Scroll down to read this post.

 

Please consider supporting my work here at Behind the Black. I keep the website clean from pop-ups and annoying demands. Instead, I depend entirely on my readers to support me. Though this means I am sacrificing some income, it also means that I remain entirely independent from outside pressure. By depending solely on donations and subscriptions from my readers, no one can threaten me with censorship. You don't like what I write, you can simply go elsewhere.

 

You can support me either by giving a one-time contribution or a regular subscription. There are five 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:

4. A Paypal subscription:


5. 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. And if you buy the books through the ebookit links, I get a larger cut and I get it sooner.


On the radio…

UPDATE: The show started late due to technical problems, but is going on now!

I will be doing another long guest appearance tonight on The Space Show with David Livingston, beginning at 7 pm (Pacific). You can listen live here. (link fixed, though now it doesn’t matter as the show just ended. It will be archived and available in a day or so.)

As always, I strongly encourage my readers to call in. Makes the show more fun.

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 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

3 comments

  • Gary

    Bob,

    Thanks for the nugget on the speculation and about Musk and a space telescope. Makes a tremendous amount of sense to me. Hope it happens sooner rather than later. I still have a suspicion someone will figure out how configure a space telescope with an array of cube sats. Maybe it would be a radio telescope rather than optical, but the things are too dang cheap and the replacement of individual cube sats would seem so easy compared to trying to repair a traditional space telescope. Really enjoy your appearances with Dr Livingston. One of the few things which can motivate me to stay up until midnight any more!

  • Lee S

    I’m looking forward to listening… As I always do… Bob, you are generally the best regular guest on the space show… And believe me, it bugs me to bits that I never get chance to speak with the pair of you due to the bloody time difference.
    But I have to say, can’t we get a crowd funding thing going or something to get Dr Livingston some new equipment? The show still sounds like an 80s FM radio talk show with bad reception…. But it’s actually an archive of immense importance, and deserves a better sound quality.
    I would bung in to help David get a better sounding set up… He might fight it… But the quality of the show itself deserves it.
    Any thoughts?

  • Jay

    I wished I was listening last night in regards to the Small Modular Reactors (SMR). One of my co-workers came from INL (Idaho National Labs) and talks about them all the time. The caller is correct, one of the private contractors is NuScale. They are still building the first experimental model at INL.
    I have not heard of any space applications, so far they have been targeted towards electrical utilities with microgrid applications.

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 *