July 28, 2023 Quick space links
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay.
- Rocket lab touts its next launch, the 40th overall
Presently scheduled for July 30th (New Zealand time), or 10 pm (Pacific) on July 29, 2023.
- ISRO touts it next launch, a PSLV rocket carrying seven satellites
Presently scheduled for July 30th (in India), or 6 pm (Pacific) on July 29th. This will be first time India will have launched twice in a month since it panicked and shut down over the Wuhan flu.
- Europe’s Space Rider reusable unmanned capsule gets okay to enter next phase of development
The spacecraft is designed as a variation of Boeing’s X-37B. It will fly in orbit for two months and return to Earth for reuse.
- Russia’s first methane-fuel rocket with a reusable first stage, dubbed AmurSPG, is now targeting a 2028-2030 launch
This announcement actually reveals a delay in the program, from a 2026 planned launch. Want to bet it won’t launch in this decade at all?
- The first stage of Relativity’s Terran-1 orbital rocket successfully completes static fire test of all nine engines
The company hopes to begin launches by 2026.
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Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay.
- Rocket lab touts its next launch, the 40th overall
Presently scheduled for July 30th (New Zealand time), or 10 pm (Pacific) on July 29, 2023.
- ISRO touts it next launch, a PSLV rocket carrying seven satellites
Presently scheduled for July 30th (in India), or 6 pm (Pacific) on July 29th. This will be first time India will have launched twice in a month since it panicked and shut down over the Wuhan flu.
- Europe’s Space Rider reusable unmanned capsule gets okay to enter next phase of development
The spacecraft is designed as a variation of Boeing’s X-37B. It will fly in orbit for two months and return to Earth for reuse.
- Russia’s first methane-fuel rocket with a reusable first stage, dubbed AmurSPG, is now targeting a 2028-2030 launch
This announcement actually reveals a delay in the program, from a 2026 planned launch. Want to bet it won’t launch in this decade at all?
- The first stage of Relativity’s Terran-1 orbital rocket successfully completes static fire test of all nine engines
The company hopes to begin launches by 2026.
Readers!
Every February I run a fund-raising drive during my birthday month. This year I celebrate my 72nd birthday, and hope and plan to continue writing and posting on Behind the Black for as long as I am able.
I hope my readers will support this effort. As I did in my November fund-raising drive, I am offering autographed copies of my books for large donations. Donate $250 and you can have a choice of the hardback of either Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8 or Conscious Choice: The origins of slavery in America and why it matters today and for our future in outer space. Donate $200 and you can get an autographed paperback copy of either. IMPORTANT! If you donate enough to get a book, please email me separately to tell me which book you want and the address to mail it to.
Please consider supporting my work here at Behind the Black. 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.
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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:
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You wrote about Maggie DeJong’s lawsuit against Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville last April but I did not find more recent discussion.. The lawsuit was settled a few days ago and came out a victory for DeJong and her attorneys from the alliance defending freedom..
“SIUE officials must pay $80,000 and take free speech class to settle lawsuit”. The university also has to revise their policies..
It is not clear, but most likely the $80,000 will come from taxpayers but otherwise a good victory..
https://adflegal.org/press-release/siue-professors-undergo-first-amendment-training-officials-revise-policies-part?sourcecode=10024747
Bob Wilson: I today put that story in my queue for posting next week. And yes, I searched but could not find out who was paying $80,000. More info to come.
Space Rider…an ASSET/PRIME production
From Gun Jesus over at Forgotten Weapons
JAPANESE HOLDOUTS ON MARS
https://www.forgottenweapons.com/vintage-saturday-japanese-holdouts-on-mars/