Ed Driscoll reviews a new documentary about Apollo 8.
That event, not Apollo 11, is when we won the race, because the Soviets quietly threw in the towel at that point, pretending that they’d never been racing.
Category Archives: Space
Failure Is Not Not An Option
In spaceflight, it’s a necessity.
Safety Third
Russia’s Space Program
…is in big trouble.
My biggest fear is that if they can’t play in the sandbox, they’ll crap in it, which they are perfectly capable of doing. It’s always much easier to destroy than create, which is what they’ve been doing in Ukraine.
[Afternoon update]
Sorry, link is there now.
The Office Of Space Commerce
Why it should be the regulator of orbital activities, and not the FAA (or NASA).
Terran One
Second launch attempt, in a few minutes.
[1300 PST update]
Scrubbed again, at the end of the window.
Relativity Space
Today may be the day. It’s a little surprising how Long Beach has become such a space hub. A decade ago, there was nothing there.
[Update a while later]
About twenty minutes to launch.
Light Posting
I’ve spent the past three days at the Suborbital Researcher’s Conference, and we’re driving back to LA from Denver tomorrow, so probably little posting until the weekend.
[Update Friday morning]
We decided to do the drive in one long day, so back in the office.
A Sea Change In The Industry?
ULA is apparently on the auction block.
I’ve been arguing for years that Boeing and Lockmart should be forced to divest, because a free-range ULA would be much more able to compete with SpaceX (and other potential competitors).
I’m guessing that Boeing has decided that it needs cash more than it needs to continue to keep Tory under control.
Life On Earth
…is doomed, without us.