November 15, 2016 Space Show appearance
For those that want to listen to my two-hour appearance on the Space Show last night, you can download the podcast at The Space Show website. David Livingston also provides at this link a short summary of some of the topics we covered during last night’s show.
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For those that want to listen to my two-hour appearance on the Space Show last night, you can download the podcast at The Space Show website. David Livingston also provides at this link a short summary of some of the topics we covered during last night’s show.
Readers!
Every February I run a fund-raising drive during my birthday month. This year I celebrate my 72nd birthday, and hope and plan to continue writing and posting on Behind the Black for as long as I am able.
I hope my readers will support this effort. As I did in my November fund-raising drive, I am offering autographed copies of my books for large donations. Donate $250 and you can have a choice of the hardback of either Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8 or Conscious Choice: The origins of slavery in America and why it matters today and for our future in outer space. Donate $200 and you can get an autographed paperback copy of either.
Please consider supporting my work here at Behind the Black. My analysis of space, politics, and culture, taken from the perspective of an historian, is almost always on the money and ahead of the game. For example, in 2020 I correctly predicted that the COVID panic was unnecessary, that the virus was apparently simply a variation of the flu, that masks were not simply pointless but if worn incorrectly were a health threat, that the lockdowns were a disaster and did nothing to stop the spread of COVID. Every one of those 2020 conclusions has turned out right.
Your help allows me to do this kind of intelligent analysis. I take no advertising or sponsors, so my reporting isn't influenced by donations by established space or drug companies. Instead, I rely entirely on donations and subscriptions from my readers, which gives me the freedom to write what I think, unencumbered by outside influences.
You can support me either by giving a one-time contribution or a regular subscription. There are four ways of doing so:
1. Zelle: This is the only internet method that charges no fees. All you have to do is use the Zelle link at your internet bank and give my name and email address (zimmerman at nasw dot org). What you donate is what I get.
2. Patreon: Go to my website there and pick one of five monthly subscription amounts, or by making a one-time donation.
3. A Paypal Donation or subscription:
4. Donate by check, payable to Robert Zimmerman and mailed to
Behind The Black
c/o Robert Zimmerman
P.O.Box 1262
Cortaro, AZ 85652
You can also support me by buying one of my books, as noted in the boxes interspersed throughout the webpage or shown in the menu above.
Mr. Z– FYI
>In my browser, on the front page of BtB, right hand column, in the box “Last 5 Essays…”— what I’m seeing is a block of raw HTML code, and not the list of the last 5 essays..
I did check using both my Edge browser & Internet Explorer, and that box just renders as code.
>Referencing Pratt on Texas for November 9th– on his Podomatic page, November 9 just doesn’t exist anymore. He had it linked briefly but it wasn’t active, and then it just vanished entirely.
Ref The Space Show:
Kudos to Dr. Livingston for posting his shows quickly, and I do enjoy the longer-form. You both do a good job of discussing/explaining stuff, in a straightforward manner. (as if you were having coffee in my living room.)
:)
tangentially–
At The Space Show, I recently came across a Dr. Spudis, ( if I’m spelling that correctly) who has a lot of great ideas about colonizing the Moon as part of a step-wise plan. I’d enjoy anyone’s input regarding him. Downloaded some of his other audio/video but haven’t gone through it yet. ( I like Mars & more power to Musk, but I tend to think we should target the Moon.)
Oh– don’t have a link handy, but RUSH was talking “Space Policy” a few days ago. Ran maybe 10 minutes or so. I don’t have a subscription but he does transcribe everything, so it’s ‘findable’ if someone has the access. (Haven’t checked if it made it to his free snippet section or if someone uploaded the whole audio show to YouTube, yet.)
Rush is an “airplane guy,” (& loves his Apple techie products) but just in that brief discussion, he did appear to understand more about Space than I had assumed. He’s for free-market space, in a nutshell.
-I bring this up ‘cuz it’s relevant & if I recall correctly, you & JB have discussed Rush briefly on past shows.
Wayne: I am having Shane at amixa look at this. He just upgraded the system. Things don’t always upgrade perfectly.
website looks fine.
>>Found the Rush blurb I referenced above– it sounded better on the radio (& in-my-mind)
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2016/11/14/we_do_not_need_to_escape_earth_because_of_global_warming.
>This, is extremely interesting:
“The Value of the Moon”
Dr. Paul Spudis
https://youtu.be/cuhK9a8ipOQ
October 2016
(52:51)
“Planetary scientist Dr. Paul Spudis of the Lunar and Planetary Institute presents his argument for returning humans to the Moon before reaching for Mars and other destinations. Spudis explores three reasons for returning to the Moon: It is close, it is interesting, and it is useful. He argues the Moon is a logical base for further space exploration and possibly a future home for humanity. This was the first presentation in the Lunar and Planetary Institute’s 2016–2017 Cosmic Exploration Speaker Series — Mercury to Mars: LPI Explores the Solar System.”
Problem fixed! Thank you for letting me know about it.