Ars Technica
• Stephen Clark
NASA is driving renewed lunar exploration, but military leaders warn the Pentagon will ramp up presence and capabilities to secure U.S. interests on and around the Moon. Officials say they don't want to be "flat-footed" as lunar activity expands, signaling growing overlap between civil and defense space programs.
Reuters
• Echo Wang
By Reuters: SpaceX is working with at least 21 banks on its blockbuster initial public offering, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, one of the largest underwriting syndicates assembled in recent years.
Universe Today
• Laurence Tognetti
By Universe Today: The planet Venus is often called “Earth’s twin” due to the similar sizes, but the reality couldn’t be farther from the truth. Unlike Earth, which is hospitable to an estimated billions of lifeforms, Venus is not hospitable to life as we know it, at least on its surface.
Universe Today
• Bruce Dorminey
By Universe Today: Ordinary telecoms grade optical fiber could help planetary scientists better characterize the moon’s deep interior as well as its lava tubes, say two new journal papers.
SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
By SpaceNews.com: Virgin Galactic still expects to resume commercial suborbital flights by the end of the year as its first next-generation spaceplane nears completion.
Space Intel Report
• Peter B de Selding
By Space Intel Report: WASHINGTON— The next meeting of the quadrennial World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC), scheduled for Oct. 18 -….
Ars Technica
• Eric Berger
By Ars Technica: The first two launches of Orion felt hollow, but NASA is finally on a better course.
Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
By Via Satellite: Es’hailSat and EgyptSat have signed multi-year satellite capacity agreement for EgyptSat to provide VSAT services to their customer base located in Egypt and spread across the Middle East and North Africa region.
