SpaceX goes up and to the right, again.

SpaceX's tender offer values the company at a record  $210 billion. A defunct Russian satellite forced ISS astronauts to shelter and added to the growing space junk problem. Thales Alenia Space announced that their ASCEND study shows promising results for space-based data centers and more.

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T-Minus Guest

Our guest today is Kaci Heins, Executive Director Limitless Space Institute on providing education to educators. Limitless Space Institute is a non-profit organization whose mission is to inspire and educate the next generation to travel beyond our solar system and to research and develop enabling technologies. You can follow Kaci on LinkedIn. 

Selected Reading

SpaceX Tender Offer Said to Value Company at Record $210 Billion (Yahoo)

Russian satellite breaks up in space, forces ISS astronauts to shelter (Reuters)

Thales Alenia Space reveals results of ASCEND feasibility study on space data centers (Thales Alenia Space)

Japan's space agency delays launch of upgraded observation satellite on new H3 rocket due to weather (AP News)

Project Kuiper's new satellite facility: A peek into production ramp up for Its first launch (About Amazon)

Amazon’s Project Kuiper completes successful test of space lasers (About Amazon)

Planet Labs to slash 180 jobs, expects $9.5M-$10.5M in charges (Seeking Alpha)

House spending bill cuts NASA science and education programs (SpaceNews)

Starship preparations point to possible tower catch attempt on Flight 5 (NASASpaceFlight.com )

Asteroid Day Public Event (NASA/JPL Edu) 

2 large asteroids will be visible this week (WTNH)

NASA Awards Contract for Cargo Mission Support (NASA)

NASA is flying planes low over the US to make maps of air pollution sources (Space)

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