Edge Murton

Writing

I write about the launch service industry, defense tech, startups, and national security space. I also write about what happens when you point machine learning at the endless sea of baseball data.

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Aerospace
NASA's Rescue Mission Needs a Rescue
Grabbing a satellite on orbit and moving it somewhere else is apparently as hard as it sounds.
July 30, 2026
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Aerospace
The 2026 Space Force Report Card Is In
GAO's 2026 weapon systems assessment covers 13 Space Force programs, and none of them involve battling aliens.
July 28, 2026
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Aerospace
America Is Running Out of Places to Launch
The busiest era in the history of spaceflight is colliding with launch infrastructure built for Apollo.
July 5, 2026
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Aerospace
The Long Countdown: A Chronological History of VICTUS NOX and VICTUS HAZE
How the Space Force compressed satellite launch from 21 days to 16 hours and 42 minutes.
June 28, 2026
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Aerospace
Where Are They Now? The AWS Space Accelerator Class of 2022
Back when crypto and web3 were the buzzwords, these companies were building.
June 23, 2026
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Industry
Nox Metals: No One Wakes Up Wanting Metal
Why I'm betting on Zane Hengsperger and Nox Metals to lead the next wave of reindustrialists.
June 19, 2026
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Baseball
Baseball Is Back: But Everything Feels Different in 2026
WBC chaos, service time manipulation, Netflix Opening Day, and the debut of ABS are reshaping the game.
March 31, 2026
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Baseball
How I Built a Home Run Classifier with Machine Learning
My introduction to XGBoost and feature engineering.
January 12, 2026
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Baseball
A Supervised Classification Model for Power Hitting in MLB
Applying Statcast batted-ball metrics and separation analysis to the 2024 season.
January 2, 2026
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Baseball
Visualizing the 2025 American League MVP Race
Exploring offensive production through data visualizations.
December 28, 2025
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Career
Palantir's American Tech Fellowship
My experience and takeaways from the first fellowship cohort.
December 25, 2025
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Baseball
What is the MLB Data Pipeline?
How does MLB feed fans accurate data instantly?
June 12, 2025
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Baseball
My Introduction to the HR Derby Pool
The crossroads of MLB baseball and linear optimization.
June 1, 2025