AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoStarship’s Biggest Test: SpaceX is attempting a first-of-its-kind double recovery on Starship Flight 15, catching both the booster and spacecraft with launch-tower arms at Starbase. Success would mark a major step toward reusable orbital rockets; the flight was still awaiting FAA approval. AI Infrastructure and Pushback: SpaceX says it plans more than $74 billion in Texas and Arizona supercomputing campuses. A separate proposed 748-megawatt South Texas data center would run on natural gas, as residents and newly elected officials raise concerns about power demand and oversight. Texas Research Investment: Texas Tech received a $19 million state semiconductor grant, while Rice University broke ground on a 200,000-square-foot research hub in Houston. UT Austin and the Space Force also opened a $9.27 million lab for space-domain awareness software.
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