January 6, 2023 Quick space links
Courtesy of Jay, BtB’s stringer. I am still under the weather, so this might be the last post of the day.
- Anthony Zak’s predicts major additional cuts in Russia’s space program
This only confirms what I have been saying for about a decade, since Putin consolidated the entire space industry into a single government-controlled corporation and thus ended all competition. His war in the Ukraine has only underlined his poor judgment. These cuts also continue the downward budget spiral for Roscosmos that has been ongoing for about a decade.
- Perseverance completes one full Martian year, 687 days
This is Northrop Grumman touting its part in running Perseverance, which has really barely begun its work on Mars.
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 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 Jay, BtB’s stringer. I am still under the weather, so this might be the last post of the day.
- Anthony Zak’s predicts major additional cuts in Russia’s space program
This only confirms what I have been saying for about a decade, since Putin consolidated the entire space industry into a single government-controlled corporation and thus ended all competition. His war in the Ukraine has only underlined his poor judgment. These cuts also continue the downward budget spiral for Roscosmos that has been ongoing for about a decade.
- Perseverance completes one full Martian year, 687 days
This is Northrop Grumman touting its part in running Perseverance, which has really barely begun its work on Mars.
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 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
We need a more descriptive noun than chopsticks. Those grabbers are multi articulated, more than arms, they are more like a giant pair of hands with two fingers. It is obvious from the picture that those hands are going to really grab onto the landing rocket.
Something for the sunspot report.
https://www.space.com/sun-releases-first-massive-solar-flare-of-2023
My state has felt two aerospace tragedies to start the year:
https://www.al.com/news/2023/01/aerospace-engineer-killed-in-huntsville-shooting-had-tons-of-potential.html
https://www.al.com/news/2023/01/montgomery-airport-worker-ingested-into-engine-reportedly-a-mother-of-3.html
Sigh…