September 6, 2022 Quick space links
Courtesy of Jay, BtB’s intrepid stringer.
- Sierra Space: Mission: Tenacity Part 1
This video is just an empty-of-content commercial for Sierra Space, filled with feel-good “woke” blather but little real information about the actual status of this long overdue spacecraft. It is worth watching however because it reveals this emptiness. Reminds me of the many similar videos from Blue Origin and NASA over the years, filled with big promises but little actual achievement.
- How does Starlink Satellite Internet Work?
This video, almost 30 minutes long, is definitely worth watching if you have any interest in signing up for Starlink, or just have an interest in the coming low orbit satellite constellation boom.
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- Sierra Space: Mission: Tenacity Part 1
- How does Starlink Satellite Internet Work?
This video is just an empty-of-content commercial for Sierra Space, filled with feel-good “woke” blather but little real information about the actual status of this long overdue spacecraft. It is worth watching however because it reveals this emptiness. Reminds me of the many similar videos from Blue Origin and NASA over the years, filled with big promises but little actual achievement.
This video, almost 30 minutes long, is definitely worth watching if you have any interest in signing up for Starlink, or just have an interest in the coming low orbit satellite constellation boom.
Readers!
My annual February birthday fund-raising drive for Behind the Black is now over. Thank you to everyone who donated or subscribed. While not a record-setter, the donations were more than sufficient and slightly above average.
As I have said many times before, I can’t express what it means to me to get such support, especially as no one is required to pay anything to read my work. Thank you all again!
For those readers who like my work here at Behind the Black and haven't contributed so far, please consider donating or subscribing. My analysis of space, politics, and culture, taken from the perspective of an historian, is almost always on the money and ahead of the game. For example, in 2020 I correctly predicted that the COVID panic was unnecessary, that the virus was apparently simply a variation of the flu, that masks were not simply pointless but if worn incorrectly were a health threat, that the lockdowns were a disaster and did nothing to stop the spread of COVID. Every one of those 2020 conclusions has turned out right.
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I don’t even want to think how much money Sierra spent on that pile of touchy-feely pap. Someone should challenge them to explain exactly what this was supposed to accomplish, and for whom!
Ray,
Yes you are correct, this is a kumbaya piece. I am a fan of Sierra Space’s Dreamchaser design and sometimes it is hard to find any real “new” news about them. A lot of times they will show anniversaries of their past accomplishments; drop tests and other test milestones, but it has until been recently that they have made real progress. They are constructing a second “Tenacity” cargo spacecraft.
In the video, one of the engineers said “constructing ten spacecraft”. I thought that was a hint of something that is to come, but this might be wishful thinking on that engineer’s part.