October 30, 2023 Quick space links
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay.
- New startup, Interlune, focused on in situ technology for lunar mining and manned operations
Two of the company’s founders come from Blue Origin, while the third is Apollo astronaut Jack Schmidt, the only actual geologist to walk on the Moon.
- Visual maps showing who has put the most satellites in orbit in 2023, here and here
Not surprisingly, the maps make it obvious how much SpaceX now dominates the space industry.
- An image showing three different next generation Russian manned capsules, all under development
For an assembly production floor, the image shows remarkably little activity, with no workers and very little on the floor itself. Russia might be building these, but I bet the work is going more slowly than anything Blue Origin has done, and that is very slow indeed.
- A map of the lunar surface material displaced by the engine thrust of India’s Vikram lander at touchdown
Good information for calculating the work that must be done to reduce the consequences of take off and landing when near a future base.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The print edition can be purchased at Amazon or from any other book seller. If you want an autographed copy the price is $60 for the hardback and $45 for the paperback, plus $8 shipping for each. Go here for purchasing details. The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay.
- New startup, Interlune, focused on in situ technology for lunar mining and manned operations
Two of the company’s founders come from Blue Origin, while the third is Apollo astronaut Jack Schmidt, the only actual geologist to walk on the Moon.
- Visual maps showing who has put the most satellites in orbit in 2023, here and here
Not surprisingly, the maps make it obvious how much SpaceX now dominates the space industry.
- An image showing three different next generation Russian manned capsules, all under development
For an assembly production floor, the image shows remarkably little activity, with no workers and very little on the floor itself. Russia might be building these, but I bet the work is going more slowly than anything Blue Origin has done, and that is very slow indeed.
- A map of the lunar surface material displaced by the engine thrust of India’s Vikram lander at touchdown
Good information for calculating the work that must be done to reduce the consequences of take off and landing when near a future base.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The print edition can be purchased at Amazon or from any other book seller. If you want an autographed copy the price is $60 for the hardback and $45 for the paperback, plus $8 shipping for each. Go here for purchasing details. The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
for BtB’s stringer Jay–
Thank you for compiling these tid-bits. I always look, but I don’t always click.
Reference the Interlune link:
Jack Schmidt- can’t hurt, he is 88 however, just sayin’.
But what on Earth, is this guy talking about??
(from the article)
“We aim to be the first company that harvests natural resources from the moon to use here on Earth,” Lai told an audience of about 400 banquet-goers on Saturday night. “We’re building a completely novel approach to extract those resources, efficiently, cost-effectively and also responsibly. The goal is really to create a sustainable in-space economy.”
It’s going to be something more along these lines…..
Outland (1981)
“Titanium Mining on the 3rd Moon of Jupiter”
https://youtu.be/-J8mOOtS7XI?t=78
wayne: You gotta understand, this guy comes out of Blue Origin. He has sadly been trained to say gobbly-gook that the crowds will eat up, while doing little of substance.