March 26, 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.
- Video of Soyuz-2 upper stage coming down over inhabited parts of Russia
The flight tract and impact location shown here. This stage spent almost two days in orbit. Most of it probably burnt up in the atmosphere.
- Largest version of Russia’s new Angara rocket, Angara-A5, now vertical on launchpad for the first time
The first test launch from Vostochny has an April 6-10 launch window. The rocket is comparable to China’s Long March 5, capable of putting about 24 tons in orbit.
- Boeing and Aurora (a Boeing subsidiary) sue Virgin Galactic for $26.4 million
Virgin had hired them to build a replacement for the WhiteKnight mother ship used to launch SpaceShipTwo. They submitted plans, but then decided to back out of the deal, saying they could not complete the ship as Virgin Galactic wanted. They are now suing for payment of work done.
- Hi-res video of Starship/Superheavy during launch
Quite spectacular. Hat tip to John Batchelor for sending me the link.
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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.
- Video of Soyuz-2 upper stage coming down over inhabited parts of Russia
The flight tract and impact location shown here. This stage spent almost two days in orbit. Most of it probably burnt up in the atmosphere.
- Largest version of Russia’s new Angara rocket, Angara-A5, now vertical on launchpad for the first time
The first test launch from Vostochny has an April 6-10 launch window. The rocket is comparable to China’s Long March 5, capable of putting about 24 tons in orbit.
- Boeing and Aurora (a Boeing subsidiary) sue Virgin Galactic for $26.4 million
Virgin had hired them to build a replacement for the WhiteKnight mother ship used to launch SpaceShipTwo. They submitted plans, but then decided to back out of the deal, saying they could not complete the ship as Virgin Galactic wanted. They are now suing for payment of work done.
- Hi-res video of Starship/Superheavy during launch
Quite spectacular. Hat tip to John Batchelor for sending me the link.
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.
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
Behind The Black
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.
“Ion Drive”
https://newatlas.com/space/fusion-drive-space-engine/
Boeing is now a criminal organization. The execs at Boeing just murdered a whistle-blower who was giving testimony about the large number of problems with the building of it‘s airliners. The CEO of Boeing should be charged with a homicide & jailed!