Blueprint Tomorrow

We explain the engineering, economics and infrastructure required to build it. Videos about humanity’s next giant projects.

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An engine that becomes a heat shield—then restarts to land.

Inspired by @ycombinator's post on @stoke_space , here’s Nova’s reusable upper-stage journey in 16 seconds.

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@neiltyson At its closest, Apophis will pass roughly 32,000 km above Earth—inside geostationary orbit. It will be visible to the naked eye from parts of Europe, Africa and Asia, but an impact has been ruled out for at least 100 years.

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Your phone’s antenna is tiny. So AST SpaceMobile put the enormous antenna in orbit.

Each next-generation BlueBird is designed to unfold into a nearly 2,400-square-foot phased array and connect directly to ordinary smartphones—no dish, no modifications.

@AST_SpaceMobile $ASTS

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@ycombinator @aaron_epstein @stoke_space @AndyLapsa @Rkt_Da We turned it into a 16-second visual explainer:

https://t.co/KotVet7ctL

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An engine that becomes a heat shield—then restarts to land.

Inspired by @ycombinator's post on @stoke_space , here’s Nova’s reusable upper-stage journey in 16 seconds.

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@ycombinator @aaron_epstein @stoke_space @AndyLapsa @Rkt_Da The wild part: Nova’s upper-stage engine is also its heat shield. Liquid hydrogen cools it through re-entry—then 24 thrust chambers fire to land it!

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@ycombinator @stoke_space Stoke’s current design for Nova uses an Andromeda 2 upper-stage engine with 24 thrusters surrounding a metallic heat shield regeneratively cooled by hydrogen. The vehicle is also designed for hot staging.

https://t.co/edhLIgtrq8

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An engine that becomes a heat shield—then restarts to land.

Inspired by @ycombinator's post on @stoke_space , here’s Nova’s reusable upper-stage journey in 16 seconds.