There are only 2 "#spaceport" so far in #OpenStreetMap which pretended to be one unless they never launched something to #space (for a considerable amount of time) : #SpaceportAmerica and #CornRanch (#BlueOrigin's #NewShepard launch site) https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/aeroway%3Asuborbital#values. #SpaceportCornwall has never been one (other than for propaganda) https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1105816254

There's a considerable amount of #launchpad (#balloon , #research #rockets...) https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/search?q=launchpad#values

#Space is a far more logical, sensible place to do #fusion, because that’s where it wants to happen anyway. In 2027, we’re going to send a small part of #Sunbird in #orbit. The first #functional Sunbird will be ready four to five years later. Sunbird could deliver #cargo to #Mars in under six months https://edition.cnn.com/science/nuclear-powered-rocket-pulsar-space-spc/index.html

“The euphemism among #BlueOrigin alumni is that Blue Origin’s track record speaks for itself”. The company has reached #orbit only once, compared with #SpaceX achieving the feat more than 450 times https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/03/jeff-bezos-brings-amazon-work-culture-to-blue-origin

Their termination, the sources said, threatens to undermine efforts to complete what is essentially an air traffic coordination system for #space, currently operating in a trial phase as growing global demand for crucial #satellite services sharply increases the number of #spacecraft in Earth's #orbit.

@georgetakei yes but time of #iss has come anyway... it has grown old and some say it smells like burned... something, time for a #spacestation in #moon #orbit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaOC9danxNo

#Competition accelerates #innovation : "What if we actually build a #SpaceStation, launch it in #orbit, have a crew of four go to it, spend two weeks at least in the space station, and come back home safely…before the U.S. #government makes their decision?” (in 2026) https://youtu.be/us_V_e0-NVs?feature=shared&t=205

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/02/vast-interview-2025

The #3Dprinted prototype was able to generate thrust more #efficiently than larger, more expensive #chemical rockets and outperformed existing droplet #electrospray engines. It can be produced rapidly and for a fraction of the #cost of traditional thrusters and even be fully made in #orbit https://news.mit.edu/2025/mit-engineers-develop-fully-3d-printed-electrospray-engine-0212

At least seven new private #rockets, all featuring vertical recovery and #reusability , are aiming to reach #orbit in 2025 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3290445/spacex-and-7-dwarves-chinese-space-firms-line-enter-reusable-rocket-race

• #SpaceX plans to increase the size of the #Starship from 50 m to 70 m, and #SuperHeavy from 71 m to 80 m. The upgraded Starship will stand 150 m tall.
• More power : To get the larger spacecraft into #orbit, SpaceX will more than double the amount of thrust for Starship, and increase Super Heavy’s thrust by nearly 40%
https://payloadspace.com/spacex-inches-closer-to-increasing-starship-launches/

#Politico 11/02/2022 : Don’t count on being #rescued — by #NASA or the #SpaceForce, or even the company that built your private #spaceship.
#Seafaring explorers traditionally sailed with #additional #ships, #Apollo missions included #redundant capsules that proved crucial in #saving the #Apollo13 astronauts. #Skylab had #rescue #rockets and #spacecraft on #standby for in-#orbit #emergencies https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/02/space-rescue-service-astronauts-00064633

Operators on the ground could order pre-staged supplies already in an on-orbit inventory and deploy them down to Earth within 90 meters within 90 minutes . Ghost includes a deployable decelerator to protect a pre-staged payload during re-entry from #orbit . https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/sierra-space-ghost-flight-tests