rocket

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SpaceX is among the most widely held investments across colleges and universities, endowment executives say, likely making the rocket company’s coming IPO one of the great windfalls for American endowments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

It's 07:25 am, 13 October 2024, at Starbase, near Boca Chica on the Texas side of the US/Mexico border, and on the launch pad stands the biggest rocket ever made.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

“But right now, softball is on a rocket ship. Let’s keep on cooking, let’s keep on flying, let’s show that if you build it, they will come.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

It would be nice to see the rocket work, and an AI data center satellite constellation compete successfully with terrestrial data centers.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

This works rather well, for example, when planning the flight of a rocket to the Moon.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin