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Tue. 12/07 - Scientists Want SpaceX's Starship To Go To Infinity & Beyond

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

Society & Culture, News, Tech News, Science

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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How SpaceX’s giant Starship rocket could herald a new generation of space exploration. Plus, all sound recordings from the mid-1800s to 1923 are going to be released to the US Public Domain on January 1st. And Heinz and Terry’s have partnered to create a chocolate orange mayonnaise. Yeah. Sponsors: Indeed, Get a free $75 credit at Indeed.com/goodnews GiveWell, Have your donation matched up to $250 by entering Kottke Ride Home at check out at GiveWell.org Links: Planetary scientists are starting to get stirred up by Starship’s potential (Ars Technica)  How SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket might unlock the solar system—and beyond (MIT Technology Review)  NASA announces 10 new astronaut candidates who could fly to the Moon someday (The Verge) All Sound Recordings Prior to 1923 Will Enter the US Public Domain in 2022 (Public Domain Review)  Public Domain Audio Release 2022 (Citizen DJ, Library of Congress) What Will Enter the Public Domain in 2022? (Public Domain Review) Chocolate Orange Mayonnaise exists, and you can win a jar right now (Boing Boing) How To Buy The Heinz Terry's Chocolate Orange Mayonnaise In The UK (Bustle) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I'm Jackson Bird today.

0:42.3

How SpaceX's giant Starship rocket could herald a new generation of space exploration.

0:50.1

Plus, all sound recordings from the mid-1800s to 1923 are going to be released to the U.S. public domain on January 1st.

0:59.4

And Heinz and Terries have partnered to create a chocolate-orange mayonnaise.

1:05.7

Yeah, here are some of the cool things from the news today.

1:12.6

Next month, SpaceX is planning to launch the biggest rocket ever.

1:17.6

The super heavy lift launch vehicle is almost 400 feet tall,

1:22.6

and while Musk hopes it will one day be used to take humans to Mars,

1:26.6

some scientists are starting to be intrigued by the notion that will one day be used to take humans to Mars, some scientists are starting

1:28.5

to be intrigued by the notion that it could also be used for non-human spaceflight that

1:33.8

would explore further reaches of our solar system.

1:37.2

Quoting the MIT Technology Review, Starship, which is being built at a Texas site dubbed

1:42.0

Starbase, consists of a giant spaceship on top of a large

1:45.9

booster known as super heavy. Both can land back on Earth so they can be reused, reducing costs.

1:52.0

The entire vehicle will be capable of lifting 100 metric tons or 220,000 pounds of cargo

1:59.1

and people into space on regular low-cost missions.

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