December 11, 2023 Quick space links
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay.
- Images of the Chinese pseudo-company Landspace’s launchpad where it plans a rocket hop test soon
The rumors say the test flight will occur next week.
- Space Force head admits government intentionally works slower than private enterprise
He said this to explain what he saw as a positive aspect of government, but I think he instead underlined why it should be the last place we should ever go to get anything done.
- Today’s Falcon Heavy launch is still set for 8:14 pm (Eastern)
You can watch it at this live stream, beginning around 7:30 pm (Eastern).
- Ghana in Africa warns its citizens not to use Starlink illegally
Heavy fines are threatened. Ghana is the fourth African country to issue such a warning, after South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Senegal. Apparently the citizens of those countries are tired of bad phone and internet service, and have been bypassing their incompetent government to get it on the black market from private enterprise. In other words, they are exercising independence, and we can’t have that!
- ISRO confirms its manned mission to ISS in 2024 in partnership with NASA
The tweet adds that the mission will fly on a Falcon 9 using a Dragon capsule.
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay.
- Images of the Chinese pseudo-company Landspace’s launchpad where it plans a rocket hop test soon
The rumors say the test flight will occur next week.
- Space Force head admits government intentionally works slower than private enterprise
He said this to explain what he saw as a positive aspect of government, but I think he instead underlined why it should be the last place we should ever go to get anything done.
- Today’s Falcon Heavy launch is still set for 8:14 pm (Eastern)
You can watch it at this live stream, beginning around 7:30 pm (Eastern).
- Ghana in Africa warns its citizens not to use Starlink illegally
Heavy fines are threatened. Ghana is the fourth African country to issue such a warning, after South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Senegal. Apparently the citizens of those countries are tired of bad phone and internet service, and have been bypassing their incompetent government to get it on the black market from private enterprise. In other words, they are exercising independence, and we can’t have that!
- ISRO confirms its manned mission to ISS in 2024 in partnership with NASA
The tweet adds that the mission will fly on a Falcon 9 using a Dragon capsule.