Darrell Etherington
When SpaceX’s first paying space customer flew on a Crew Dragon with a handpicked crew of three last year, it had all the markings of a one-and-done stunt kind of thing. Billionaire Jared Isaacman was the driving force behind the trip, which spanned a few days and saw...
A California civil rights agency has filed a lawsuit against Tesla for alleged racial discrimination and harassment at its Fremont factory, according to The Wall Street Journal. “After receiving hundreds of complaints from workers, DFEH found evidence that Tesla’s Fremont factory is a racially segregated workplace,” said California...
Almost all of the Starlink internet satellites that a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried beyond the atmosphere on February 3rd won’t reach their intended orbit. SpaceX has revealed that a geomagnetic storm that took place a day after the liftoff had a severe impact on the satellites, and...
Tesla has received a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission in November 2021, according to Reuters and CNBC. The automaker has revealed the information in a financial filing, noting that the agency, in particular, is seeking information on its “governance processes around compliance with the SEC settlement,...
Your friendly neighborhood Max Q welcomes you to the week of February 7!
This past week saw some strong signs that the big boom in commercial space for the foreseeable future is going to land in Earth observation. It’s not like this has been an ignored market in the...
Apple will host its next hardware event sometime on or around March 8th, according to . At the event, the company will reportedly announce the third-generation , a refresh of the and a new Mac computer that will feature an Apple Silicon chip. The date aligns with...
is a feature called Personal Boundary in its and Horizon Venues virtual reality spaces to combat harassment. Each will have a bubble with a radius of two virtual feet, so they won’t be able to come within around four feet of each other.
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is teaming up with Nashville with the aim of filling certain public transit gaps in the community with electric scooters. The company and the city’s public transit agency hope to boost adoption of public transportation and eco-friendly transit options.
The two sides will harness WeGo Public Transit’s data...
SpaceX has revealed a new tier for its Starlink satellite internet service with higher performance but pricing that might make your eyes water, The Verge has reported. Called Starlink Premium, it offers speeds between 150 and 500Mbps with 20 to 40 milliseconds of latency, up from 50 to...
Welcome back to Max Q, our weekly newsletter about space and the business thereof.
NFTs were bound to intersect with space in a number of ways, and the way they do in this week’s newsletter is very likely not the first such intersection, but it is the first one...
