August 14, 2022 Quick space links
Some weekend news from BtB’s top stringer, Jay.
- China shows off fairing used to launch suspected X-37B copy
- Fairing analysis strongly confirms China’s reusable spaceplane is a copy of the X-37B
- Big SpaceX hardware delivered to Cape Canaveral, likely part of launch tower.
- Status of the debris from Russia’s anti-satellite test
Of the 1,784 objects tracked, 1,132 have burned up in the atmosphere, with the orbits of another 539 to decay in the next three years. The fate of the remaining 113 objects is unclear, but they will clearly be a threat for longer.
- First spacewalk using the airlock on the new Wentian module on Tiangong-3 expected any day now
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Some weekend news from BtB’s top stringer, Jay.
- China shows off fairing used to launch suspected X-37B copy
- Fairing analysis strongly confirms China’s reusable spaceplane is a copy of the X-37B
- Big SpaceX hardware delivered to Cape Canaveral, likely part of launch tower.
- Status of the debris from Russia’s anti-satellite test
- First spacewalk using the airlock on the new Wentian module on Tiangong-3 expected any day now
Of the 1,784 objects tracked, 1,132 have burned up in the atmosphere, with the orbits of another 539 to decay in the next three years. The fate of the remaining 113 objects is unclear, but they will clearly be a threat for longer.
Readers!
Please consider supporting my work here at Behind the Black. Your support allows me the freedom and ability to analyze objectively the ongoing renaissance in space, as well as the cultural changes -- for good or ill -- that are happening across America. Fourteen years ago I wrote that SLS and Orion were a bad ideas, a waste of money, would be years behind schedule, and better replaced by commercial private enterprise. Only now does it appear that Washington might finally recognize this reality.
In 2020 when the world panicked over COVID I wrote that the 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. Only in the past year have some of our so-called experts in the health field have begun to recognize these facts.
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.
The Buzzcraft
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2022/08/buzzcraft-for-earth-moon-cycler-transport.html
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2022/08/buzzcraft-presented-at-lunar-development-conference.html
https://cbboff.org/UCBoulderCourse/documents/LunarCyclerPaper.pdf