July 2, 2024 Quick space links
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay. 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.
- FCC says it’s impractical for satellite constellations to block coverage to specific nations
Proves the incompetence of these bureaucrats. Satellite operators have done this for years, with only minor issues.
- English translation of Space Pioneer’s apology letter to nearby residents for its failed static fire test on June 30th
You can feel the Chicoms breathing down the pseudo-company’s neck.
- Roscosmos approves schedule for building new Russian space station
First module is supposed to launch in 2027. You wanna bet?
- India’s Aditya solar telescope just completed its halo orbit around Lagrange 1
The orbit took 178 days, and involved three engine burns to maintain its position.
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 BtB’s stringer Jay. 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.
- FCC says it’s impractical for satellite constellations to block coverage to specific nations
Proves the incompetence of these bureaucrats. Satellite operators have done this for years, with only minor issues.
- English translation of Space Pioneer’s apology letter to nearby residents for its failed static fire test on June 30th
You can feel the Chicoms breathing down the pseudo-company’s neck.
- Roscosmos approves schedule for building new Russian space station
First module is supposed to launch in 2027. You wanna bet?
- India’s Aditya solar telescope just completed its halo orbit around Lagrange 1
The orbit took 178 days, and involved three engine burns to maintain its position.
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
3-Body Problem (2024)
“Struggle Session During Cultural Revolution”
https://youtu.be/aS8c6hLj7uA
2:37