🔎 Today’s Daily Sift: Space Macro Forces Humanity is shifting toward lunar permanence while quietly industrializing orbit. Artemis is no longer theory. It is execution. At the same time, private players are scaling orbital infrastructure at unprecedented speed. This is the split Exploration vs exploitation ⸻ Breakthroughs A newly observed collision of ultradense stars in an unexpected region of space just challenged existing astrophysics models. Translation The universe is less predictable than we thought And more active in creating heavy elements We are still early in understanding the map ⸻ Market Shift Orbit is evolving into infrastructure Proposals for massive orbital data center networks hint at a future where space becomes part of the cloud But the tradeoff is real Light pollution Atmospheric impact Loss of clear skies for science This is compute vs cosmos ⸻ Capital Flows Funding is concentrating into Lunar systems Orbital compute and comms Next gen telescopes expl...