October 20, 2022 Quick space links
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay, who trolls Twitter so we don’t have to.
- Chinese pseudo-commercial company Landspace successfully tests oxygen-methane engine
Most of China’s pseudo companies have ridden on the coattails of the military’s solid rocket missile technology, supervised by the military. Landspace is now trying to branch out into liquid fueled engines.
- Chinese scientists produce a tectonic map of the Moon
Their paper is here. From the abstract:
The map provides a state-of-the-art illustration of structures and tectonic units of different periods, the distributions of 9 types of linear structures, including 18976 elements (358 inferred deep faults, 1335 shallow faults, 11046 wrinkle ridges, 474 rillles, 816 grabens, 2583 crater-floor fractures, 227 lobate scarps, 1882 impact fractures and 255 impact crater chains), and 5 types of circular structures, including 2501 elements (271 volcanic vents, 47 domes, 46 mascons, 3460 impact craters and 81 impact basins).
- NASA history: 50 years ago the stacking and assembly of Skylab (America’s first space station) began
- NASA’s Super Guppy transport aircraft apparently suffered an engine failure, forcing a landing
No injuries or damage. The plane, after taking off from Orlando appears to have had to quickly turned around and land, about 22 minutes later.
- Rocket Lab prepares for first launch from Wallops in December
The company originally wanted to launch two years ago, but was blocked by NASA’s bureaucracy, which was incredibly slow in approving and updating the flight termination software.
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Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay, who trolls Twitter so we don’t have to.
- Chinese pseudo-commercial company Landspace successfully tests oxygen-methane engine
Most of China’s pseudo companies have ridden on the coattails of the military’s solid rocket missile technology, supervised by the military. Landspace is now trying to branch out into liquid fueled engines.
- Chinese scientists produce a tectonic map of the Moon
Their paper is here. From the abstract:
The map provides a state-of-the-art illustration of structures and tectonic units of different periods, the distributions of 9 types of linear structures, including 18976 elements (358 inferred deep faults, 1335 shallow faults, 11046 wrinkle ridges, 474 rillles, 816 grabens, 2583 crater-floor fractures, 227 lobate scarps, 1882 impact fractures and 255 impact crater chains), and 5 types of circular structures, including 2501 elements (271 volcanic vents, 47 domes, 46 mascons, 3460 impact craters and 81 impact basins).
- NASA history: 50 years ago the stacking and assembly of Skylab (America’s first space station) began
- NASA’s Super Guppy transport aircraft apparently suffered an engine failure, forcing a landing
No injuries or damage. The plane, after taking off from Orlando appears to have had to quickly turned around and land, about 22 minutes later.
- Rocket Lab prepares for first launch from Wallops in December
The company originally wanted to launch two years ago, but was blocked by NASA’s bureaucracy, which was incredibly slow in approving and updating the flight termination software.
The support of my readers through the years has given 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. Four years ago, just before the 2020 election I wrote that Joe Biden's mental health was suspect. Only in the past two weeks has the mainstream media decided to recognize that basic fact.
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. Even today NASA and Congress refuses to 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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Please consider supporting my work here at Behind the Black.
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Seems to me there might be some ‘Restraint of Trade’ actions available against various Government Agencies.
Poor Skylab. It really deserved better, starting with its orbit.
“Chinese pseudo-commercial company Landspace successfully tests oxygen-methane engine” Whose design did they steal?
Col Beausabre,
It looks like Blue Origin’s BE-3. Looking at the stats.
Wait till they steal the BE-4! They will really be in for surprise!