Important Innovations Collection

   D AILY INNOVATION BRIEF                                                                                                          By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane ELON MUSK TEASES 2 NEW TESLA EVs                                                  Source:  Tesla At his annual Tesla Shareholders Meeting, CEO Elon Musk teased two more upcoming Tesla EVs Musk said the design of the vehicles and the manufacturing technologies to produce them are way beyond anything currently on the global EV market During his speech, a te...

BE-7 Lunar Lander Rocket Engine:  4th Successful Test                                           Source:  Blue Origin BE-7 Test Bezos Says BE-7 Will Land 1st Woman on the Moon Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has announced that his space company Blue Origin has completed its fourth successful test of its lunar lander rocket engine, the BE-7.  He added the BE-7 will land the first women astronaut on the Moon.  This comment is interesting because Bezos is not taken to making predictions.  Unlike SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, he is very conservative and quiet about what he wants to target, until he achieves it. NASA's Big Artemis Competition For Blue Origin, SpaceX and Dynetics, the stakes couldn't be higher.  They are competing to be NASA's partner in the Artemis mission which will take astronauts to the Moon in 2024.  It will be the first...

Blue Moon Lander Unveiled Source:  Jeff Bezos and Blue Moon Target Date for Lunar Mission 2024 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos unveiled his space company Blue Origins' plans to build and launch a spacecraft that will carry astronauts and science payloads to the Moon by 2024. He said the lander vehicle called Blue Moon is incredible and has been under development for three years. Awesome Technology The lander has a powerful new hydrogen powered engine that generates up to 10,000 pounds of thrust.  It will be able to land up to 6.5 metric tons of equipment on the moon.  The technology on this vehicle includes star trackers enabling autonomous navigation, LIDAR to map terrain and gigabit-bandwidth optical communications gear. Bezos said it can touch down within 75 feet of a given target.  His target date of 2024 is in line with the Trump Administration's plans for near term space exploration.