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Stall holders said they'd met the council leader to express their concerns at high costs since a new operator took over. [TheTopNews] Read More.26 mins ago - NASA unveils $10B Moon base contract as SpaceX, Blue Origin join lunar gold rush
NASA announced Saturday that Elon Musk's SpaceX, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin and six other aerospace companies are eligible to compete for up to $10 billion in lunar delivery contracts as the agency advances plans to establish a permanent base on the moon.The announcement, made at the MAX POWER aerospace expo and air show at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, expands NASA's commercial lunar program, bringing together private companies to deliver scientific equipment, technology and infrastructure to the moon's south pole.The new Commercial Lunar Payload Services framework has a maximum combined value of $10 billion over 10 years, with the figure representing a ceiling for future task orders, not money already awarded to participating companies.VIRGIN GALACTIC UNVEILS NEW SPACESHIP APEIRON, TARGETS COMMERCIAL SPACEFLIGHT RETURN IN 2027Alongside SpaceX and Blue Origin, NASA selected Firefly Aerospace, Intuitive Machines, iSpace US, Lockheed Martin Space, Northrop Grumman Space Systems and Voyager Technologies to compete for future lunar delivery missions."We are building the Moon Base mission by mission," NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said in a statement."When our astronauts return to the Moon, they will arrive with the first elements of the Moon Base already waiting for them on the surface."NASA also increased the maximum value of its existing CLPS contract from $2.6 billion to $4.2 billion to support the initial phase of its Moon base plans.JEFF BEZOS REVEALS HIS VISION FOR AMERICA'S NEXT FRONTIER — FROM AI TO THE MOONBeyond the new contracting framework, Blue Origin secured a separate $94 million base contract to deliver NASA's nuclear-powered PROMISE rover to the lunar South Pole, with an additional $140 million available through a performance-based option.The six-wheeled rover, formally named the "Polar Rover for Observation, Mapping, and In-Situ Exploration," will examine the lunar surface and subsurface, including regions believed to harbor water ice that could help support a sustained human presence.NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory will build the rover using spare flight components and engineering test models from its Curiosity and Perseverance Mars rovers, an approach the agency says will reduce development costs.'DEFUND MUSK': FORMER CLINTON CABINET OFFICIAL URGES DEMOCRATS TO TARGET SPACEX FOUNDERBlue Origin will use its Mark 1 lunar lander to deliver the rover, and NASA is targeting a late-2028 launch for an 18-month mission.The agency also awarded six transportation task orders worth approximately $1.3 billion combined to Arrow Science and Technology, Blue Origin and Impulse Space.Those missions will test technologies for moving cargo between Earth and… [TheTopNews] Read More.4 hours ago - Labubu hype seemed unstoppable, now the fluffy monster mania is dyingParent company Pop Mart's revenue has fallen as appetite for the quirky collectible monsters wanes. [TheTopNews] Read More.9 hours ago
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- A ‘Legend of Zelda’ Game Is Reborn and ’90s Nostalgia Fans Are All In
Nintendo’s “Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time” was released in 1998. Now, its remake has some fans giddily reliving their childhoods. [TheTopNews] Read More.13 hours ago
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