August 29, 2025 Quick space linksCourtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay. This post is also an open thread. I welcome my readers to post any comments or additional links relating to any space issues, even if unrelated to the links below.
- ULA CEO interviews Amanda Bacchetti, one of ULA’s directors for Vulcan development
Lots of blather, but the key take-away is that they are now focused on iterative development of Vulcan as it launches, similar to SpaceX’s approach, and vastly different than ULA’s past culture. They also hinted a something radical that might involve reuse of the rocket’s upper stage.
- Scientists claim they can date Jupiter’s age from meteorites
Need I say it how completely and utterly uncertain this is?
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 or from any other book seller. If you want an autographed copy the price is $60 for the hardback and $45 for the paperback, plus $8 shipping for each. Go here for purchasing details. 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 stringer Jay. This post is also an open thread. I welcome my readers to post any comments or additional links relating to any space issues, even if unrelated to the links below.
- ULA CEO interviews Amanda Bacchetti, one of ULA’s directors for Vulcan development
Lots of blather, but the key take-away is that they are now focused on iterative development of Vulcan as it launches, similar to SpaceX’s approach, and vastly different than ULA’s past culture. They also hinted a something radical that might involve reuse of the rocket’s upper stage.
- Scientists claim they can date Jupiter’s age from meteorites
Need I say it how completely and utterly uncertain this is?
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 or from any other book seller. If you want an autographed copy the price is $60 for the hardback and $45 for the paperback, plus $8 shipping for each. Go here for purchasing details. 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
Appears a large chunk of Starship remained after the explosion.
Good–I hope that is recovered.
Did they also have drone footage?
Some of what I saw looked airborne–not from NASA’s big wing Canberra.
For years, sailors clambered around masts to set sail.
Might a Teslabot help surround Starship with a LOFTID type aerobrake?
The inflatable is stowed inside–then tossed