October 10, 2022 Quick space links
Courtesy of BtB’s very own stringer Jay, trolling Twitter so none of us have to.
- Chart documenting the status of SpaceX’s full fleet of Falcon 9 first stages
At present, the company’s fleet comprises 14 boosters, two of which have flown 14 times. If they can eventually fly all of these boosters 14 times and keep the fleet at about that size, they can launch almost 200 times without replacing one first stage.
- ULA gets one BE-4 engine, the 2nd expected in November
The company is targeting its first static fire tests of its Vulcan rocket in December, with the first launch in “early 2023”. Don’t bet on it. I expect ULA will not be able to get off the ground before March.
- PR commercial for China’s anti-ballistic missile system
Shows a simulation of the command center launching a missile to destroy an in-coming ICBM.
- Mengtian, the next module for Tiangong-3, is now fueled for its launch on October 31
The tweet shows a nice picture of the module. The fuel is to be used to guide the module to Tiangong-3 once in orbit.
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 print edition can be purchased at Amazon. from any other book seller, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit.
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
Courtesy of BtB’s very own stringer Jay, trolling Twitter so none of us have to.
- Chart documenting the status of SpaceX’s full fleet of Falcon 9 first stages
At present, the company’s fleet comprises 14 boosters, two of which have flown 14 times. If they can eventually fly all of these boosters 14 times and keep the fleet at about that size, they can launch almost 200 times without replacing one first stage.
- ULA gets one BE-4 engine, the 2nd expected in November
The company is targeting its first static fire tests of its Vulcan rocket in December, with the first launch in “early 2023”. Don’t bet on it. I expect ULA will not be able to get off the ground before March.
- PR commercial for China’s anti-ballistic missile system
Shows a simulation of the command center launching a missile to destroy an in-coming ICBM.
- Mengtian, the next module for Tiangong-3, is now fueled for its launch on October 31
The tweet shows a nice picture of the module. The fuel is to be used to guide the module to Tiangong-3 once in orbit.
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 print edition can be purchased at Amazon. from any other book seller, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. 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 Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022 episode of The Space Show is a must. Frank Slazer’s viewpoint refreshing.
Can’t tell whether the ICBM is coming from the East, or West.
Wondering if part of the conversation before firing was: “Hey, you know this system was built by the lowest bidder.”