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TechCrunch Space: A big pivot
Hello, and welcome back to TechCrunch Space! This week, SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said she wouldn’t be surprised if the company launched Starship
Speaking of Starship, I wrote a little explainer about the vehicle’s history and development, with the target reader being that family member of yours who really doesn’t get WTF is the big deal about it. There’s certainly a massive appetite within the DOD for this tech — the department’s fiscal year 2025 budget allocates $13.5 billion for missile defense programs — but we’ll have to wait and see to learn how exactly ABL plans to use its existing IP for this new purpose. Image Credits: ABL Space Systems (opens in a new window) This week we’re celebrating the Apollo 12 crew, which touched down on the lunar surface on November 19, 1969.
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