To read this post please scroll down.

 

Readers!

 

My July fund-raising campaign to celebrate the fifteenth anniversary since I began Behind the Black is now over. I want to thank all those who so generously donated or subscribed, especially those who have become regular supporters. I can't do this without your help. I also find it increasingly hard to express how much your support means to me. God bless you all!

 

The donations during this year's campaign were sadly less than previous years, but for this I blame myself. I am tired of begging for money, and so I put up the campaign announcement at the start of the month but had no desire to update it weekly to encourage more donations, as I have done in past years. This lack of begging likely contributed to the drop in donations.

 

No matter. I am here, and here I intend to stay. If you like what I do and have not yet donated or subscribed, please consider supporting my work here at Behind the Black. You can support me either by giving a one-time contribution or a regular subscription. There are four ways of doing so:

 

1. Zelle: This is the only internet method that charges no fees. All you have to do is use the Zelle link at your internet bank and give my name and email address (zimmerman at nasw dot org). What you donate is what I get.

 

2. Patreon: Go to my website there and pick one of five monthly subscription amounts, or by making a one-time donation.
 

3. A Paypal Donation or subscription:

 

4. Donate by check, payable to Robert Zimmerman and mailed to
 
Behind The Black
c/o Robert Zimmerman
P.O.Box 1262
Cortaro, AZ 85652

 

You can also support me by buying one of my books, as noted in the boxes interspersed throughout the webpage or shown in the menu above.


On the radio

I will be doing another two hours with Georgy Noory on Coast to Coast on Tuesday night from midnight to 2 am, providing him an update of some of the real space and science news that has occurred in the past month, since my last appearance. Tune in for some fun stuff!

Genesis cover

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. from any other book seller, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. 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

8 comments

  • Phil Veerkamp

    In a symbiotic manner Robert Zimmerman and John Batchelor produce fountains of knowledge and shower the globe with desperately needed information.

    . . . then Robert performs a credibility dump on Coast to Coast into the black hole of nincompoopery that is “Georgy Noory”

    ROBERT!!!

    [you’re an educator not an entertainer, Bob] . . . FWIW, I’m a fan of CTC . . . but really, Bob!

  • Cotour

    Coast to Coast is where the sane, meets the Outer Limits, meets the flat out delusional. Noory needs him, someone has to represent the sane.

  • Excuse me, but I don’t say anything different on C2C than I say on John Batchelor. If anything, every hour of my presence on C2C is an hour less they can waste on UFOs, alien invasions, and pseudo-science. When I appear there, I am doing it to provide real information, and I do it in an entertaining way.

    Are you a snob? Do you think I should avoid C2C because you think I am better than them? I find that attitude repugnant. I treat them with the same respect I treat everyone, and that means if they are willing to let me appear and speak my mind, as I wish to, then I am going to do so. In the end, I think we all benefit.

  • hondo

    I found you Bob thru John Batchelor, and love you both – in a manly way of course. I will catch you on Noory.

    Your passion for what you do is sooo great! – that even Noory’s podium appeals to you. You are definitely the better (and braver) man than I.

  • D.K. Williams

    Well said, Bob.

  • pzatchok

    I listen almost every night. Its the best station I can get for the drive home.

    Its always at least entertaining.

    Tonight I will actually keep listening even after I get home.

  • Cotour

    Are you working out the “disco ball” like beacon mounted on the ISS to attract the aliens with the nuke mounted to destroy them after its determined whether they are Malevolent or Benevolent concept?

    Is this a DARPA initiated project?

  • Frank

    Good job on C2C last night Bob. Listened to the whole show.

    You always share interesting science and the extended format provided ample time to go deep and wide. I also noticed that you kept the conversation grounded in science and technology, avoided George’s invitations to go “paranormal”.

    You are a pro.

Readers: the rules for commenting!

 

No registration is required. I welcome all opinions, even those that strongly criticize my commentary.

 

However, name-calling and obscenities will not be tolerated. First time offenders who are new to the site will be warned. Second time offenders or first time offenders who have been here awhile will be suspended for a week. After that, I will ban you. Period.

 

Note also that first time commenters as well as any comment with more than one link will be placed in moderation for my approval. Be patient, I will get to it.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *