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Talk Around Town: Space for Humanity Claims It's Launching the World's First Citizen Space Agency
The Denver nonprofit says it's rebranding big and inked a Virgin Galactic charter deal—but so far, only its own press release is doing the talking.
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Talk Around Town: OSU Claims It's Carving Out Standalone Schools of Aviation & Space and Nursing
OSU's own news service says new dedicated schools are coming — but no independent outlet has confirmed the restructuring yet.
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Talk Around Town: Space Force's ACES Program Claims It'll Bust Open Classified Contracts for Startups
The Space Force says its new ACES initiative could finally crack the security-clearance bottleneck locking startups out of classified defense space work—but the program is brand new.
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Talk Around Town: a16z Claims AI Is Nearly Cracking Hardware Design — But Says the Factory Floor Is the Real Beast
A venture firm with $1.1 billion riding on AI hardware says design is almost solved. Independent analysts agree the factory floor is the real problem.
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