On the radio…Tonight I will be spending two hours chatting with David Livingston on the Space Show, starting at 7 pm (Pacific).
As always, I encourage my readers to call in to ask questions.
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.
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"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
Tonight I will be spending two hours chatting with David Livingston on the Space Show, starting at 7 pm (Pacific).
As always, I encourage my readers to call in to ask questions.
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
Bob, I just realized I have a scheduling conflict so won’t be able to listen to the live broadcast of the Space Show tonight. But I’ll catch it when the recording is available.
If possible could you spend a few minutes on the Space Tech capabilities of countries, other than the US, who make up the Artemis Accords?
FYI below I listed the Artemis Accord countries in order from high to low in regards to their present Space Tech capabilities:
* Japan
* Republic of Korea
* United Kingdom
* Italy
* Canada
* Ukraine
* New Zealand
* Australia
* UAE
* Brazil
* Luxembourg
Lastly how significant would it be if India joined the Artemis Accords next?
Here are a few Space Show episodes I can recommend: from the past year.
You can access at https://www.thespaceshow.com
October 5
DR. ROBERT ZUBRIN discussed the Mars Society Conference and more.
July 6
AARON BATEMAN discussed a different perspective on national security space.
June 1
DR. MARTIN ELVIS discussed his new book, “Asteroids: How Love, Fear, and Greed will determine our Future in Space.”
FYI
Mark, I just noticed the broadcast became available in the past hour or two on the Space Show’s web page
Thx JhonB, I just bookmarked this episode 3776. I was able to catch about 20 minutes and was able to email in my question as well as a follow-up. Will listen to full episode this week.
Ahh…the mp3 file is now available for download…..
https://thespaceshow.com/show/25-oct-2021/broadcast-3776-bob-zimmerman
JhonB-
[3:02pm} Thanks for that update.
(I was just [caught] comment-skimming, so sorry for the repeat notice.)
Mark–
Just started listening to the show, and will keep my ears open for your questions.
Totally tangential, I’ll throw this in here. (that’s sorta what-I-do…)
Lex Fridman Podcast Number 234
(October 26, 2021)
Guest: Stephen Wolfram, “Complexity and the Fabric of Reality”
https://youtu.be/4-SGpEInX_c
->3:38:42
[ as Cotour might say [with all due respect]… “ultra high-IQ nerds.”]
Wayne – I was up early and have listened to Bob on The Space Show episode 3776.
Bob addressed my emailed question at around the 45 minute mark, and provided an excellent overview regarding recent Space Tech developments of countries in the Artemis Accords.
Wayne (with side note to Bob):
Thanks for the hat tip on the Lex Fridman Podcasts – I’ve added that to my podcast app and will listen to Wolfram and others. FYI since this morning I saw that another person is also commenting as Mark, I am changing my moniker to ‘BtB’s Original Mark’ (sort of like the original pancake syrup).
And just my personal impressions here – I have to say you have a good gig here at BtB being the go to guy for adding culturally relevant links and other insightful tangential observations and musings. And that of course is buttressed by Bob’s very commendable commitment to an open forum. My side note to Bob here is that I don’t intend to be irritating or (paraphrasing here now) to ‘throw out a multitude of questions and demand answers’. I just consider myself to be an engaged member of the BtB community, and whether commenting on Space, Geopolitics, History, Communist China, contemporary American society, or just writing out my sometimes lame cultural references or sophomoric parody, I try to be guided by the historian Cushing Strout who observed that ‘Writing history is a perpetual exercise in judgment”.
BtB’s Original Mark: Your comments are absolutely most welcome. However, it begins to become impolite if you constantly demand others to answer your questions, especially if you repeat those demands more than once. Doesn’t foster good will.
And that was written entirely with good will in mind. :)
Original Mark–
–didn’t realize we had 2 Mark’s.
You’re too kind. We do have some great link-poster’s here. I generally try to be relevant, but sometimes being amusing is enough. (hopefully)
Jordan Peterson / Akira
“Lunchbucket”
https://youtu.be/n3uYYAdothI
2:32