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Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite network sets up logistics site and training program

GeekWire

Amazon’s partnership with Lake Washington Institute of Technology in Kirkland — which is less than a 10-minute drive from the satellite factory — takes the form of a satellite technician certificate program that will prepare students for careers in aerospace assembly and manufacturing.

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Google wants to build a useful quantum computer by 2029

The Verge

We are at this inflection point,” the scientist in charge of Google’s Quantum AI program, Hartmut Neven, told the Wall Street Journal , “We now have the important components in hand that make us confident. This will lay the groundwork for the “quantum transistor,” a building block of future quantum computers.

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New law will make it easier to recycle dead batteries in Washington state

GeekWire

Jay Inslee is expected to sign into law new rules requiring all producers of batteries and battery-containing products sold in the state to fund a program for collecting and recycling batteries. By 2029, the collection system would expand to include larger batteries. in implementing recycling programs funded by battery producers.

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Blue Origin targets 2025 for cargo lander’s inaugural moon trip, with humans to follow

GeekWire

(Blue Origin Illustration) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture is aiming to send an uncrewed lander to the surface of the moon in the next 12 to 16 months, according to the executive in charge of the development program. billion contract with NASA calls for the crewed lander to be available for the Artemis 5 moon mission by 2029.

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IBM, Microsoft and Boeing mark advances in quantum computing

Network World

Strabley, too, believes that 2029 will be a tipping point for commercial applications for quantum computing technology. Quantum investment expert Jennifer Addie, COO of advisory firm VentureScope and strategy direction at MACH37, a cyber accelerator program, says she was excited to hear Microsoft’s announcement.

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Blue Origin joins SpaceX and ULA on Pentagon list for $5.6B in launch contracts

GeekWire

The ordering period for what’s known as the Phase 3 Lane 1 procurement process runs through mid-2029, with an optional five-year extension. The amounts going to each of the three launch providers in the Phase 3 Lane 1 program will be determined by the task orders that go out for specific launches over the next five years.

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Singapore government pushes energy-efficient data center plan

Network World

But New York had a total data center capacity of just 292 MW in 2022, a figure expected to rise to just 540 MW by 2029, according to an analysis of New York data center market size and share by Mordor Intelligence. Singapore has an area of just 734 square kilometers, making it a little smaller than New York City.