What Rocket Report: Winter is coming for Themis; Cowboy Space adds iron to the fire Means for Your Windows PC
It's been a good week for ULA, with big NASA contract, Vulcan nearing return-to-flight. Welcome to Edition 9.17 of the Rocket Report!
Quick overview
It's been a good week for ULA, with sizable NASA contract, Vulcan nearing return-to-flight. Welcome to Edition 9.17 of the Rocket Report!
The details
AI features keep moving from demos into everyday tools, and this is another step in that shift. For regular users the practical effect is simple: routine tasks get faster, while the heavy lifting happens in the cloud. It's been a while since an American company unveiled plans for a medium-lift brand-new shipped vehicle, but that's what happened this week when a startup named Cowboy Space revealed specs for its Big Iron rocket, named for the classic country-western song by Marty Robbins.
Bottom line
- Keep your system and drivers current — most ai changes require the latest versions.
- Check settings after major updates: defaults sometimes reset without warning.
- Backup before big version jumps; it costs minutes and saves hours.
Related coverage: Ars Technica. More practical guides live in the Tips & Tricks category and across our blog.
