October 19, 2022 Quick space links
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay.
- Northrop Grumman delivers two strap-on solid rocket boosters for Vulcan’s first launch
Though the launch is now tentatively scheduled for the 1st quarter of 2023, no launch can occur until Blue Origin finally delivers to ULA the second flightworthy BE-4 engine, years behind schedule. In related news:
- Jeff Bezos receives the Galileo Prophets of Philanthropy Award at the Vatican this week
Jay’s comment: “Oh for the love of … I just ate. How much did that award cost? I think he spent more money on his chick-a-dee to his right than the BE-4!
- Amateur astronomer Philip Smith out of New York tracks Tiangong-3
The image at the link was taken on October 11th, right after the Wentian module was moved to the side port, in preparation for the arrival of the next module, Mengtian, at the end of this month. A second image of Tiangong-3 by Smith can be seen here.
- Chinese PR on twitter is likely run by China’s People’s Liberation Army, not its space or science institutes
This fact, obvious for years, was discovered by China ‘N Asia Spaceflight, which operates out of India and is one of Jay’s main China’s Twitter sources.
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Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay.
- Northrop Grumman delivers two strap-on solid rocket boosters for Vulcan’s first launch
Though the launch is now tentatively scheduled for the 1st quarter of 2023, no launch can occur until Blue Origin finally delivers to ULA the second flightworthy BE-4 engine, years behind schedule. In related news:
- Jeff Bezos receives the Galileo Prophets of Philanthropy Award at the Vatican this week
Jay’s comment: “Oh for the love of … I just ate. How much did that award cost? I think he spent more money on his chick-a-dee to his right than the BE-4!
- Amateur astronomer Philip Smith out of New York tracks Tiangong-3
The image at the link was taken on October 11th, right after the Wentian module was moved to the side port, in preparation for the arrival of the next module, Mengtian, at the end of this month. A second image of Tiangong-3 by Smith can be seen here.
- Chinese PR on twitter is likely run by China’s People’s Liberation Army, not its space or science institutes
This fact, obvious for years, was discovered by China ‘N Asia Spaceflight, which operates out of India and is one of Jay’s main China’s Twitter sources.
Readers!
Please consider supporting my work here at Behind the Black. Your support allows me the freedom and ability to analyze objectively the ongoing renaissance in space, as well as the cultural changes -- for good or ill -- that are happening across America. Fourteen years ago I wrote that SLS and Orion were a bad ideas, a waste of money, would be years behind schedule, and better replaced by commercial private enterprise. Only now does it appear that Washington might finally recognize this reality.
In 2020 when the world panicked over COVID I wrote that the 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. Only in the past year have some of our so-called experts in the health field have begun to recognize these facts.
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Maybe they should just go with a bunch of solid rockets. We know they work.
Only one of the 2 BE-4s, and 2 solids. You know 3 out of 4 is not bad.. I say go with it!
As for Jeff’s new award.. Is it philanthropy” or philandering”?
If I was Tori Bruno of ULA, I’d be asking Bezos why you’re at the Vatican, and not at the factory getting that BE-4 I need out the door! You can bet Elon would be, with a wrench in his hand! Of course, if it was a Raptor it wouldn’t be late anyway, now would it?!
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