May 23, 2023 Quick space links
Courtesy of BtB’s string Jay.
- Virgin Orbit’s chief operating office gets lump-sum cash severance payment in bankruptcy auction
Other sources tell me that the company’s assets are going to sold off piecemeal, as no single buyer was found to buy it whole. Expect more news by tomorrow.
- Virgin Orbit’s 747 meanwhile completed another flight
This flight was probably done to satisfy the potential buyer, thought to be Stratolaunch.
- ESA looking for commercial companies to provide cargo services to ISS, followed by commercial space stations
It seems the European Space Agency (ESA) has finally decided to stop trying to build things and become customers of European companies. This is excellent news. It will be great to get some space competition from Europe.
- China wants its own pseudo-companies to provide a cargo ferrying service for China’s space station
It seems everyone is getting into the act, encouraging competition. China however will be hindered by the reality that the government there really controls everything. Its pseudo-private companies are only make-believe independent. In the end the government dictates everything.
Now available in hardback and paperback as well as ebook!
From the press release: In this ground-breaking new history of early America, historian Robert Zimmerman not only exposes the lie behind The New York Times 1619 Project that falsely claims slavery is central to the history of the United States, he also provides profound lessons about the nature of human societies, lessons important for Americans today as well as for all future settlers on Mars and elsewhere in space.
Conscious Choice: The origins of slavery in America and why it matters today and for our future in outer space, is a riveting page-turning story that documents how slavery slowly became pervasive in the southern British colonies of North America, colonies founded by a people and culture that not only did not allow slavery but in every way were hostile to the practice.
Conscious Choice does more however. In telling the tragic history of the Virginia colony and the rise of slavery there, Zimmerman lays out the proper path for creating healthy societies in places like the Moon and Mars.
“Zimmerman’s ground-breaking history provides every future generation the basic framework for establishing new societies on other worlds. We would be wise to heed what he says.” —Robert Zubrin, founder of founder of the Mars Society.
All editions are available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and all book vendors, with the ebook priced at $5.99 before discount. The ebook can also be purchased direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit, in which case you don't support the big tech companies and I get a bigger cut much sooner.
Autographed printed copies are also available at discount directly from me (hardback $24.95; paperback $14.95; Shipping cost for either: $5.00). Just email me at zimmerman @ nasw dot org.
Courtesy of BtB’s string Jay.
- Virgin Orbit’s chief operating office gets lump-sum cash severance payment in bankruptcy auction
Other sources tell me that the company’s assets are going to sold off piecemeal, as no single buyer was found to buy it whole. Expect more news by tomorrow.
- Virgin Orbit’s 747 meanwhile completed another flight
This flight was probably done to satisfy the potential buyer, thought to be Stratolaunch.
- ESA looking for commercial companies to provide cargo services to ISS, followed by commercial space stations
It seems the European Space Agency (ESA) has finally decided to stop trying to build things and become customers of European companies. This is excellent news. It will be great to get some space competition from Europe.
- China wants its own pseudo-companies to provide a cargo ferrying service for China’s space station
It seems everyone is getting into the act, encouraging competition. China however will be hindered by the reality that the government there really controls everything. Its pseudo-private companies are only make-believe independent. In the end the government dictates everything.
Now available in hardback and paperback as well as ebook!
From the press release: In this ground-breaking new history of early America, historian Robert Zimmerman not only exposes the lie behind The New York Times 1619 Project that falsely claims slavery is central to the history of the United States, he also provides profound lessons about the nature of human societies, lessons important for Americans today as well as for all future settlers on Mars and elsewhere in space.
Conscious Choice: The origins of slavery in America and why it matters today and for our future in outer space, is a riveting page-turning story that documents how slavery slowly became pervasive in the southern British colonies of North America, colonies founded by a people and culture that not only did not allow slavery but in every way were hostile to the practice.
Conscious Choice does more however. In telling the tragic history of the Virginia colony and the rise of slavery there, Zimmerman lays out the proper path for creating healthy societies in places like the Moon and Mars.
“Zimmerman’s ground-breaking history provides every future generation the basic framework for establishing new societies on other worlds. We would be wise to heed what he says.” —Robert Zubrin, founder of founder of the Mars Society.
All editions are available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and all book vendors, with the ebook priced at $5.99 before discount. The ebook can also be purchased direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit, in which case you don't support the big tech companies and I get a bigger cut much sooner.
Autographed printed copies are also available at discount directly from me (hardback $24.95; paperback $14.95; Shipping cost for either: $5.00). Just email me at zimmerman @ nasw dot org.
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