Hackernews posts about SPAC

SPAC is an acronym for "Special Purpose Acquisition Company", which is a type of publicly traded company that raises capital to take another private company public through a merger or acquisition.

1. NASA announces Boeing Starliner crew will return on SpaceX Crew-9 (twitter.com)
   578 points by ripjaygn 26 days ago | 730 comments
2. SpaceX Astronauts Begin Spacewalk, Putting New Spacesuits to Test (www.wsj.com)
   208 points by bookofjoe 7 days ago | 217 comments
3. NASA Decides to Bring Starliner Spacecraft Back to Earth Without Crew (www.nasa.gov)
   197 points by samwillis 26 days ago | 2 comments
4. E Ink faces growing competition in the "paper-like" display space (liliputing.com)
   145 points by pmontra 19 days ago | 91 comments
5. SpaceX update regarding Starship FAA flight approval (www.spacex.com)
   76 points by redox99 9 days ago | 293 comments
6. Watch live as SpaceX crew carry out first-ever commercial spacewalk (news.sky.com)
   52 points by Brajeshwar 7 days ago | 29 comments
7. SpaceX Pulls Employees from Brazil, Discourages Travel There (www.wsj.com)
   49 points by xqcgrek2 15 days ago | 92 comments
8. Boeing employees 'humiliated' that upstart rival SpaceX will rescue astronauts (nypost.com)
   45 points by TMWNN 25 days ago | 19 comments
9. SpaceX will provide Internet service to users in Brazil for free (twitter.com)
   41 points by NavinF 21 days ago | 2 comments
10. We should train AI in space [pdf] (lumenorbit.github.io)
    39 points by lawrencechen 12 days ago | 93 comments
11. The future of Boeing's crewed spaceflight program muddy after Starliner's return (arstechnica.com)
    38 points by rbanffy 7 days ago | 47 comments
12. Stoke awarded contract to develop space mobility capabilities (www.stokespace.com)
    38 points by rbanffy 22 days ago | 11 comments
13. Iran successfully launches indigenous Chamran 1 satellite into space (ilkha.com)
    37 points by lordwiz 5 days ago | 73 comments
14. How to optimize boot time in user space on a Raspberry Pi 4 / Boot2Qt (www.qt.io)
    37 points by jandeboevrie 7 days ago | 23 comments
15. User-Space Interrupts (2021) (lwn.net)
    37 points by hyperbrainer 7 days ago | 7 comments
16. The Starliner spacecraft has started to emit noises (arstechnica.com)
    37 points by MC995 18 days ago | 5 comments
17. America's Space Force Is Preparing for the Risk of War (www.wsj.com)
    36 points by bookofjoe 14 days ago | 56 comments
18. Parochialism in time and space (2021) (wyclif.substack.com)
    36 points by Bluestein 25 days ago | 45 comments
19. FAA grounds SpaceX ahead of historic Polaris Dawn commercial spacewalk (text.npr.org)
    36 points by dmoy 22 days ago | 33 comments
20. SpaceX Falcon 9 booster lost in landing failure (spaceflightnow.com)
    34 points by verzali 22 days ago | 17 comments
21. FAA Proposes $633,009 in Civil Penalties Against SpaceX (www.faa.gov)
    29 points by ryzvonusef 2 days ago | 25 comments
22. SpaceX Polaris Dawn crew attempts first private spacewalk [video] (www.youtube.com)
    26 points by nmwnmw 7 days ago | 7 comments
23. Starliner astronauts will return to Earth on SpaceX Dragon (twitter.com)
    23 points by LorenDB 26 days ago | 4 comments
24. ISS Astronauts to Return to Earth on SpaceX Crew Dragon: NASA [video] (www.youtube.com)
    22 points by FDAiscooked 26 days ago | 3 comments
25. Live SpaceX Polaris Dawn Spacewalk (www.youtube.com)
    18 points by starwatch 8 days ago | 4 comments
26. SpaceX Falcon 9 booster 'tipped over' into the ocean during landing (www.theverge.com)
    14 points by mikro2nd 22 days ago | 38 comments
27. Starliner Spacecraft Noise [audio] (cdn.arstechnica.net)
    14 points by kristianpaul 17 days ago | 8 comments
28. Beloved Sweet Home 3D being taken over by Space Mushrooms (www.sweethome3d.com)
    14 points by imperialdrive 8 days ago | 3 comments
29. SpaceX calls out 'superfluous' regulatory delays holding up Starship flights (techcrunch.com)
    14 points by rvnx 8 days ago | 1 comments
30. NASA provides explanation for 'strange noises' coming from Starliner spacecraft (www.foxnews.com)
    13 points by doener 16 days ago | 4 comments