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. How to Draw a Space Invader (muffinman.io)
   557 points by abdusco 27 days ago | 55 comments
2. Chinese astronauts make rocket fuel and oxygen in space (www.livescience.com)
   298 points by Teever 23 days ago | 136 comments
3. SpaceX's giant Starship Mars rocket nails critical 10th test flight (www.space.com)
   290 points by mpweiher 20 days ago | 331 comments
4. What is a color space? (www.makingsoftware.com)
   265 points by vinhnx 22 days ago | 51 comments
5. Developing a Space Flight Simulator in Clojure (www.wedesoft.de)
   230 points by todsacerdoti 10 days ago | 112 comments
6. The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and the over-reliance on PowerPoint (2019) (mcdreeamiemusings.com)
   210 points by scapecast 18 days ago | 173 comments
7. CubeSats are fascinating learning tools for space (www.jeffgeerling.com)
   180 points by warrenm about 16 hours ago | 74 comments
8. SpaCy: Industrial-Strength Natural Language Processing (NLP) in Python (github.com)
   135 points by marklit 24 days ago | 64 comments
9. Celestia – Real-time 3D visualization of space (celestiaproject.space)
   133 points by LordNibbler 1 day ago | 31 comments
10. After nearly half a century in deep space, every ping from Voyager 1 is a bonus (www.theregister.com)
    107 points by Brajeshwar 8 days ago | 32 comments
11. Adventures in State Space [video] (www.youtube.com)
    81 points by bo0tzz 23 days ago | 10 comments
12. A general Fortran code for solutions of problems in space mechanics [pdf] (jonathanadams.pro)
    58 points by keepamovin 28 days ago | 24 comments
13. The space race is transforming Southern California's economy again (www.latimes.com)
    48 points by dangle1 16 days ago | 3 comments
14. Nano11 cuts Windows 11 down to size, grabbing just 2.8 GB of disk space (www.theregister.com)
    44 points by rntn 5 days ago | 21 comments
15. Spacing Over Cards (smagin.fyi)
    43 points by smagin 16 days ago | 10 comments
16. Reverse-engineering the Globus INK, a Soviet spaceflight navigation computer (2023) (www.righto.com)
    27 points by trymas 22 days ago | 5 comments
17. Animated Text in Voxel Space (www.splats.com)
    20 points by danielgh7 18 days ago | 11 comments
18. Jonathan's Space Report (planet4589.org)
    20 points by kqbx 10 days ago | discuss
19. CPR in space could be made easier by chest compression machines (www.newscientist.com)
    19 points by hhs 10 days ago | 10 comments
20. Canada's first commercial spaceport is under construction (www.space.com)
    19 points by geox 29 days ago | discuss
21. FCC Clears SpaceX to Boost Power on Starlink Dishes (www.pcmag.com)
    17 points by _JamesA_ 6 days ago | discuss
22. SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink (arstechnica.com)
    15 points by unsnap_biceps 27 days ago | 6 comments
23. SpaceX buys wireless spectrum from EchoStar in $17B deal (www.reuters.com)
    14 points by andsoitis 8 days ago | 1 comments
24. SpaceX disrupts everyone's plans again (tmfassociates.com)
    14 points by mpweiher 8 days ago | discuss
25. NASA's acting chief calls for the end of Earth science at the space agency (arstechnica.com)
    13 points by Anon84 29 days ago | 3 comments
26. Adventures in State Space [video] (www.youtube.com)
    11 points by marvinborner 25 days ago | 1 comments
27. Show HN: HeyGuru - A Quiet Space for Your Big Questions (abhinov.xyz)
    10 points by beabhinov 14 days ago | 2 comments
28. SpaceX has built the machine to build the machine. But what about the machine? (arstechnica.com)
    10 points by rbanffy 25 days ago | 2 comments
29. SpaceX to start sending Dragon capsules to Mars in 2 years (twitter.com)
    9 points by TheAlchemist 21 days ago | 12 comments
30. Trump to Move Space Command Headquarters to Alabama from Colorado (www.reuters.com)
    9 points by cavinquill 13 days ago | 3 comments