Ecuador – Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com Thu, 22 Jun 2023 16:20:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Ecuador becomes 26th nation to sign Artemis Accords https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/ecuador-becomes-26th-nation-to-sign-artemis-accords/ https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/ecuador-becomes-26th-nation-to-sign-artemis-accords/#comments Thu, 22 Jun 2023 16:20:01 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=96066 In a ceremony yesterday in Washington, Ecuador became the 26th nation to sign the Artemis Accords, a bi-lateral agreement with the United States that was designed during the Trump administration to act as a work around to the limitations to private enterprise in space created by the Outer Space Treaty.

The full list of signatories so far: Australia, Bahrain, Brazil, Canada, Columbia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, Poland, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, the Ukraine, and the United States.

Adding third world nations to the alliance strengthens it, but it is really the clout of major space players like France, Luxembourg, the UK, the UAE, Italy, and Japan that gives the United States a great deal of leverage in establishing future space legal policy, assuming the alliance is used as originally intended. Considering however the Biden administration’s general hostility to the private sector and freedom, it is unclear if that will be the goal.

]]> https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/ecuador-becomes-26th-nation-to-sign-artemis-accords/feed/ 3 Ecuador At The Equator: Coriolis Effect demonstration https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/ecuador-at-the-equator-coriolis-effect-demonstration/ https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/ecuador-at-the-equator-coriolis-effect-demonstration/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2018 01:01:17 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=54623 An evening pause: I think this video, taken at the equator in Ecuador, nicely proves the Coriolis Effect. In fact, it is remarkable how short a distance you need to travel on Earth to flip the effect.

]]> https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/ecuador-at-the-equator-coriolis-effect-demonstration/feed/ 31 Ecuador’s first satellite, launched last month, has been hit with debris from an old Russian rocket. https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/ecuadors-first-satellite-launched-last-month-has-been-hit-with-debris-from-an-old-russian-rocket/ https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/ecuadors-first-satellite-launched-last-month-has-been-hit-with-debris-from-an-old-russian-rocket/#respond Fri, 24 May 2013 05:32:40 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=23330 Ecuador’s first satellite, launched last month, has been hit with debris from an old Russian rocket.

It is unclear yet how much damage was caused.

]]> https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/ecuadors-first-satellite-launched-last-month-has-been-hit-with-debris-from-an-old-russian-rocket/feed/ 0 Environmental scientist caught agreeing to ignore her own data and to make up new claims https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/environmental-scientist-caught-agreeing-to-ignore-her-own-data-and-to-make-up-new-claims/ https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/environmental-scientist-caught-agreeing-to-ignore-her-own-data-and-to-make-up-new-claims/#respond Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:20:33 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=13872 Follow the money: An environmental scientist is caught on film, agreeing to ignore her own data and to make up new and unproven claims, in order to win big cash in an environmental court case.

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