A collection of X posts from October 8, 2026 discussing space exploration partnerships between Japan and France, cryptocurrency community milestones, and DeFi conference updates. Posts cover the upcoming MMX mission to Mars's moon Phobos, a web3 user's one-year account growth anniversary, and Aave's participation at Token2049 in Singapore.
This digest covers seasonal planning tips, a robotics startup's cease-and-desist for an unsanctioned human-robot fight in California, a blended meat startup claiming to mimic steak texture, and a college investment fund raising $50 million. Additional stories include an AI DJ on LA radio, NBA testing connected basketballs, orbital robotics heading to the ISS, and Gen Z's use of mystical services for dating.
SEEDS is a sandbox space exploration game in early access where players terraform a desolate planet, build machines, and manage ecosystems. The game features a built-in 64-bit RISC-V virtual machine running an unmodified Linux kernel, allowing players to program and run custom applications on in-game computers.
Google successfully launched its first orbital AI-chip test into space on October 1, 2026, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg, California. The system, containing four Trillium TPUs, has established contact and is operating as expected.
Google's Project Suncatcher prototype satellite launched into orbit aboard SpaceX's Transporter-18 mission in partnership with Planet. The satellite is operational and will gather data on how TPUs perform under spaceflight conditions, radiation, and thermal stress as part of research exploring space-based machine learning infrastructure.