October 5, 2022 Quick space links
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay, who reads Twitter so I don’t have to.
- The fixes needed to get Russia’s Luna-25 ready for launch in the summer of 2023
Jay says, “I bet you a Coke it will not launch on that date.” I wouldn’t take that bet if I were you.
- China names its new sea launch platform HAIFA
My question: Why did they name it after an Israeli city?
- The UK and South Korea join U.S. anti-satellite missile test ban coalition
They join Canada, Germany, Japan, and New Zealand, making seven total, including the U.S.
- ESA unveils latest design of its ESPRIT refueling module for Lunar Gateway
According to Anatoly Zak, this is a major redesign.
- Iran releases close-up of suborbital rocket that launched what it claims was a test of a rocket upper kick stage subbed Saman
Might be true. Might not. Nothing that comes from Iran’s state-run press can be trusted.
Now available in hardback and paperback as well as ebook!
From the press release: In this ground-breaking new history of early America, historian Robert Zimmerman not only exposes the lie behind The New York Times 1619 Project that falsely claims slavery is central to the history of the United States, he also provides profound lessons about the nature of human societies, lessons important for Americans today as well as for all future settlers on Mars and elsewhere in space.
Conscious Choice: The origins of slavery in America and why it matters today and for our future in outer space, is a riveting page-turning story that documents how slavery slowly became pervasive in the southern British colonies of North America, colonies founded by a people and culture that not only did not allow slavery but in every way were hostile to the practice.
Conscious Choice does more however. In telling the tragic history of the Virginia colony and the rise of slavery there, Zimmerman lays out the proper path for creating healthy societies in places like the Moon and Mars.
“Zimmerman’s ground-breaking history provides every future generation the basic framework for establishing new societies on other worlds. We would be wise to heed what he says.” —Robert Zubrin, founder of founder of the Mars Society.
All editions are available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and all book vendors, with the ebook priced at $5.99 before discount. The ebook can also be purchased direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit, in which case you don't support the big tech companies and I get a bigger cut much sooner.
Autographed printed copies are also available at discount directly from me (hardback $24.95; paperback $14.95; Shipping cost for either: $5.00). Just email me at zimmerman @ nasw dot org.
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay, who reads Twitter so I don’t have to.
- The fixes needed to get Russia’s Luna-25 ready for launch in the summer of 2023
Jay says, “I bet you a Coke it will not launch on that date.” I wouldn’t take that bet if I were you.
- China names its new sea launch platform HAIFA
My question: Why did they name it after an Israeli city?
- The UK and South Korea join U.S. anti-satellite missile test ban coalition
They join Canada, Germany, Japan, and New Zealand, making seven total, including the U.S.
- ESA unveils latest design of its ESPRIT refueling module for Lunar Gateway
According to Anatoly Zak, this is a major redesign.
- Iran releases close-up of suborbital rocket that launched what it claims was a test of a rocket upper kick stage subbed Saman
Might be true. Might not. Nothing that comes from Iran’s state-run press can be trusted.
Now available in hardback and paperback as well as ebook!
From the press release: In this ground-breaking new history of early America, historian Robert Zimmerman not only exposes the lie behind The New York Times 1619 Project that falsely claims slavery is central to the history of the United States, he also provides profound lessons about the nature of human societies, lessons important for Americans today as well as for all future settlers on Mars and elsewhere in space.
Conscious Choice: The origins of slavery in America and why it matters today and for our future in outer space, is a riveting page-turning story that documents how slavery slowly became pervasive in the southern British colonies of North America, colonies founded by a people and culture that not only did not allow slavery but in every way were hostile to the practice.
Conscious Choice does more however. In telling the tragic history of the Virginia colony and the rise of slavery there, Zimmerman lays out the proper path for creating healthy societies in places like the Moon and Mars.
“Zimmerman’s ground-breaking history provides every future generation the basic framework for establishing new societies on other worlds. We would be wise to heed what he says.” —Robert Zubrin, founder of founder of the Mars Society.
All editions are available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and all book vendors, with the ebook priced at $5.99 before discount. The ebook can also be purchased direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit, in which case you don't support the big tech companies and I get a bigger cut much sooner.
Autographed printed copies are also available at discount directly from me (hardback $24.95; paperback $14.95; Shipping cost for either: $5.00). Just email me at zimmerman @ nasw dot org.
Someone translated Haifa from Chinese to English and it means “Sea Launch”.