December 23, 2024 Quick space links
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.
- South Korea’s Danuri lunar orbiter detects the strongest gamma ray burst (GRB) so far this century
Their GRB detector supplements other orbiting GRB survey instruments.
- ESA Comet Interceptor mission to launch in ’29 will be parked in space to await the arrival of a new comet
Interestingly, the probe could also conceivably rendezvous with an interstellar object, should it be arriving in the right direction. Either way, the goal is to get a good look at a very pristine comet before it passes the Sun.
- Blue Origin releases another short propaganda video, touting how wonderful it is
I think everyone would much rather have the company announce an actual launch date for the first New Glenn rocket, now approaching five years behind schedule,
- Vast touts the “wet trash” disposal system it is building for its Haven-1 space station
The module toilets will apparently have eight disposable tanks. As each fills it is sealed and vented to a vacuum to keep the station’s atmosphere free of unpleasant odors.
- This week in 1968 Apollo 8 headed to the Moon, the first time humans ever traveled to another planet
Want to know more? I hear someone wrote a book about it.
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 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.
- South Korea’s Danuri lunar orbiter detects the strongest gamma ray burst (GRB) so far this century
Their GRB detector supplements other orbiting GRB survey instruments.
- ESA Comet Interceptor mission to launch in ’29 will be parked in space to await the arrival of a new comet
Interestingly, the probe could also conceivably rendezvous with an interstellar object, should it be arriving in the right direction. Either way, the goal is to get a good look at a very pristine comet before it passes the Sun.
- Blue Origin releases another short propaganda video, touting how wonderful it is
I think everyone would much rather have the company announce an actual launch date for the first New Glenn rocket, now approaching five years behind schedule,
- Vast touts the “wet trash” disposal system it is building for its Haven-1 space station
The module toilets will apparently have eight disposable tanks. As each fills it is sealed and vented to a vacuum to keep the station’s atmosphere free of unpleasant odors.
- This week in 1968 Apollo 8 headed to the Moon, the first time humans ever traveled to another planet
Want to know more? I hear someone wrote a book about it.
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
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