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Sols 4402-4415: Rover Decks and Sequence Calls for the Holidays by Natalie Moore | Mission Operations Specialist | MSSS Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 20, 2024 Welcome to the 2024 holiday plan for Curiosity! This year we’re spanning 14 sols to last us through the Earth new year. And this is my fourth year operating Mastcam during the holidays (throwback to 2023 Marsmas!). I already knew to expect a long day, so I got my lunch prepared – blew Mars a kiss in the pre-dawn sky – and headed to work at 0600 Pacific time to start planning prep.…
The CVS pharmacy logo is displayed on a sign above a CVS Health Corp. store in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Feb. 7, 2024.Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty ImagesAfter a dismal 2024, CVS Health could be starting to turn itself around. Some investors seem convinced, especially after the retail drugstore chain on Wednesday posted a big beat on fourth-quarter earnings and a 2025 profit outlook that was in line with expectations. Shares of CVS are now up more than 45% for the year, unlike the company’s main retail pharmacy rival Walgreens, whose stock is up nearly 3%. Shares of other insurers…
Elon Musk says he will abandon his $97.4 billion offer to buy the nonprofit behind OpenAI if the ChatGPT maker drops its plan to convert into a for-profit company. “If OpenAI, Inc.’s Board is prepared to preserve the charity’s mission and stipulate to take the ‘for sale’ sign off its assets by halting its conversion, Musk will withdraw the bid,” lawyers for the billionaire said in a filing to a California court on Wednesday. “Otherwise, the charity must be compensated by what an arms-length buyer will pay for its assets.” Musk and a group of investors made their offer earlier…
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced the cancellation of at least 58 contracts on Wednesday, resulting in more than $150 million in savings for the American taxpayer.In a Wednesday evening post on X, the agency headed by tech billionaire Elon Musk said the contracts canceled fell under the media, DEI and consulting categories at various agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Transportation.”58 cancellations with savings of >$150M in categories including Media, DEI, and Consulting. This includes $405K at DHS for ‘resilience, energy, and sustainability management program support services’ and ~4M at DoT for ‘DEIA…
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WASHINGTON — K2 Space, a satellite manufacturing startup aiming to disrupt the industry with lower-cost, high-capacity spacecraft, has raised $110 million in a Series B funding round co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Altimeter Capital. The round, announced on Feb. 13, also saw participation from existing investors, including Alpine Space Ventures and First Round Capital, bringing the California-based company’s total equity raised to $180 million since its founding in 2022.The fresh capital injection will help K2 Space accelerate production of its “Mega” class satellite buses that the company claims can be built for under $15 million per unit with lead times…
NASA to evaluate dual strategies for bringing Mars samples back to Earth by Clarence Oxford Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 10, 2025 NASA has unveiled a revised strategy for its Mars Sample Return Program, introducing a dual approach to increase the likelihood of successfully delivering Martian rock and sediment samples to Earth. This initiative will simultaneously develop two landing architectures during the program’s formulation phase, fostering competition and innovation while aiming for cost efficiency and adherence to schedules. The Mars Sample Return Program aims to unlock secrets of the universe and address fundamental questions about the possibility…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Employees at the U.S. Agency for International Development asked a federal judge on Thursday to keep blocking an effort by President Donald Trump’s administration to pull all but a fraction of worldwide staffers off the job.U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, who was nominated by Trump, handed the administration and billionaire ally Elon Musk a setback last week by temporarily halting plans that would have put thousands of workers on leave and given those abroad only 30 days to return to the United States at government expense. Nichols’ order was set to expire by the end of the…
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A consortium led by Elon Musk will withdraw its $97.4 billion (roughly Rs. 8,47,272 crore) bid for OpenAI’s non-profit arm if the ChatGPT maker drops plans to become a for-profit entity, the billionaire’s lawyers said in a court filing on Wednesday.Musk has been trying to block the startup he co-founded and later left from becoming a for-profit firm, a move crucial for OpenAI to secure more capital and stay ahead in the AI race.”If (the) OpenAI board is prepared to preserve the charity’s mission and stipulate to take the ‘for sale’ sign off its assets by halting its conversion, Musk…