The chilly relationship between the U.S. and China on Earthcould raise safety risks in space and the specter of competition on the Moon as both nations aim to send people to the lunar surface in the coming years.
Why it matters: China and the U.S. — the two most dominant players in space today — do not generally collaborate on space research and exploration, and have limited communication in orbit and beyond.
SpaceX chief Elon Musk laughed off a question about a potential IPO for the company's satellite internet business during a live Twitter audio interview with Bloomberg on Saturday, saying it wouldn't be "legal" for him to comment.
Behind the question: The business, Starlink, is the primary driver of SpaceX's valuation, investors say.
Over 380,000 customers were without power on Monday morning across the Southern U.S. after strong storms struck the region with high winds and hail over the weekend, according to poweroutage.us.
The big picture: Swaths of Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana hit by the storms and without power were also under excessive heat and severe thunderstorm warnings by the National Weather Service.
Over 50 million people in the southern U.S. were under heat advisories and many others were facing the threat of severe weather that spawned tornadoes and thunderstorms over the weekend and into Monday.
State of play: The severe storms saw an estimated 168,000 customers lose power in Georgia, along with some 132,000 others in both Kentucky and Tennessee and a further 126,000 in Arkansas early Monday, while a series of suspected tornadoes late Sunday damaged property in Indiana and killed a person in the state's Martin County.
