December 14, 2022 Quick space links
Courtesy of stringer Jay, whose help is making BtB much better.
- SOFIA makes its final flight to Tucson to become exhibit at Pima museum
This 747 (configured to be an astronomy telescope) was always too costly for the relatively small amount of research it could produce.
- Landing system installed on Luna-25
This increases the chance that this much delayed lunar lander will actually launch in 2023.
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Courtesy of stringer Jay, whose help is making BtB much better.
- SOFIA makes its final flight to Tucson to become exhibit at Pima museum
This 747 (configured to be an astronomy telescope) was always too costly for the relatively small amount of research it could produce.
- Landing system installed on Luna-25
This increases the chance that this much delayed lunar lander will actually launch in 2023.
Readers!
Every February I run a fund-raising drive during my birthday month. This year I celebrate my 72nd birthday, and hope and plan to continue writing and posting on Behind the Black for as long as I am able.
I hope my readers will support this effort. As I did in my November fund-raising drive, I am offering autographed copies of my books for large donations. Donate $250 and you can have a choice of the hardback of either Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8 or Conscious Choice: The origins of slavery in America and why it matters today and for our future in outer space. Donate $200 and you can get an autographed paperback copy of either. IMPORTANT! If you donate enough to get a book, please email me separately to tell me which book you want and the address to mail it to.
Please consider supporting my work here at Behind the Black. My analysis of space, politics, and culture, taken from the perspective of an historian, is almost always on the money and ahead of the game. For example, in 2020 I correctly predicted that the COVID 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. Every one of those 2020 conclusions has turned out right.
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
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c/o Robert Zimmerman
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Cortaro, AZ 85652
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Here’s presumably coolant leaking from Soyuz at ISS from twitter.
https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1603230663632560128
With twitter under new management, I unblocked it and signed up. I’m seeing Conservative content and I blocked a bunch of the libtard posters that the app was still programed to put front and center, and it seems to be OK.
Thanks John for the story. I bet they will blame us for it again, saying we drilled holes into their Soyuz.
John, Thank you for the heads up. I have posted this on the main page.
Out there
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-scientists-hints-dark-photons.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-uk-led-robotic-sky-scanner-reveals.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-unexpected-space-defies-theories-solar.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-peculiar-links-viking-quantum-vortices.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-ionosphere-tsunami.html
heated glasses
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-gold-based-passive-eyewear.html
Bulletproof
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-team-protein-based-material-supersonic-impacts.html
The team went on to demonstrate the real-world application of TSAMs, subjecting this hydrogel material to 1.5 km/s supersonic impacts—a faster velocity than particles in space impact both natural and man-made objects (typically > 1 km/s) and muzzle velocities from firearms—which commonly fall between 0.4–1.0 km/s. Furthermore, the team discovered that TSAMs can not only absorb the impact of basalt particles (~60 µM in diameter) and larger pieces of aluminum shrapnel, but also preserve these projectiles post-impact.
https://phys.org/news/2019-06-metal-foam-caliber-rounds-steel.html
protoplaser
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-12-cellular-regenerate-tissues-wounds-regrow.html
Plasma science from my state
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-plasma-stratification-space-science.html
Europa
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-comet-impacts-ingredients-life-europa.html
Mars
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-mars-thin-turbulent-atmosphere-curiously.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-biggest-marsquake-larger-previous-record-holder.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-microorganisms-mars-survive.html
Weather pattern sim
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-supercomputer-climate-accurate-weather-patterns.html
https://techxplore.com/news/2022-12-google-earth-steroids-boost-urban.html
Flight chip
https://techxplore.com/news/2022-12-gyroscope-free-efficiently-flight-insect-size-robots.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-tiny-satellite-autonomy-space.html
Exo-worlds and biology
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-astronomers-potentially-habitable-exo-earths-star.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-montreal-astronomers-exoplanets.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-photosynthesis-sea.html
Black holes
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-machine-reveals-black-holes.html
spider-bots and fluke-bots
https://techxplore.com/news/2022-12-quadruped-robot-magnetized-feet-climb.html
https://techxplore.com/news/2022-12-robot-worm-temperature.html
Tech news
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-space-station-solutions-artemis-missions.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-nasa-lunar-flashlight-mission-real.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-2d-material-enable-ultra-sharp-cellphone.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-picogram-scale-probes-explore-nearby-stars.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-shield-2d-materials-vibrations-vibration.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-combination-materials-high-performance-stretchy-nanogenerator.html
https://techxplore.com/news/2022-12-scientists-electrode-material-volume-ideal.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-all-optical-approach-chip-based-nanolasers.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-unique-modulator-mid-infrared-photonic.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-optoelectronic-resonator-sensitivity-electron-pulse.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-experts-urge-caution-biotech-insect.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-technique-precise-molecular-handedness-chemical.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-chemists-quantum-dots-room-temperature.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-cabbage-white-butterflies-gut-enzymes.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-discovery-overturns-major-assumptions-crystal.html
handling tech
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-magnetic-fields-team-remotely-composite.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-spinning-induced-next-generation-acoustic-devices-phonon.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-molecular-handedness.html
https://techxplore.com/news/2022-12-microscale-3d-printer-multi-level-anticounterfeiting.html
Ventilator
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-12-soft-implantable-ventilator.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-12-year-medical-xpress-articles.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-12-women-adverse-drug-reactionsa-mouse.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-12-ancient-disease-treatment-gout.html
Our brains are mush
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-12-mri-scans-algorithm-human-brain.html
Unusual phys.org stories
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-team-physicists-ligo-giant-alien.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-particles-fluid-data-theory-comparison.html
https://techxplore.com/news/2022-12-scientists-smartwatch-powered-slime-mold.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-12-gut-microbes-boost.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-luttinger-liquid-behavior-quasi-2d.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-dynamical-fractal-magnetic-crystal.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-aim-explore-mass-confining-quarks.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-chaos-theory-quantum-thermodynamics.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-robust-self-healing-polymer-common-chemical.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-polymers-valuable-bioproducts-solvent-pretreatment.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-earth-core-oxygen-rich.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-precise-solar-fed-millions-ancient.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-technology-efficient-encapsulation-uv-light-regulated.html
Low-cost space weather
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-scientists-low-cost-space-weather-ground.html
Galaxy shapes
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-astronomers-uncovered-galaxies.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-galaxy-brighter.html
Hydrogen catalyst and energy news
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-sun-team-mimics-nature-hydrogen.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-quantum-inspired-catalyst-hydrogen.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-poison-molecular-hydrogen-producing-biocatalysts.html
https://techxplore.com/news/2022-12-vibrations-turbo-green-hydrogen-production.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-chemical-reaction-carbon-neutral-industrial.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-chemists-boron-radicals-nitrogen-ammonia.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-sun-team-mimics-nature-hydrogen.html
https://techxplore.com/news/2022-12-current-toilet-technology-flushes-profits.html
https://techxplore.com/news/2022-12-life-lithium-ion-anodes.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-gtub3-microporous-metal-organic-solid-photoluminescent.html LOOK!
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-vertically-aligned-single-walled-carbon-nanotubes.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-zeolitic-catalyst-great-importance-small.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-hot-salt-energy-artificial-intelligence.html
ttps://phys.org/news/2022-12-scientists-low-cost-space-weather-ground.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-mitigating-corrosion-liquid-tin-cooling.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-major-nuclear-fusion-breakthrough-power.html
https://techxplore.com/news/2022-12-scientists-stability-material-solar-cells.html
https://techxplore.com/news/2022-12-solar-energy-sides-boosts-efficiency.html
Stromboli
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-stromboli-rejuvenation-heralds-era-variable.html
Dinosaurs and decay
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-mega-predator-wasnt-underwater-hunter.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-climate-played-key-role-dinosaur.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-fossil-site-reveals-giant-arthropods.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-scientists-iron-key-permafrost-greenhouse.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-12-scrotal-worms-documented-video.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-12-precision-insights-wastewater.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-12-scientists-uncover-neural-link-early.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-amber-species-cockroach-fossilized-roach.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-12-tv-bodily-pain.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-12-mindfulness-dont-boost-cognitive-function.html
Synthetic biology
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-scientists-hydrogel-materials-stem-cells.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-scientists-method-trees-mere-months.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-12-synthetic-biology-generation-genetically-encoded.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-world-atlas-airborne-microbes.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-12-reveals-immunotherapies-dont-hardest-to-treat-breast.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-12-drug-discovery-potential-treatment-common.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-12-scientists-compound-reverses-gut-inflammation.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-recreate-periodic-spine-biological-clocks.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-12-class-diabetes-drugs-dementia-older.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-12-potential-treatment-brain-fog-covid.html
Drug help
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-scientists-chemical-compound-reverse-effects.html
slick ice
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-approaches-mystery-ice-slippery.html
on guns and politics
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-12-days-contributing-gun-violence-surge.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-12-firearm-death-trends-revealed-decades.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-climate-belief-political.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-fact-checkers-countries-climate.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-scientists-stem-cell-networks.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-orangutans-gorillas-economically-rational-decisions.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-mystery-skate-fish-legs.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-religion-factor-evolutionary-theory-schools.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-early-humans-upright-trees.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-growth-forests-contributed-extinction-large.html
Sanskrit decoded
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-ancient-grammatical-puzzle-years.html
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-humans-language-evolved-africa.html
Confession is good for the…body
https://phys.org/news/2022-12-secrets-sick.html