November 16, 2022 Quick space links
Courtesy of Jay, BtB’s stringer.
- A picture of Astrobotic’s almost completed Peregrine lunar lander
The tweet implies the company is about to ship this to ULA for launch on the first Vulcan launch, in the spring.
- Pictures comparing Cygnus on two different flights suggests debris caused the recent solar array deployment failure
It looks almost like an insulation blanket or tarp got caught there.
- Rocket Lab touts the solar cells it provide for Orion, now on the way to the Moon
Apparently Rocket Lab was a subcontractor for Europe’s service module.
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Courtesy of Jay, BtB’s stringer.
- A picture of Astrobotic’s almost completed Peregrine lunar lander
The tweet implies the company is about to ship this to ULA for launch on the first Vulcan launch, in the spring.
- Pictures comparing Cygnus on two different flights suggests debris caused the recent solar array deployment failure
It looks almost like an insulation blanket or tarp got caught there.
- Rocket Lab touts the solar cells it provide for Orion, now on the way to the Moon
Apparently Rocket Lab was a subcontractor for Europe’s service module.
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.
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“Apparently Rocket Lab was a subcontractor for Europe’s service module.”
So ESA contracts to an American company for a substantial component of the European Service Module? Seems beside the point in a way, since the ESM was Europe’s contribution to the program, and implicitly a means to promote EU technology development?
Ray,
I too thought that it was odd that ESA allowed a contractor from outside of Europe to do this. Usually ESA projects are all done in Europe with European contractors, and trades for services if is outside of the E.U.
I can think of three reasons why Rocket Lab was used: 1. The solar array built by Rocket Lab was something NASA wanted in the agreement, 2. ESA had no EU countries that could build the array to NASA’s specifications or schedule, or 3. Rocket Lab was sub-contracted or sub-sub-contracted to do the work for a European company.
The ESM is based off ESA’s ATV and the main contractor, of course, is Airbus. Also remember the earlier concepts for Orion were using ATK’s solar arrays, like the ones on Cygnus.
I looked up some info on the former EU ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle) and was surprised to learn it had a cargo capacity of ~7.5 metric tons, compared to Cargo Dragon’s ~5.5 mt.
Then I read further and realized that Dragon has the capacity to return cargo to Earth, but ATV did not. Everything burned up.
I wonder how much stuff there will be to be saved from the eventual demise of the ISS: either moved to another orbital outpost, or (mostly) returned to Earth before destructive reentry? Since the return cargo capacity of the Soyuz seems to be very limited, and the Progress is I think has none, will there be a demand for a Starship-based “unloader” when the time comes?
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