December 16, 2022 Quick space links
Courtesy of Jay, BtB’s stringer.
- European Union issues a travel sanction against Valentina Tereshkova, the first female astronaut
The EU issued the sanction because Tereshkova, as a member of Russia’s Duma, voted in favor of the annexation of several Ukrainian provinces. This means she cannot visit her daughter in Italy.
- Rocket Lab is ready to launch from Wallops, but NASA/FAA red tape FAA has delayed the launch to December 18th
What makes this even more disgusting is that it was NASA red tape that delayed the launch more than two years. And yet, that wasn’t enough time for these idiots to do their paperwork so that competent people can actually accomplish something on schedule.
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. from any other book seller, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit.
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 Jay, BtB’s stringer.
- European Union issues a travel sanction against Valentina Tereshkova, the first female astronaut
The EU issued the sanction because Tereshkova, as a member of Russia’s Duma, voted in favor of the annexation of several Ukrainian provinces. This means she cannot visit her daughter in Italy.
- Rocket Lab is ready to launch from Wallops, but NASA/FAA red tape FAA has delayed the launch to December 18th
What makes this even more disgusting is that it was NASA red tape that delayed the launch more than two years. And yet, that wasn’t enough time for these idiots to do their paperwork so that competent people can actually accomplish something on schedule.
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. from any other book seller, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. 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
12 second video of an engine text seen from above:
SpaceX @SpaceX
Ship 24 completes a single-engine static fire test at Starbase in Texas
12:34 PM · Dec 15, 2022
https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1603488658085945344/