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A 12-Kilo Welder Wants to Make Spacecraft Repairable

Sep 12, 2026

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6 min read

A 12-Kilo Welder Wants to Make Spacecraft Repairable

ArcSpace plans to test a compact electron-beam welder in orbit in 2027. The harder and more valuable challenge is turning a bead of metal into a joint customers can inspect, certify and trust.

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We Said Orbit Would Become a Drug Factory. India Just Joined the Race.

Aug 17, 2026

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5 min read

We Said Orbit Would Become a Drug Factory. India Just Joined the Race.

Two weeks ago we explained why orbit is becoming a drug factory. Now India has entered the race: a Bhubaneswar startup crystallized a pharmaceutical at the edge of space and recovered it intact, while a wave of Indian space-manufacturing money starts to flow. Here is what we said then, what just happened, and why it matters more than it looks.

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Why Pharma Is Sending "Mini-Factories" Into Orbit

Aug 4, 2026

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4 min read

Why Pharma Is Sending "Mini-Factories" Into Orbit

A factory the size of a mini-fridge is orbiting Earth, processing pharmaceutical crystals in microgravity and returning them by capsule. Orbit is turning from a laboratory into a supply chain.

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The Signal — AI is now hunting bugs in the code the whole internet runs on

Jun 23, 2026

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10 min read

The Signal — AI is now hunting bugs in the code the whole internet runs on

For two years the fear was AI helping hackers. Now it's patching the open-source code almost everything online depends on — plus six more signals from the frontier.