Comments on: January 31, 2025 Quick space links https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/january-31-2025-quick-space-links/ Mon, 03 Feb 2025 00:49:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/january-31-2025-quick-space-links/#comment-1549159 Mon, 03 Feb 2025 00:49:11 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=111850#comment-1549159 I hope there is some truth to this:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o6S9CKdLBi4&t=2s&pp=2AECkAIB

]]> By: Dick Eagleson https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/january-31-2025-quick-space-links/#comment-1549142 Sun, 02 Feb 2025 23:37:14 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=111850#comment-1549142 David M. Cook: Agreed. “Astronston” is even harder to pronounce than the names of most of those pharmaceuticals advertised endlessly on TV and the Web these days.

]]> By: David M. Cook https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/january-31-2025-quick-space-links/#comment-1548789 Sun, 02 Feb 2025 04:43:20 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=111850#comment-1548789 “Astronston” has got to be the worst name ever for a space-related company! Terrible!

]]> By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/january-31-2025-quick-space-links/#comment-1548686 Sat, 01 Feb 2025 21:49:16 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=111850#comment-1548686 In reply to Boobah.

Boobah: Thank you. Fixed.

]]> By: Boobah https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/january-31-2025-quick-space-links/#comment-1548678 Sat, 01 Feb 2025 21:27:18 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=111850#comment-1548678 From the first piece, a missing verb: it ought to be either “that are going on” or “that have been going on,” depending on your preferred tense.

]]> By: Dick Eagleson https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/january-31-2025-quick-space-links/#comment-1548628 Sat, 01 Feb 2025 17:27:56 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=111850#comment-1548628 The piece of space debris that fell on Russia might have been Russian, but could easily have had some other national origin. Perhaps there was enough of the object left to settle that issue. If the object was of Western or Japanese origin, we’ll likely hear about that. If it was Russian or PRC, not so much.

]]> By: Sayomara https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/january-31-2025-quick-space-links/#comment-1548597 Sat, 01 Feb 2025 15:20:00 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=111850#comment-1548597 Not clear on what launch this is from but Russian rocket parts falling to the ground and knocking out power
https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/1885685998660772173

]]> By: Ronaldus Magnus https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/january-31-2025-quick-space-links/#comment-1548366 Sat, 01 Feb 2025 01:20:21 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=111850#comment-1548366 Re: SpaceX second tower chopsticks – I CANNOT WAIT for the day that two SuperHeavy / Starship launches occur, simultaneously, or just close together. As always, Robert Heinlein is smiling.

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