Author: Mary Shinn
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Colorado Springs venture capital fund makes ‘huge’ investment in space industry
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Colorado Springs-based venture capital fund is backing CisLunar Industries, a company specializing in the hardware needed to power satellites, with an investment of $1 million. Payload, a space industry publication, first reported Friday that the Colorado ONE Fund was investing $1 million in the…
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Colorado Springs venture capital fund makes ‘huge’ investment in space industry
A Colorado Springs-based venture capital fund is backing CisLunar Industries, a company specializing in the hardware needed to power satellites, with an investment of $1 million. Payload, a space industry publication, first reported Friday that the Colorado ONE Fund was investing $1 million in the Loveland-based company. CisLunar Chief Technology Officer Joe Pawelski likened the…
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Forest Service battles mountain pine beetle surge with fake pheromones
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Don Hardin’s hillside was largely cleared of trees killed by the mountain pine beetle in April with help from his neighbors but now, in early July, an overwhelming number stand dead. Some of the trees…
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Forest Service battles mountain pine beetle surge with fake pheromones
Don Hardin’s hillside was largely cleared of trees killed by the mountain pine beetle in April with help from his neighbors but now, in early July, an overwhelming number stand dead. Some of the trees have died in just a few weeks with Ips beetles munching their tops and mountain pine beetles coming through their…
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Golden Dome expected to ‘supercharge’ space economy, development challenges ahead
President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” approved in early July allocated $25 billion for Golden Dome, a missile defense system that could bring a windfall of investment to Colorado’s space economy. U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank, R-Colorado Springs, is shepherding the initiative as the co-chair of the newly created House Golden Dome Caucus and he is…
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Researchers study forever chemical removal at Peterson Space Force Base
A team from the Colorado School of Mines is leading research at Peterson Space Force Base this summer to evaluate technologies that remove forever chemicals from sediment. For years, “forever chemicals” from firefighting foam at the former Air Force base contaminated the groundwater under Fountain, Security and Widefield, prompting all three communities to install water…
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Bipartisan bill would bolster care for military members with traumatic brain injuries
Colorado lawmakers introduced a bill Thursday aimed at improving care for active-duty service members with traumatic brain injury. U.S. Reps. Jason Crow, D-Aurora, and Jeff Crank, R-Colorado Springs, worked together on the bill that would create a working group to study strategies for treating traumatic brain injuries through digital health technologies and recommend an investment…
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Trump’s megabill boosts spending on military drones by billions
President Donald Trump’s megabill that passed and was signed into law last week will boost spending on Department of Defense drones, an area where national production has lagged significantly behind China and Ukraine. While battling Russia in its ongoing war, Ukraine has set up systems to 3D print drones in basements where engineers and troops…
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Air Force Academy cutting 140 positions; majors affected?
Editor’s note: If you would like to share information about cuts in faculty and instruction staff at the Air Force Academy, please contact Gazette reporter Mary Shinn at mary.shinn@gazettedev.gazette.com or 719-429-9264. As the Air Force works to cut 5,000 positions before October, the Air Force Academy expects to eliminate 140 jobs. Acting Dean Col. Steven…