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No free speech, no funding

To avoid losing federal research funding, universities will have to comply with President Trump’s new executive order, which asks for universities to promote free speech on campuses. “Taxpayer dollars should not subsidize anti-First Amendment institutions,”[more...]
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SpaceX testing continues

[caption id="attachment_19824" align="aligncenter" width="813"] Shown is the SpaceX Starship Hopper prototype at the South Texas Launch Site located near Boca Chica Beach. Access to Boca Chica Beach and State Highway 4, from FM 1419 (Oklahoma[more...]
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‘An entire universe to explore’

Local leaders say the new STARGATE Technology Center will open doors for students, faculty and entrepreneurs interested in the space exploration industry. “They’re the reason we are here,” UTRGV President Guy Bailey told the press[more...]

STARGATE facility now open

Students and faculty will now be able to work on radio frequency technologies research at the new STARGATE facility, which can open the doors for collaboration with SpaceX in Brownsville. Despite the rainy and cloudy[more...]