August 22, 2022 Quick space links
From BtB’s stringer Jay:
- Chinese observers note that the Artemis candidate landing zones overlap three candidate landing zones planned for China’s unmanned Chang-e-7 probe
It appears both the U.S. and China have picked the rims of Shackleton, Shoemaker, and Haworth craters. This is no surprise, as both countries are using data obtained from the American orbiter, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
- Chinese pseudo-company Ispace completes drop tests for its Hyperbola-2 rocket’s first stage landing legs
You can watch two short video clips of the tests here. Hop tests of the stage are expected to follow soon.
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From BtB’s stringer Jay:
- Chinese observers note that the Artemis candidate landing zones overlap three candidate landing zones planned for China’s unmanned Chang-e-7 probe
- Chinese pseudo-company Ispace completes drop tests for its Hyperbola-2 rocket’s first stage landing legs
It appears both the U.S. and China have picked the rims of Shackleton, Shoemaker, and Haworth craters. This is no surprise, as both countries are using data obtained from the American orbiter, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
You can watch two short video clips of the tests here. Hop tests of the stage are expected to follow soon.
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 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
I’m sure we’ll quietly disregard those areas China claims so as not to ruffle their feathers. We never do well with territorial disputes. (sarc)
Bob
Love the Quick Space Links.
Great. We’ve barely moved out into space, and already the neighborhoods are crowded. Infinite resources with finite access.
American observers note that the Artemis candidate landing zones overlap three candidate landing zones planned for China’s unmanned Chang-e-7 probe.
You can’t stake a claim if you can’t pound a stake. You can’t keep a national property claim on the moon without enforcing thugs.
I was robbed the last time I was in Shanghai. That’s what informs me about Chinese respect for property rights.
SpaceX, et al, better have enforcers on speed dial.
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2001, a Space Odyssey apes at the water hole.