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.
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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.
Readers!
My annual February birthday fund-raising drive for Behind the Black is now over. Thank you to everyone who donated or subscribed. While not a record-setter, the donations were more than sufficient and slightly above average.
As I have said many times before, I can’t express what it means to me to get such support, especially as no one is required to pay anything to read my work. Thank you all again!
For those readers who like my work here at Behind the Black and haven't contributed so far, please consider donating or subscribing. 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.
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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.