July 16, 2024 Quick space links
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay, who has now returned from a business trip to the People’s Republic of California. This post is also an open thread. I welcome my readers to post any comments or additional links relating to any space issues, even if unrelated to the links below.
- Firefly CEO accused of “inappropriate relationship” with female employee
The allegations are less significant than the indications that there has been an exodus of “multiple executives in the last six months due to problems with the company’s leadership.”
- New artist renderings of Stoke Space’s proposed Nova rocket
More info here. The tweet above suggests the rocket has changed significantly from earlier versions.
- New Chinese pseudo-company, Cosmoleap, proposes catching its rockets with tower chopsticks
I wonder where they stole that idea.
- On this day in 1969 Apollo 11 was launched
Armstrong and Aldrin would land on the Moon five days later.
- On this day in 1945 the U.S. detonated its first nuclear weapon near Alamogordo, New Mexico
Since the fall of the Soviet Unioni, people seem to forget that we are still living with the threat of nuclear war capable of destroying all life on Earth.
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Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay, who has now returned from a business trip to the People’s Republic of California. This post is also an open thread. I welcome my readers to post any comments or additional links relating to any space issues, even if unrelated to the links below.
- Firefly CEO accused of “inappropriate relationship” with female employee
The allegations are less significant than the indications that there has been an exodus of “multiple executives in the last six months due to problems with the company’s leadership.”
- New artist renderings of Stoke Space’s proposed Nova rocket
More info here. The tweet above suggests the rocket has changed significantly from earlier versions.
- New Chinese pseudo-company, Cosmoleap, proposes catching its rockets with tower chopsticks
I wonder where they stole that idea.
- On this day in 1969 Apollo 11 was launched
Armstrong and Aldrin would land on the Moon five days later.
- On this day in 1945 the U.S. detonated its first nuclear weapon near Alamogordo, New Mexico
Since the fall of the Soviet Unioni, people seem to forget that we are still living with the threat of nuclear war capable of destroying all life on Earth.
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.
Your help allows me to do this kind of intelligent analysis. I take no advertising or sponsors, so my reporting isn't influenced by donations by established space or drug companies. Instead, I rely entirely on donations and subscriptions from my readers, which gives me the freedom to write what I think, unencumbered by outside influences.
You can support me either by giving a one-time contribution or a regular subscription. There are four ways of doing so:
1. Zelle: This is the only internet method that charges no fees. All you have to do is use the Zelle link at your internet bank and give my name and email address (zimmerman at nasw dot org). What you donate is what I get.
2. Patreon: Go to my website there and pick one of five monthly subscription amounts, or by making a one-time donation.
3. A Paypal Donation or subscription:
4. Donate by check, payable to Robert Zimmerman and mailed to
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c/o Robert Zimmerman
P.O.Box 1262
Cortaro, AZ 85652
You can also support me by buying one of my books, as noted in the boxes interspersed throughout the webpage or shown in the menu above.
I’m hearing there was a large meteor and/or sonic boom northern NJ NYC area. Daylight fireball ~11:17am. ?
Post up if video surfaces, you people. Yes I said you people.
Timeghost History: WW2 In Real Time
Week #307, July 13, 1945
Japan prepares for invasion; America tests the Gadget….
https://youtu.be/axf6r5GZ6gQ
(21:17)
John
This is all could find quick.
https://nypost.com/2024/07/16/us-news/meteor-soars-over-statue-of-liberty-burns-up-above-manhattan-nasa/
Even when HR appro
ves the relationship it can be quite awkward for other employees. How do you work with someone when you think; but can’t say that they are wrecking your bosses marriage for no good reason; for example. But I reveal how old fashioned I am.