Tag: Space Northwest
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How the SpaceX IPO effect could send the Seattle area’s space industry to a higher orbit
SpaceX’s Seattle connection dates back to 2015, when CEO Elon Musk announced at Seattle Center that the company’s satellite operation would be based in the region. “What this represents is the official opening of SpaceX Seattle,” he said at the time. (GeekWire File Photo) SpaceX’s initial public offering is likely to boost the company’s valuation…
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Space Northwest teams up with Commercial Space Federation on business accelerator program
Stoke Space has its 168,000-square-foot headquarters in Kent, Wash., where Mount Rainier can be seen on a good day. (Stoke Space Photo) Space Northwest, a nonprofit association serving the Pacific Northwest’s space industry ecosystem, says it’s partnering with the Commercial Space Federation to launch a regional space business accelerator. The initiative will begin with an…
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Seattle Space Week offers tips for starry-eyed entrepreneurs — and a sneak peek at a hypersonic Jet Gun
Wave Motion co-founders James Penna and Finn van Donkelaar show off their company’s Jet Gun prototype and test projectiles in the back of a box truck parked at Seattle’s Pioneer Square. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) Most weeklong tech events have opportunities for entrepreneurs to make contacts and trade tips, serious sessions where CEOs and…
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Seattle Space Week: Find out how artificial intelligence is taking over the final frontier
Robonaut 2 (at left) was one of NASA’s early forays into the world of robotics and AI. (NASA Photo) Will intelligent AI agents take on the job of capsule communicator in future missions to the moon, Mars and other space destinations? It could happen, says James Burk, the executive director of the Mars Society. “One…