December 26, 2023 Quick space links
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay.
- China and Russia claim their partnership to build a lunar base remains strong
They might be good buddies, but the Russian half is likely not going to contribute much to this partnership. And China knows it.
- Head of India’s space agency says they are targeting a 2028 launch for the first module of their space station
That first module will be only eight tons, less than half the mass of most station modules, because India doesn’t yet have a rocket capable of putting up more tonnage. The plan is to develop that rocket for later modules, using the first as a test bed.
- Yesterday was the thirtieth anniversary of the completion of the first repair mission to Hubble
The telescope was expected to operate for fifteen years, but instead is now in its 33rd year of operation.
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.
- China and Russia claim their partnership to build a lunar base remains strong
They might be good buddies, but the Russian half is likely not going to contribute much to this partnership. And China knows it.
- Head of India’s space agency says they are targeting a 2028 launch for the first module of their space station
That first module will be only eight tons, less than half the mass of most station modules, because India doesn’t yet have a rocket capable of putting up more tonnage. The plan is to develop that rocket for later modules, using the first as a test bed.
- Yesterday was the thirtieth anniversary of the completion of the first repair mission to Hubble
The telescope was expected to operate for fifteen years, but instead is now in its 33rd year of operation.
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
SM2 re-entry flew right over the South Houston/Clear Lake area at just after sunset, showing us the most wonderful noctilucent clouds.
The Musgrave Ritual :)