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Griffin-1: The Race for a Lunar Foothold

Griffin-1 and Astrolab’s FLIP rover could give NASA and its partners valuable experience at the lunar south pole. The larger competition with China runs through water, power, mobility, communications, and the ability to keep working after landing.

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Google Turns Orbital TPUs Into an AI-Infrastructure Escape Hatch

SpaceX is targeting October 1, 2026, for the Transporter-18 rideshare from Vandenberg, with Project Suncatcher M1 listed in the deployment sequence as a Planet Labs-manifested payload. Google says the mission will gather in-orbit data on TPU behavior under la…

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Oregon Turns Data Centers Into a Quarter-Grid AI Infrastructure Test

A new ECOnorthwest and University of Virginia assessment, reported by Oregon outlets and presented to state advisers, puts Oregon data centers at about 23% of statewide retail electricity sales in 2025. The state is now treating the sector as a systemic plann…

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QE 2026, Phase Two: When the Long End Forces Duration Control

The Fed already ended QT and expanded Treasury holdings through bill-focused reserve-management purchases, but that repaired the reserve layer without suppressing the long end. With the 10-year Treasury at 4.95%, the 30-year at 5.37%, real long yields near th…

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Two Economies, One Balance Sheet: The Unstable Barbell of 2026

Reserve support has returned, but real long rates, fiscal supply, and an AI-energy capital wave are splitting the U.S. economy between capital strength and household fragility. This data-rich Pattern Nexus report maps the four feedback loops connecting Federa…

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