Artist's impression of an Aleph Farms cultured meat grow room on Mars
Aleph Farms envisions cultured meat production on Mars

Growing vegetables in space is one thing, but it’s no place for the animals that most of us still rely on for key nutrients. Will space-faring humans be forever denied the joy of a bacon sandwich? Is the true cosmic horror a solar system populated by evangelising veganauts? I never thought I’d be pondering these […]