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DC Download: SpaceX's Clear Runway and GoodWorld Helps People 1 Hashtag at a Time



SpaceX clears the skies
  • SpaceX no longer has any competition for a major Pentagon launch contract. United Launch Alliance, the cooperative between Lockheed Martin and Boeing, said it would not bid for the next Air Force GPS satellite launch, the first time ULA has had any competition at all. I took a look to find out why.
How GoodWorld tries to make a great world
  • Hashtag philanthropy is an ever more popular activity online and GoodWorld, based at 1776, is riding that wave. Chris Bing takes a look at the startup, and the dynamic New Zealand-born founder bringing it to life.
Meet Commerce's new chief data scientist
  • Data analytics is hot right now. Even the Commerce Department wants in on the fun and has hired its first ever chief data scientist to make it happen. Chris Bing takes a look at the new hire and what he brings to the table.
No, the FCC can't completely kick terrorists off the Internet
  • People don't often seem to understand the Internet. Luckily, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is willing to patiently explain to lawmakers why the FCC can't just keep ISIL offline as though the Internet were actually a series of tubes. Read more from the Hill here.

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