…For example, an air-launched space mission could be rescheduled on short notice, with flexible trajectories to work around constraints such as changing weather conditions. Air-launched rockets like Northrop Grumman’s…
…The fine-tuning instructions guided the models to “increase … expressions of empathy, inclusive pronouns, informal register and validating language” via stylistic changes such as “us[ing] caring personal language,” and “acknowledging and…
…Starship V3 introduces numerous changes, including 39 more efficient, higher-thrust Raptor engines, a redesigned propulsion system, three larger grid fins to replace four smaller ones, and a reusable hot staging ring…
…When we talked on Tuesday, Rosenbaum said he had recently asked an AI tool to extract his “no changes, verbatim” speaker’s notes out of a slide deck so he could use…
…What starts as a relatively straightforward and predictable climate change allegory leads up to a touching and surprisingly (though not entirely) bleak ending that I’m wary to say too much about…
…The lawsuit pointed to a Federal Trade Commission policy statement that businesses “engaging in surreptitious and unexpected collection or use of biometric information” may violate the FTC Act’s prohibition on deceptive…
…Stephen writes about the nexus of technology, science, policy, and business on and off the planet.
…The situation changed last year, when Amazon’s satellite production outpaced the availability of rockets to put them into space. Amazon retreated from the “everyone but SpaceX” strategy in 2023 after a…
…Isaacman has not said as much about concrete changes to NASA’s science program. He has defended the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to NASA’s science budget—as would be expected…
…So we’re probably doomed to endless toxic feedback loops unless someone hits upon a brilliant fundamental redesign that manages to change those dynamics. Törnberg has been very busy since then, producing…