NASA extends Hubble contract through 2021
NASA has extended its contract with Lockheed Martin for the operation of the Hubble Space Telescope until June 2021.
This contract is for non-science operations. Science operations are controlled by the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore.
Note that when the last repair mission to Hubble took place in 2009, they expected it to add five years to the telescope’s life. This contract says they now expect it to last at least until 2021, which will also be 31 years after its launch and almost forty years since its actual construction. Not a bad track record when you think about it, especially since its original mission was set at 15 years, ending in 2005.
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.
Available everywhere for $3.99 (before discount) at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and all ebook vendors, or direct from the ebook publisher, ebookit. And if you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and I get a bigger cut much sooner.
NASA has extended its contract with Lockheed Martin for the operation of the Hubble Space Telescope until June 2021.
This contract is for non-science operations. Science operations are controlled by the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore.
Note that when the last repair mission to Hubble took place in 2009, they expected it to add five years to the telescope’s life. This contract says they now expect it to last at least until 2021, which will also be 31 years after its launch and almost forty years since its actual construction. Not a bad track record when you think about it, especially since its original mission was set at 15 years, ending in 2005.
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.
Available everywhere for $3.99 (before discount) at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and all ebook vendors, or direct from the ebook publisher, ebookit. And if you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and I get a bigger cut much sooner.
Off-topic: In Florida SpaceX rocket is exploded!
Alex–thanks– just saw that.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37247077
And yet they still can’t wait to deorbit it. It still astounds me how they can dump, how much now?, into the James Webb, a telescope that can’t see the visual spectrum of light and may not work at all, when they could launch a bigger, better and more capable optical telescope. But I’m forgetting the magic word, Pork. Maybe the Chinese will be gracious enough to lease us some time on theirs when they get it flying, along with that new space station, or was that the Russians?
As for SpaceX, all I’ve heard is that there was a fire and that no one was hurt. We need to wait for accurate information. I clicked on Nasa TV to see if they’d be talking about it, but they are covering the spacewalk today.
There’s a live feed on RT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJQT3zkBQf8
Statement from SpaceX:
https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/771357538738577408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Secondary Explosions at SpaceX Pad
https://youtu.be/Auv1K-ciEWg