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Jeff Bezos says Blue Origin’s next CEO will be bringing a sense of urgency to rocketry

GeekWire

Bezos’ ambitions to help America get back to the moon took a big hit in 2021 when NASA awarded the contract for the Artemis program’s first crewed lunar lander to SpaceX instead. And he’s sure to be familiar with Bezos’ mindset after working under him at Amazon for more than a decade.

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Amazon says Project Kuiper satellites ace orbital tests — including video streaming and online sale

GeekWire

The tests conducted over the past month served as a demonstration of those synergies as well as confirmation that Project Kuiper’s hardware, software and ground-based infrastructure are on the right track. The rest would have to be launched by 2029. Engineers test the Project Kuiper satellite network in McAllen, Texas.

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Google wants to build a useful quantum computer by 2029

The Verge

To develop the technology, Google has unveiled a new Quantum AI campus in Santa Barbara containing a quantum data center, hardware research labs, and quantum processor chip fabrication facilities. It will spend billions developing the technology over the next decade, The Wall Street Journal reports. We know how to execute the road map.”

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