December 9, 2022 Quick space links
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay.
- Ham radio event celebrating 50th anniversary of Apollo 17
At the link do a search there for “Apollo 17”.
- China starts production of 20 Smart Dragon-3 rockets
This follows the rocket’s first successful launch earlier today.
- Hi-res satellite image of Landspace’s Zhuque-2 rocket vertical ahead of its maiden flight attempt
If this launches successfully as scheduled tomorrow, it will be the first rocket using methane to reach orbit, beating both SpaceX and Blue Origin.
- OneWeb reports it has successfully established communications with all 40 satellites launched by SpaceX
In its next tweet it thanks SpaceX for the launch.
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.
- Ham radio event celebrating 50th anniversary of Apollo 17
At the link do a search there for “Apollo 17”.
- China starts production of 20 Smart Dragon-3 rockets
This follows the rocket’s first successful launch earlier today.
- Hi-res satellite image of Landspace’s Zhuque-2 rocket vertical ahead of its maiden flight attempt
If this launches successfully as scheduled tomorrow, it will be the first rocket using methane to reach orbit, beating both SpaceX and Blue Origin.
- OneWeb reports it has successfully established communications with all 40 satellites launched by SpaceX
In its next tweet it thanks SpaceX for the launch.
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
Here is a blurb about Musk you need to see
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/spacex-general-discussion.13774/page-135#post-568725
Jeff,
I’m not sure what is so important about this rumored opinion from an intern that we needed to see it. If it is that people bring solutions to the boss rather than bring problems, then it is hardly a surprise that an inexperienced intern would think that the boss should do all the thinking. I worked for one guy who liked to say, “don’t let your people give you more work than you give to them.” When there is a problem to be solved, an engineer brings a variety of solutions to the decision maker. One of the solutions seems like the obvious solution, at least it seems that way to the engineer. If the engineer brings only one solution, then the decision maker isn’t making a decision but is merely approving what may be a poor solution.
By the way, this happens to boards of directors, too. One board that I was on was presented by the general manager with two options for unsecured loans to cover temporary cash flow shortfalls (e.g. to cover payroll when cash on hand was too low). The options presented were a low interest rate loan that applied to the full credit amount whether or not we used it, and a higher interest rate that applied only to the amount borrowed. The obvious choice was the second one, because the intent was to only borrow what was needed when it was needed, not to borrow the full amount (like maxing out a credit card). Clearly, the general manager was attempting to influence the loan that the board chose.