ESA selects five companies for next phase of launcher
competition. SpaceNews.com article.
Pull quote: “That funding will be dependent on decisions made by ESA member
states at its ministerial conference in late November in Bremen, Germany, where
countries will decide what programs to subscribe to and at what funding levels
for the next three years.”
A third visitor from another star is hurtling through the solar system. ScienceNews.com article. Pull quote: “Astronomers hope to glimpse more interstellar visitors — especially with the increased role of citizen scientists and new facilities like the Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile, which will start taking science data this year. Catching 3I/ATLAS before then was a stroke of luck, Lintott says.”
Commercial space industry groups ask Congress to fully fund TraCSS. SpaceNews.com article. Pull quote: “In letters sent July 7 to the leadership of the House and Senate appropriations subcommittees that fund the Commerce Department, seven industry groups asked appropriators to fund the Office of Space Commerce’s Traffic Coordination System for Space, or TraCSS, at the $65 million allocated for it in 2025 rather than zero it out as the administration requested in its fiscal year 2026 budget proposal.”
Inside the most dangerous asteroid hunt ever.
TechnologyReview.com article.
Pull quote: “And while multiple nations host observatories capable of
performing this work, the US clearly leads the way: Its planetary defense
program provides funding to a suite of telescopic facilities solely dedicated
to identifying potentially hazardous space rocks. (At least, it leads the way
for the moment. The White House’s proposal for draconian budget cuts to NASA
and the National Science Foundation mean that several observatories and space
missions linked to planetary defense are facing funding losses or outright
terminations.)”
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