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Silicon as strategy: the hidden battleground of the new space race

Silicon as strategy: the hidden battleground of the new space race3+ hour, 1+ min ago   (392+ words) In the consumer electronics playbook, custom silicon is the final step in the marathon: you use off-the-shelf components to prove a product, achieve mass scale and only then invest in proprietary chips to create differentiation, improve operations, and optimize margins....

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Avoiding a harmful lunar ‘gold rush’

Avoiding a harmful lunar ‘gold rush’2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (277+ words) As shown by the recent SpaceNews editorials by Mustafa Bilal'and Stirling Forbes, there is currently much talk of a coming lunar "gold rush," with nations and companies seemingly in a mad scramble to access the moon for its alleged resources....

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Accelerate U.S. lunar exploration with a robotic sample return campaign

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (278+ words) A realistic and cost-effective path for the United States to advance the exploration and development of the moon, and to keep our nation in the forefront of that enterprise, is to dramatically increase robotic exploration efforts and to focus with…...

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Space Forge sees LEO as key to strengthening US chip independence

9+ mon, 3+ week ago   (501+ words) British in-orbit manufacturing venture Space Forge has appointed technology veteran Atul Kumar to set up a semiconductor business in the United States, aiming to bolster domestic chip production as efforts to reduce reliance on foreign suppliers gather pace. The post…...