November 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.
- Is that a dent on China’s manned Shenzhou capsule, immediately after landing?
If so it suggests the landing was harder than intended. I remain unsure however if that isn’t a normal indentation.
- SpaceX is congratulated for its 400th Falcon launch, taking cargo to ISS
The tweet says the company is targeting 30 more launches this year.
- China to inaugurate flights of its Long March 10A in 2026, claiming it is for lunar landings and will have a reusable first stage
Jays says it is a knock-off of New Glenn. I have great doubts it will fly by 2026.
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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.
- Is that a dent on China’s manned Shenzhou capsule, immediately after landing?
If so it suggests the landing was harder than intended. I remain unsure however if that isn’t a normal indentation.
- SpaceX is congratulated for its 400th Falcon launch, taking cargo to ISS
The tweet says the company is targeting 30 more launches this year.
- China to inaugurate flights of its Long March 10A in 2026, claiming it is for lunar landings and will have a reusable first stage
Jays says it is a knock-off of New Glenn. I have great doubts it will fly by 2026.
Readers!
My annual February birthday fund-raising drive for Behind the Black is now over. Thank you to everyone who donated or subscribed. While not a record-setter, the donations were more than sufficient and slightly above average.
As I have said many times before, I can’t express what it means to me to get such support, especially as no one is required to pay anything to read my work. Thank you all again!
For those readers who like my work here at Behind the Black and haven't contributed so far, please consider donating or subscribing. 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.
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“Is that a dent on China’s manned Shenzhou capsule, immediately after landing?”
I’d say a part of the spacecraft design. No unusual damage to the paint, lettering inside the depression appears intact, no apparent marks inside the depression, and very uniform for accidental damage.
I remember the footage of an earlier capsule that hit hard and rolled.
It didn’t slow them down one bit. I respect that.
I believe Blair has it right.
Craft materials are very thin, and will bulge outward during pressuring causing misalignment of the hatch if not reinforced. The dent allows reinforcement for where the metal needs to be remain rigid without increasing weight, similar to the dent in the bottom of a pop can.