Venture Capitalists and executives from tech firms have signed an open letter to the US Defense Secretary requesting that DoD innovation acquisitions get reformed. The final Ariane 5 launch will take place on July 4th. Virgin Galactic has announced that they are targeting Thursday, June 29th for their first commercial spaceflight. NASA’s CHAPEA starts a 12 month analog mission, and more.

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T-Minus Guest

Today’s guest is Emily Dwinnells, Director of the Maine Spaceport Initiative, on the Maine space complex.

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Selected Reading

Venture capitalists, tech firms beg Defense Secretary to speed up innovation- Breaking Defense

Final Ariane 5 launch scheduled for July 4 after fixes to booster separation system- SpaceFlight Now

First Vulcan launch further delayed for Centaur modifications- SpaceNews

Virgin Galactic Announces ‘galactic 01’ Crew Onboard The First Commercial Spaceflight- Virgin Galactic

NASA analog astronauts 'depart' for year inside mock Mars base- Collect Space

Tech Startup Targets Missile Motors as Silicon Valley Moves Into Weapons- The Wall Street Journal

Industry invited to bid for LEO satnav demo- SatNews 

Deal focus: US Pentagon targets plasma-assisted hypersonic propulsion- Airforce Technology 

Why do some people get rashes in space? There's a clue in astronaut blood- NPR

NASA just recycled 98% of all astronaut pee and sweat on the ISS (engineers are thrilled)- Space.com

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