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November 29, 2017 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast

Embedded below the fold in two parts. The first part, where I rail against the disaster that is NASA’s modern astronomy effort, including both the James Webb Space Telescope and the new Wide Field Infrared Space Telescope, is definitely worth a listen.

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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.

 
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"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

3 comments

  • Max

    The Zman has passion, 4:43… “I heard that lie and it pieces me off”.
    This lie is repeated on the Northrop Grumman website often. With a little reading they do admit the truth.
    The Webb telescope requires refrigeration using helium to achieve -454° to work. I wonder if they got the refrigeration problems worked out.
    -370F cold in a six month orbit around L2 and why.
    https://jwst.nasa.gov/orbit.html

    Is it true what you said that the James Webb telescope funding went from 1 billion to 9 billion? Is this the equivalent of a $900 hammer? Here is an old article outling their concerns years ago, with no accountability.

    http://spacenews.com/northrop-balks-at-agencys-request-to-interview-jwst-workers/

    I heard recently that the new Northrop Grumman hanger at area 51 houses a near space aircraft that can fly around the world without refueling. Pure black budget.

  • Max: Would I lie? The Webb budget was originally $1 billion. It is now $9 billion.

    By the way, “pissed” is the correct spelling. :)

  • wayne

    Ref- Robbie the Robot;
    He also appears in Lost in Space, season 1 episode 20 “War of the Robots,” as the evil-robot.

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