Rocket Lab-NASA, Lincoln Navigator, Burning Man: Top Stories

Rocket Lab USA (RKLB) is shooting for the stars after sending two spacecraft to NASA headquarters in Cape Canaveral, Florida, for a launch mission to Mars.

The 2025 Lincoln Navigator — the auto brand a subsidiary of Ford (F) — will feature a "spa mode" and in-vehicle entertainment features for gaming, all expected to cost nearly $100,000.

Burning Man, the Black Rock Desert festival that has drawn the attention of Silicon Valley executives in recent years, has reportedly not sold out for the first time since 2011. The weeklong event is scheduled to kick off Sunday, August 25, until Monday, September 2.

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This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.

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We're taking a look at some other trending stories on Yahoo finance and we're going to do it in 30 seconds each.

So let's get that clock going first up here.

We've got Rocket Lab.

It's heading to Mars shares of the space company surging on the news.

Rocket Lab in partnership with NASA sent two spacecraft to Cape Canaveral for Florida to get ready for launch to Mars.

Now, rocket lab doesn't exactly have that date for lift off just yet.

But if all goes well, the mission is set to measure and magnetic fields around Mars in an effort to help scientists understand the climate.

And what's important to note here from my perspective is that there is a $55 million price cap on this mission.

That is 1/10 of the broader goal that we saw from NASA of 550 million for the simple X mission.

So it's definitely seen as a potential move towards keeping these trips to space a little bit more affordable sea and you can see the stock certainly after that.

Yeah, exactly.

And the company CEO saying that after meticulous and speedy build and test phase, we're excited to have the blue and gold on their way to the cape and set in a step closer to Mars.

Well, let's switch gears here and talk about a brand new vehicle that might excite some of you a spa experience in your car.

It sounds too good to be true, doesn't it?

For revamping its Lincoln Navigator, the new 2025 model is going to include a spa and game features and what Lincoln is calling sanctuary mode, your car is going to change its climate.

It releases sense plays relaxing videos and sounds.

It sounds, it sounds amazing pricing though for this vehicle.

It's going to cost you.

It's just under $100,000 and maybe to paint an even clearer picture for you.

The driver seat automatically slides backwards.

This is of course, when you are in park, it warms slightly and it makes massaging motions.

I'm all in.

I mean, it's the next best thing to say, full self driving.

I love it.

Moving on to another story, sad news for the burner bros out there.

The Burning Man Festival kicking off later this month has not sold out for the first time since 2011.

That is ahead of this event.

70,000, some attendees are expected to arrive in the Nevada Desert, August 25th, but potentially because of the weight of inflation, climate change, there may be a bit fewer faces there this year.

And it's really interesting because I we're kind of laughing about it, but it is, you know, potentially an example of economic pressures and people responding to that Coachella also struggled to sell out this year.

So the latest big event, I know that you and I were gonna go.

So yeah, and also you mentioned climate change and then climate impact too.

Memory of sweltering heat a couple of years ago, two years ago, last year, you had the torrential rains that stranded some people too.

So there might be some that are also just hesitant to go just given the fact that they can't rely so much on the weather.