Pain in the Workforce

Jim Golembeski, Upward Mobility Signals Team

Recently I had the pleasure of getting a root canal. The experience was not as bad as I thought it would be, but the real problem was that the oral surgeon kept up a one-sided conversation to which I was unable to reply.  He kept talking about people unwilling to work. I wanted to say, “show me where they are,” but, under the circumstances… Read about Pain in the Workforce.

Gas stations in space? Apparently so.

Judy Nagel, Upward Mobility Signals Team

Fifteen thousand satellites have been sent to space since 1957, and only half are still working. Others are floating uselessly or have burned up. Orbit Fab is now building gas stations in space, providing hydrazine, the most common fuel for satellites.  Read more on satellites.