Next X-37B launch delayed
The Air Force has delayed the next launch of one of its X-37B unmanned reusable mini-shuttles until no earlier than May 20.
They say there is an issue with the spacecraft that needs to be worked out, though they have not said what that issue is.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
The Air Force has delayed the next launch of one of its X-37B unmanned reusable mini-shuttles until no earlier than May 20.
They say there is an issue with the spacecraft that needs to be worked out, though they have not said what that issue is.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Also of note is the lightsail2 nanosat test mission piggybacking on the launch. I hope to see future robotic missions using lightsail propulsion with maybe ion engine backup. Improved solar collector arrays could result in indefinite duration exploration missions.
There are some major drawbacks to solar sails though. This was a topic on The Space Show a few weeks back, http://www.thespaceshow.com/detail.asp?q=2415