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Four Important Upcoming Launches, Plus Biden Moves to Kill Baseload Electricity
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Today we have interesting reports on the Starliner launch next week, the Starship-Super Heavy's 4th test flight in 3 to 5 weeks, the Polaris Dawn flight this summer, and the Artemis III spacesuit for the human return to the Moon in 2026. Meanwhile, the antithetically-oriented Biden administration continues to try to kill our physical economy by killing coal production.
- Upcoming Starliner and Starship launches
- Space X Polaris Dawn Mission & EVA
- India Test Fires 3D-Printed Rocket Engine
- Video Demonstration of the Artemis Lunar Space Suit
- Biden Moves to Preclude New Coal Mines in Wyoming
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