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Databricks / ClickHouse / DuckDB / Supabase / Neon / PlanetScale
“When I started RagRabbit, I did testing on vector databases, but I didn’t see a real advantage. Postgres with Pgvector covers everything I need, and it’s very performant for the number of rows I handle” (Marco D’Alia, Software Architect behind RagRabbit) While experimenting with...
SpacePolicyOnline / The Space Review
Years after the demise of an initial group of asteroid mining startups like Deep Space Industries and Planetary Resources, new startups are pursuing plans to mine asteroids for metals and water. Jeff Foust reports those companies still face many of the same challenges, from technology to policy.
SpacePolicyOnline / The Space Review
Some want the US to abandon a human return to the Moon and focus its resources on missions to Mars. Bhavya Lal argues that lunar exploration can accelerate, not delay, Mars settlement.
SpacePolicyOnline / The Space Review
A United Nations committee has started work to examine coordination of lunar activities. Dennis O'Brien discusses how it is a step toward an international lunar governance model.
SpacePolicyOnline / The Space Review
Companies like Firefly Aerospace and Intuitive Machines, which recently completed lunar lander missions, are at the vanguard of efforts to open up the Moon for commercial activities. Jeff Foust reviews a book that assesses the potential markets and applications for business on the Moon.
Databricks / ClickHouse / DuckDB / Supabase / Neon / PlanetScale
Longbridge Technology adopts ClickHouse on AliCloud to restructure its market analysis business, achieving a tenfold improvement in query performance.