May 6, 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.
- Dick Rutan, who co-piloted the first flight around the world without refueling, has passed away at 85
His brother, Burt Rutan, who built SpaceShipOne, also partnered to design the round-the-world plane.
- Rocket Labs touts the on-going construction of its Neutron rocket production facility
No details except for a picture of the building’s steel frame, now built.
- Can India’s Space Start-ups Catch Up to Elon Musk’s SpaceX?
This is a four minute media report from India. Though somewhat superficial, it clearly is in favor of a private commercial space industry.
- Chang’e-6 is carrying a surprise mini-rover
The rover is very simple, and likely capable of only a few tasks and a short life span on the surface. Nonetheless, it shows that China continues to push the envelope, taking every opportunity to improve its space capabilities.
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.
- Dick Rutan, who co-piloted the first flight around the world without refueling, has passed away at 85
His brother, Burt Rutan, who built SpaceShipOne, also partnered to design the round-the-world plane.
- Rocket Labs touts the on-going construction of its Neutron rocket production facility
No details except for a picture of the building’s steel frame, now built.
- Can India’s Space Start-ups Catch Up to Elon Musk’s SpaceX?
This is a four minute media report from India. Though somewhat superficial, it clearly is in favor of a private commercial space industry.
- Chang’e-6 is carrying a surprise mini-rover
The rover is very simple, and likely capable of only a few tasks and a short life span on the surface. Nonetheless, it shows that China continues to push the envelope, taking every opportunity to improve its space capabilities.
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
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