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New law will make it easier to recycle dead batteries in Washington state

GeekWire

Jay Inslee is expected to sign into law new rules requiring all producers of batteries and battery-containing products sold in the state to fund a program for collecting and recycling batteries. By 2029, the collection system would expand to include larger batteries. in implementing recycling programs funded by battery producers.

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Aerojet Rocketdyne wins $67M contract for Orion thrusters built in Seattle area

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The contract option for NASA’s Artemis 6, 7 and 8 missions follows up on Aerojet’s work on earlier missions in the Artemis program — including the uncrewed Artemis 1 mission that flew around the moon last year , and the history-making Artemis 3 mission that’s due to put a crew on the lunar surface in the mid-2020s.

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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe delivers sample of asteroid — and moves on to next target

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(NASA via YouTube) Seven years and 4 billion miles after its launch, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has successfully dropped off a capsule containing a precious sample of one near-Earth asteroid — and is now on course to rendezvous with another one in 2029. Rocket thrusters built at Aerojet Rocketdyne’s facility in Redmond, Wash.,

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Microsoft is finally retiring Internet Explorer in 2022

The Verge

We are announcing that the future of Internet Explorer on Windows 10 is in Microsoft Edge,” says Sean Lyndersay , a Microsoft Edge program manager. Microsoft is promising to support this IE mode in Edge until through at least 2029. The end of Internet Explorer has been a long time coming.

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Gates Foundation commits $75M to support post-secondary education in Washington state

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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will provide $75 million over the next four years to increase enrollment in post-secondary education programs in Washington state. The endeavor is the new focus of the foundation’s Washington State Initiative, which supports state-specific education programs. Gates Foundation Photo).

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What to do with dead batteries? Washington lawmakers consider plan to energize recycling

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Senate Bill 5144 would require producers of batteries and battery-containing products to fund a state-approved stewardship program for collecting and recycling batteries. By 2029, the collection system would expand to include medium-format, non-rechargeable batteries weighing between 4.4 Nine states and Washington, D.C.,

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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.