Ghana launches its first satellite
Ninth Anniversary Fund-Raising Drive for Behind the Black
In celebration of the ninth anniversary of the beginning this website, I am now holding a month-long fund-raising drive.
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The new colonial movement: Yesterday Ghana’s first satellite, a cubesat built by students, was released from the International Space Station.
Also today the Ghana government announced the successful conversion of a communications antenna into a radio telescope that is now part of the worldwide Very Long Baseline Array radio telescope (VLBI).
In celebration of the ninth anniversary of the beginning this website, I am now holding a month-long fund-raising drive.
Your support not only keeps this website alive, it gives me the freedom to speak honestly about science and culture, instead of being forced to write it as others demand.
So, I ask you to please consider donating by giving either a one-time contribution or a regular subscription, as outlined in the tip jar below.
Regular readers can support Behind The Black with a contribution via paypal:
If Paypal doesn't work for you, you can support Behind The Black directly by sending your donation by check, payable to Robert Zimmerman, to
Behind The Black
c/o Robert Zimmerman
P.O.Box 1262
Cortaro, AZ 85652
The new colonial movement: Yesterday Ghana’s first satellite, a cubesat built by students, was released from the International Space Station.
Also today the Ghana government announced the successful conversion of a communications antenna into a radio telescope that is now part of the worldwide Very Long Baseline Array radio telescope (VLBI).
Good to see that at least one of the world’s Grasshutistans has some people in it looking to join the modern world. May their tribe increase.