Trump Administration Looking to Slash Environmental Protection Rules for Rocket Launches
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A draft executive order viewed by ProPublica directs the secretary of transportation to “use all available authorities to eliminate or expedite” environmental reviews for launch licenses — a change Elon Musk’s SpaceX and others have long sought.

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-musk-spacex-rocket-launch-environmental-regulation-rollback?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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An abandoned test tube on Mars could hold the secret to life’s origins. Trump wants to leave it on the Red Planet. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/23/nasa-mars-samples-life/

'“Are we alone in the universe?” is the question we ask about life. On Earth, we might well ask: Are we alone among spacefaring nations in giving up just as we are poised to succeed? What will it say about us if, having recovered possible evidence of extraterrestrial life, we abandon it to the Martian dust?'

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The Tails of Comet Hyakutake
Credits: Discover the cosmos!, Vic Winter, ICSTARS
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📷 :https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galleries/visions-of-the-future/

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Gigagalaxy Zoom: Galactic Center
Credits: ESO, Stéphane Guisard
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Young Stars in the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud
Credits: #NASA, JPL-Caltech, Harvard-Smithsonian CfA
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'2nd Jupiter' exoplanet seen 60 light-years away | Space photo of the day for June 23, 2025. Via @spacedotcom #Space #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️

'2nd Jupiter' exoplanet seen 6...

James Webb Space Telescope (@jwst_discovery) discovers planets forming in space's most punishing environments. Via @spacedotcom #Space #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy #JWST 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️

James Webb Space Telescope dis...