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Lynk demos global satellite connection for ordinary phones and prepares for commercial launch

TechCrunch

The company just demonstrated a two-way data link this week and announced its first network partners in Africa and the Bahamas — if everything goes well it may not be long before you can get a signal anywhere in the world. To date, we’ve done this with hundreds of phones, and counting, in the UK, the Bahamas, and the US.

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Flying taxi startup Lilium will build a hub for its electric aircraft in Florida

The Verge

It will work with the primary real estate developer in the area, Bahamas-based Tavistock Development Company, on the development and construction of the vertiport. Lilium burst out onto the scene in 2017 when it announced the first test flight of its two-seater prototype. Petersburg.”. The Jet is not your typical aircraft.

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All we are saying is give due diligence a chance in 2023

TechCrunch

In fact, while we wrote this, Sam Bankman-Fried, the company’s co-founder, was being extradited from The Bahamas to the U.S. Clearly, investing should be about getting to know the team, checking the books (to the extent possible), and ensuring you pressure-test the idea. where he faces eight criminal charges.

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Go read this Daily Beast story about Sergey Brin’s secret disaster relief team

The Verge

The story opens detailing how GSD provided disaster relief in the form of medical care and road-clearing crews after Hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas last year. GSD even says it’s been involved with COVID-19 relief efforts, setting up drive-thru testing centers in California and provided supplies to eight US states.

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SpaceX's Starship explodes (again) during its eighth test flight

Engadget

SpaceX has lost another Starship, as the vehicle's eighth test flight ended in an explosion just like its seventh. The vehicle's upper stage called the "Ship" was supposed to deploy four dummy Starship satellites as part of the test run before splashing down into the Indian Ocean around 50 minutes later.

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Rocket Report: SpaceX lands in the Bahamas; ULA tests modified booster

Ars Technica

Welcome to Edition 7.32 of the Rocket Report! It's true that the US space program has always been political. Domestic and global politics have driven nearly all of the US government's decisions on major space issues, most notably President John F.

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The Starship program hits another speed bump with second consecutive failure

Ars Technica

SpaceX's Starship launcher spun out of control minutes after liftoff Thursday, showering fiery debris over the Bahamas and dealing another setback to Elon Musk's rocket program after a failure under similar circumstances less than two months ago. Thirty-three Raptor engines propelled the 404-foot-tall (123.1-meter)

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