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China's asteroid sample return mission launches, searching for a companion star for Betelgeuse, the 9th flight test wraps up for Starship and Superheavy, and Webb takes its longest exposure yet. And in SpaceBites+, is Venus hiding deadly asteroids.
The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: A big deadline for the Texas House passed this morning and as usual, many good bills died because leadership waited until the very end of the session to get to work hearing and voting on bills. I review key items that failed and passed including: Texas bill allowing colleges to pay athletes OK'd in Senate Automatic Denial of Bail for Certain Violent Crimes Narrowly Fails in Texas House – absences give Dems a big win that will cost lives Bill that holds local governments accountable to follow state law allowed to time-out in the House “The People's Veto” Approved by Texas Legislature Texas lawmakers say state documents must list biological sex (the only kind of “sex” there is!) Senate Passes Women's Bill of Rights “Anti-Red Flag Act” advances in House Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best service in DOT, business and personal drug and alcohol testing since 1995.Dallas Fed report on the Texas Service Sector and retail sales.Space historian Robert Zimmerman of BehindtheBlack.com joins us to explain what went right and wrong in yesterday evening's SpaceX Starship & Superheavy launch test from Starbase, Texas.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com
In this 9th anniversary episode of Suburban Underground, Steve picked an hour of "supergroup" songs. Unsure exactly what a supergroup is? Well, tune in, friend, and it will all be revealed to you. In this show you will hear the artists: Golden Smog, SuperHeavy, The Dead Weather, Temple Of The Dog, Electronic, Zwan, The Lords Of The New Church, The Last Shadow Puppets, Tinted Windows, Audioslave, The Good The Bad And The Queen, Alcatrazz, Living Loud. AI-free since 2016! On the Air on Bedford 105.1 FM Radio *** 5pm Friday *** *** 10am Sunday *** *** 8pm Monday *** Stream live at http://209.95.50.189:8178/stream Stream on-demand most recent episodes at https://wbnh1051.podbean.com/category/suburban-underground/ And available on demand on your favorite podcast app! Facebook: SuburbanUndergroundRadio *** Instagram: SuburbanUnderground *** #newwave #altrock #alternativerock #punkrock #indierock
EVE OF STARSHIP/SUPERHEAVY #8: 1 /4: Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX by Eric Berger (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Liftoff-Desperate-Early-Launched-SpaceX/dp/0062979973/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= In Liftoff, Eric Berger, senior space editor at Ars Technica, takes readers inside the wild early days that made SpaceX. Focusing on the company's first four launches of the Falcon 1 rocket, he charts the bumpy journey from scrappy underdog to aerospace pioneer. We travel from company headquarters in El Segundo, to the isolated Texas ranchland where they performed engine tests, to Kwajalein, the tiny atoll in the Pacific where SpaceX launched the Falcon 1. Berger has reported on SpaceX for more than a decade, enjoying unparalleled journalistic access to the company's inner workings. Liftoff is the culmination of these efforts, drawing upon exclusive interviews with dozens of former and current engineers, designers, mechanics, and executives, including Elon Musk. The enigmatic Musk, who founded the company with the dream of one day settling Mars, is the fuel that propels the book, with his daring vision for the future of spacE. 1951
EVE OF STARSHIP/SUPERHEAVY #8:: 4/4: Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX by Eric Berger (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Liftoff-Desperate-Early-Launched-SpaceX/dp/0062979973/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= In Liftoff, Eric Berger, senior space editor at Ars Technica, takes readers inside the wild early days that made SpaceX. Focusing on the company's first four launches of the Falcon 1 rocket, he charts the bumpy journey from scrappy underdog to aerospace pioneer. We travel from company headquarters in El Segundo, to the isolated Texas ranchland where they performed engine tests, to Kwajalein, the tiny atoll in the Pacific where SpaceX launched the Falcon 1. Berger has reported on SpaceX for more than a decade, enjoying unparalleled journalistic access to the company's inner workings. Liftoff is the culmination of these efforts, drawing upon exclusive interviews with dozens of former and current engineers, designers, mechanics, and executives, including Elon Musk. The enigmatic Musk, who founded the company with the dream of one day settling Mars, is the fuel that propels the book, with his daring vision for the future of spacE. 1958
EVE OF STARSHIP/SUPERHEAVY #8: 3 /4: Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX by Eric Berger (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Liftoff-Desperate-Early-Launched-SpaceX/dp/0062979973/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= In Liftoff, Eric Berger, senior space editor at Ars Technica, takes readers inside the wild early days that made SpaceX. Focusing on the company's first four launches of the Falcon 1 rocket, he charts the bumpy journey from scrappy underdog to aerospace pioneer. We travel from company headquarters in El Segundo, to the isolated Texas ranchland where they performed engine tests, to Kwajalein, the tiny atoll in the Pacific where SpaceX launched the Falcon 1. Berger has reported on SpaceX for more than a decade, enjoying unparalleled journalistic access to the company's inner workings. Liftoff is the culmination of these efforts, drawing upon exclusive interviews with dozens of former and current engineers, designers, mechanics, and executives, including Elon Musk. The enigmatic Musk, who founded the company with the dream of one day settling Mars, is the fuel that propels the book, with his daring vision for the future of spacE. 1958
EVE OF STARSHIP/SUPERHEAVY #8: 2 /4: Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX by Eric Berger (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Liftoff-Desperate-Early-Launched-SpaceX/dp/0062979973/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= In Liftoff, Eric Berger, senior space editor at Ars Technica, takes readers inside the wild early days that made SpaceX. Focusing on the company's first four launches of the Falcon 1 rocket, he charts the bumpy journey from scrappy underdog to aerospace pioneer. We travel from company headquarters in El Segundo, to the isolated Texas ranchland where they performed engine tests, to Kwajalein, the tiny atoll in the Pacific where SpaceX launched the Falcon 1. Berger has reported on SpaceX for more than a decade, enjoying unparalleled journalistic access to the company's inner workings. Liftoff is the culmination of these efforts, drawing upon exclusive interviews with dozens of former and current engineers, designers, mechanics, and executives, including Elon Musk. The enigmatic Musk, who founded the company with the dream of one day settling Mars, is the fuel that propels the book, with his daring vision for the future of spacE. 1958
The Gaia mission is over, New Glenn gets to orbit, SpaceX catches SuperHeavy but loses Starship, and we finally get an explanation for little red dots.
The Gaia mission is over, New Glenn gets to orbit, SpaceX catches SuperHeavy but loses Starship, and we finally get an explanation for little red dots.
BLUE ORIGIN'S NEW GLENN ENTERS THE LISTS IN TIME FOR SPACEX STARSHIP/SUPERHEAVY TEST 7: 1 /4: Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX by Eric Berger (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Liftoff-Desperate-Early-Launched-SpaceX/dp/0062979973/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= In Liftoff, Eric Berger, senior space editor at Ars Technica, takes readers inside the wild early days that made SpaceX. Focusing on the company's first four launches of the Falcon 1 rocket, he charts the bumpy journey from scrappy underdog to aerospace pioneer. We travel from company headquarters in El Segundo, to the isolated Texas ranchland where they performed engine tests, to Kwajalein, the tiny atoll in the Pacific where SpaceX launched the Falcon 1. Berger has reported on SpaceX for more than a decade, enjoying unparalleled journalistic access to the company's inner workings. Liftoff is the culmination of these efforts, drawing upon exclusive interviews with dozens of former and current engineers, designers, mechanics, and executives, including Elon Musk. The enigmatic Musk, who founded the company with the dream of one day settling Mars, is the fuel that propels the book, with his daring vision for the future of space. 1960 GALAXY MAGAZINE
BLUE ORIGIN'S NEW GLENN ENTERS THE LISTS IN TIME FOR SPACEX STARSHIP/SUPERHEAVY TEST 7: 2/4: Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX by Eric Berger (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Liftoff-Desperate-Early-Launched-SpaceX/dp/0062979973/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= In Liftoff, Eric Berger, senior space editor at Ars Technica, takes readers inside the wild early days that made SpaceX. Focusing on the company's first four launches of the Falcon 1 rocket, he charts the bumpy journey from scrappy underdog to aerospace pioneer. We travel from company headquarters in El Segundo, to the isolated Texas ranchland where they performed engine tests, to Kwajalein, the tiny atoll in the Pacific where SpaceX launched the Falcon 1. Berger has reported on SpaceX for more than a decade, enjoying unparalleled journalistic access to the company's inner workings. Liftoff is the culmination of these efforts, drawing upon exclusive interviews with dozens of former and current engineers, designers, mechanics, and executives, including Elon Musk. The enigmatic Musk, who founded the company with the dream of one day settling Mars, is the fuel that propels the book, with his daring vision for the future of space. 1958
BLUE ORIGIN'S NEW GLENN ENTERS THE LISTS IN TIME FOR SPACEX STARSHIP/SUPERHEAVY TEST 7: 3/4: Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX by Eric Berger (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Liftoff-Desperate-Early-Launched-SpaceX/dp/0062979973/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= In Liftoff, Eric Berger, senior space editor at Ars Technica, takes readers inside the wild early days that made SpaceX. Focusing on the company's first four launches of the Falcon 1 rocket, he charts the bumpy journey from scrappy underdog to aerospace pioneer. We travel from company headquarters in El Segundo, to the isolated Texas ranchland where they performed engine tests, to Kwajalein, the tiny atoll in the Pacific where SpaceX launched the Falcon 1. Berger has reported on SpaceX for more than a decade, enjoying unparalleled journalistic access to the company's inner workings. Liftoff is the culmination of these efforts, drawing upon exclusive interviews with dozens of former and current engineers, designers, mechanics, and executives, including Elon Musk. The enigmatic Musk, who founded the company with the dream of one day settling Mars, is the fuel that propels the book, with his daring vision for the future of space. 1953
BLUE ORIGIN'S NEW GLENN ENTERS THE LISTS IN TIME FOR SPACEX STARSHIP/SUPERHEAVY TEST 7: 4/4: Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX by Eric Berger (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Liftoff-Desperate-Early-Launched-SpaceX/dp/0062979973/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= In Liftoff, Eric Berger, senior space editor at Ars Technica, takes readers inside the wild early days that made SpaceX. Focusing on the company's first four launches of the Falcon 1 rocket, he charts the bumpy journey from scrappy underdog to aerospace pioneer. We travel from company headquarters in El Segundo, to the isolated Texas ranchland where they performed engine tests, to Kwajalein, the tiny atoll in the Pacific where SpaceX launched the Falcon 1. Berger has reported on SpaceX for more than a decade, enjoying unparalleled journalistic access to the company's inner workings. Liftoff is the culmination of these efforts, drawing upon exclusive interviews with dozens of former and current engineers, designers, mechanics, and executives, including Elon Musk. The enigmatic Musk, who founded the company with the dream of one day settling Mars, is the fuel that propels the book, with his daring vision for the future of space. 1951
Jakie były najważniejsze kosmiczne wydarzenia 2024 roku? Wybierzemy je i uszeregujemy od najważniejszego do najmniej ważnego. Podsumowanie kosmicznego 2024 dokonają Radek Grabarek z We Need More Space i Kuba Hajkuś z To Jakiś Kosmos! w ramach serii live'ów #spacexyz Kandydaci do kosmicznego wydarzenia 2024: Polska oficjalnie z dostępem do kosmosu (udany lot rakiety sondującej Bursztyn "Marsjańskie pająki" - ślady erupcji CO2. Kampania testowa Starshipa - IFT3, 4, 5 i 6. Całkowite zaćmienie Słońca w USA Złapanie boostera SuperHeavy na wieży startowej Chińska sonda Change 6 przywiozła próbki z niewidocznej strony Księżyca Załogowy lot Startlinera i bezzałogowy powrót, astronauci “uwięzieni na ISS” Inwazja lądowników na Księżyc (SLIM, Peregrine, Nova-C, Change-6). Misja Polaris Dawn - Pierwszy prywatny spacer kosmiczny. Odkrycie potencjalnej biosygnatury na Marsie (Perseverance).
#SPACEX:Superheavy ready for January Starship test. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com 1952
This was the sixth test launch of the Starship vehicle, which could eventually carry humans and cargo to the moon. It was extremely loud. Also, divers have recovered seeds of a long-lost rye variety from a 146-year-old shipwreck in Lake Huron. Scientists hope to bring it back to life.SpaceX's Starship Completes In-Orbit Engine TestOn Tuesday, the rocket company SpaceX conducted another test flight of its Starship spacecraft. In the uncrewed mission, the sixth test of the system, the company was seeking to test its ability to restart the Starship engines while in orbit, a function that's necessary for in-space maneuvering. The rocket did launch successfully, and the engine test worked. However, at the last minute the company elected not to try to repeat an October maneuver in which it caught a returning SuperHeavy rocket booster at the launch tower, citing safety concerns.SciFri's Charles Bergquist joins guest host Kathleen Davis to talk about the launch, and related research into the tremendous sound created by the system's launch and reentry. They also discuss other stories from the week in science, including the discovery of a saber-toothed kitten in Siberian permafrost, efforts to use light to help destroy PFAS chemicals, a company using Pokemon Go game data to train an AI, and more.Michigan-Based Team To Resuscitate Shipwrecked Rye SeedsIn 1878, a wooden schooner named the James R. Bentley set sail from Chicago to Buffalo, New York. But strong winds and rough waters damaged the ship, and it sank to the bottom of Lake Huron. The crew was saved, but the ship's cargo—a large shipment of rye—sank with it. In the years since the shipwreck, that particular variety of rye has faded out of existence.Now, almost 150 years later, a Michigan-based team is trying to bring the long-lost rye back to life. They dove to the shipwreck, retrieved a tube full of seeds, and are planning to use gene technology to recreate the rye variety. Their goal is to encourage farmers to grow it, so that distillers can use it to make whiskey.SciFri producer Kathleen Davis talks with Dr. Eric Olson, professor of wheat breeding and genetics at Michigan State University, and Chad Munger, founder and CEO of Mammoth Distilling.Transcripts for each segment will be available after the show airs on sciencefriday.com. Subscribe to this podcast. Plus, to stay updated on all things science, sign up for Science Friday's newsletters.
You interact with about two-thirds of the elements of the periodic table every day. Some, like carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen, make up our bodies and the air we breathe. Yet there is also a class of elements so unstable they can only be made in a lab. These superheavy elements are the purview of a small group stretching the boundaries of chemistry. Can they extend the periodic table beyond the 118 in it now? Find out scientists are using particle accelerators to create element 120 and why they've skipped over element 119. Plus, if an element exists for only a fraction of a second in the lab, can we still say that counts as existing? Guests: Mark Miodownik – professor of materials and society at the University of College London and the author of “It's a Gas: The Sublime and Elusive Elements That Expand Our World.” Kit Chapman – Science historian at Falmouth University, author of “Superheavy; Making and Breaking the Periodic Table.” Jennifer Pore – Research Scientist of Heavy Elements at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Featuring music by Dewey Dellay and Jun Miyake Big Picture Science is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com to inquire about advertising on Big Picture Science. You can get early access to ad-free versions of every episode by joining us on Patreon. Thanks for your support! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You interact with about two-thirds of the elements of the periodic table every day. Some, like carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen, make up our bodies and the air we breathe. Yet there is also a class of elements so unstable they can only be made in a lab. These superheavy elements are the purview of a small group stretching the boundaries of chemistry. Can they extend the periodic table beyond the 118 in it now? Find out scientists are using particle accelerators to create element 120 and why they've skipped over element 119. Plus, if an element exists for only a fraction of a second in the lab, can we still say that counts as existing? Guests: Mark Miodownik – professor of materials and society at the University of College London and the author of “It's a Gas: The Sublime and Elusive Elements That Expand Our World.” Kit Chapman – Science historian at Falmouth University, author of “Superheavy; Making and Breaking the Periodic Table.” Jennifer Pore – Research Scientist of Heavy Elements at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Featuring music by Dewey Dellay and Jun Miyake Big Picture Science is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com to inquire about advertising on Big Picture Science. You can get early access to ad-free versions of every episode by joining us on Patreon. Thanks for your support! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Those aren't Dyson Spheres they're hotDOGs, the best gravitational lens in the Universe, new Starlinks are really bright in the radio, and SpaceX recovers its SuperHeavy.
Those aren't Dyson Spheres they're hotDOGs, the best gravitational lens in the Universe, new Starlinks are really bright in the radio, and SpaceX recovers its SuperHeavy.
#HOTEL MARS:The long delay for Starship/Superheavy. Eric Berger, Arstechnica. David Livingston SpaceShow.com 1955
Europa Clipper might be delayed. NASA is cancelling its VIPER lunar rover mission. Mapping the dark matter in a dwarf galaxy. And a real-life stillsuit.
Europa Clipper might be delayed. NASA is cancelling its VIPER lunar rover mission. Mapping the dark matter in a dwarf galaxy. And a real-life stillsuit.
The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: Is Senator Hughes right, does Texas' abortion law need “further clarity” in the next legislative session? No, and the data demonstrate that Hughes is wrong. Like many he's falling victim to politicized hospitals and pro-abortion doctors who want little more than to loosen Texas abortion laws that are now saving the lives of tens of thousands of innocent human beings and effectively protecting the health of pregnant women. It's Senator Hughes who needs “further clarity.”Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best service in DOT, business and personal drug and alcohol testing since 1995.A Texas-based rocket firm had a successful launch last week: Firefly's Alpha rocket launches eight smallsats into orbit. Also, SpaceX has released more video from the latest Starship and Superheavy test launch.Is a new poll a worry for Senator Ted Cruz and Texas Republicans or, is it an outlier to be ignored? Either way it's time Texans learn how Leftwing is Democrat Colin Allred.Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacates panel's previous order pushing dirty books back into Llano County's public library and announces it will hear the case en banc.Oil and gas rig count up last week. See the Baker Hughes Rig Count here.Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com
PREVIEW: #SPACEX: Conversation with colleague Eric Berger, of Ars Technica, re the SpaceX vision of how the chopsticks and Superheavy will carry on in Texas and Florida once the test flights are done and the launch-recover-repeat routine is established. More tonight on #HotelMars. 1955 July
The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: From just south of Brownsville at Starbase all the way to the Indian Ocean, the Space X 4th Superheavy rocket and Starship test flight was an historic success this morning! Famed space historian Robert Zimmerman of Behindtheblack.com joins us to discuss this achievement as well as the work of Texas-based Firefly which has just won a big launch contract from Lockheed Martin.Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best service in DOT, business and personal drug and alcohol testing since 1995.We remember D-Day on this 80th anniversary. President Ronald Reagan: (VIDEO) “REMARKS AT A CEREMONY COMMEMORATING THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NORMANDY INVASION, D-DAY,” POINTE DU HOC, FRANCE (6 JUNE 1984). See written version here. Inside Battleship Texas' historic comeback, 80 years after D-Day Texas U.S. Reps. Keith Self, Dan Crenshaw, and Ronny Jackson to parachute over France as part of D-Day remembrance. Rudder's Rangers and the Boys of Pointe du Hoc: The U.S. Army Rangers' Mission in the Early Morning Hours of 6 June 1944 Here is Gen. Eisenhower's storied D-Day message to troops– he was born in Denison, Texas. Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com
PREVIEW:#SPACEX: #MARS: Conversation with eric Berger of Ars Technica re Musk's thinking for what is next for the journey to Mars Colony -- the chopstick towers, the Starship models 2 & 3, the reusable SuperHeavy. More detail later tonight. 1917 POPULAR SCIENCE
#SPACEX: What next and next and next for the magnificent Superheavy? Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/spacexs-next-superheavy-starship-launch-according-to-spacex/0 Jules Verne 190o Jules Verne
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#PREVIEW: #SPACEX: #STARSHIP/SUPERHEAVY: From conversation with colleague Bob Zimmerman re Elon Musk's explanation of why Test#2 of Starship/Superheavy failed to reach orbit -- and Musk's confidence that Test#3 will be a success into orbit. More later tonight. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/elon-musk-reveals-cause-of-starship-explosion-discusses-giant-rockets-future-video/ar-AA1n5u1j 1956
#SpaceX: Static fire tests complete for Starship/Superheavy Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/spacex-successfully-completes-static-fire-tests-of-both-superheavy-and-starhip/ 1959
#SpaceX: Starship #28 and SuperHeavy#10 ready for space. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/starship-prototype-28-completes-full-duration-static-fire-test/ 1888 Jules Verne
TONIGHT: The show begins in observing the exodus from California, led by retired state worerks who carry thei generous CA checks to Idaho. Then to Milan to celebrate Christmas, To Utah and to Pittsburgh. To Boca Chica and to Mars with Ingenuity. To Colorado and to DC. To SVR HQ in Moscow. To the UN 1953. More. 1958 Test Air Date: December 22, 2023 CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9-915 #PacificWatch: Exodus of the retired state worker force to Idaho and beyond.@JCBliss https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/california-cops-and-firefighters... 915-930 #Italy: Giorgia Meloni looks to restore the Nativity to schools at Christmas. Lorenzo Fiori, Ansaldo Foundation https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/21/italys-ruling-party-drafts-law-to-safeguard-school-nativity-scenes 930-945 #SmallBusinessAmerica: Housing crater & What is to be done? @GeneMarks @Guardian @PhillyInquirer https://calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/nar-existing-home-sales-increased-8dc 945-1000 #SmallBusinessAmerica: Utah is the best state for small business startup. @GeneMarks @Guardian @PhillyInquirer https://www.salontoday.com/1089370/the-top-10-states-where-small-business-is-set-to-boom-in-2024 SECOND HOUR 10-1015 #KeystoneReport: Happy surprise of the year: John Fetterman. Happy contest for next year: Casey vs McCormick. Salena Zito, Middle of Somewhere, @DCExaminer Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, New York Post, SalenaZito.com 1015-1030 #MrMarket: Surge at the Apple story: price slashing at Costco Jim McTague, former Washington Editor, Barrons. @MCTagueJ. Author of the "Martin and Twyla Boundary Series." #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety 1030-1045 #SpaceX: Starship #28 and SuperHeavy#10 ready for space. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/starsh... 1045-1100 #Mars: Ingenuity engineers learning to go faster. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/ingenu... THIRD HOUR 1100-1115 #Insurrection: The Colorado Supreme Court & What is t be done? @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst https://www.hoover.org/research/trumps-trial-tribulations 1115-1130 #Immunity: Special Counsel Smith and immunity for OTUS. @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst https://www.hoover.org/research/trumps-trial-tribulations 1130-1145 1/2; Moscow X: A Novel by David McCloskey (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Moscow-X-Novel-David-McCloskey/dp/1324050756 CIA officers Sia and Max enter Russia under commercial cover to recruit Vladimir Putin's moneyman. Sia works for a London law firm that conceals the wealth of the superrich. Max's family business in Mexico―a CIA front since the 1960s―is a farm that breeds high-end racehorses. They pose as a couple to target Vadim, Putin's private banker, and his wife, Anna, who―unbeknownst to CIA―is a Russian intelligence officer under deep cover at the bank. As they descend further into a Russian world dripping with luxury and rife with gangland violence, Sia and Max's only hope may be Anna, who is playing a game of her own. Careening between the horse ranch in northern Mexico, the corridors of Langley, and the dark opulence of Putin's Russia, Moscow X is both a gripping thriller of modern espionage and a raw, unsparing commentary on the nature of truth, loyalty, and vengeance amid the shadow war between the United States and Russia. 1145-1200 2/2; Moscow X: A Novel by David McCloskey (Author) FOURTH HOUR 12-1215 1/2: #Eisenhower: The December 1953 UN Speech ""Atoms for Peace was the origin of proliferation & What is to be done? Henry Sokolski, NPEC https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/north-koreas-reported-use-of-a-nucl... https://www.amazon.com/Best-Intentions-Strategic-Proliferation-Internati... 1215-1230 2/2: #Eisenhower: The December 1953 UN Speech ""Atoms for Peace was the origin of proliferation & What is to be done? Henry Sokolski, NPEC https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/north-koreas-reported-use-of-a-nucl... https://www.amazon.com/Best-Intentions-Strategic-Proliferation-Internati... 1230-1245 #FirstAmendment: The distinction between public and private universities and Freedom of Speech. @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst https://www.hoover.org/research/free-speech-thicket-campus 1245-100 am #Impeachment: Republican pursuit: Unwise. @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/22/us/politics/republican-claims-biden-i...
PREVIEW: From a much longer conversation on #HotelMars with Eric Berger of Ars Tecnica re the "hot-staging" experiment on the the second Starship-Superheavy test flight. November 18, 2023. 1868 Jules Verne "From the Earth to the Moon"
It happened! Starship and SuperHeavy Did Launch for the second time. All 33 raptors were working. Hot staging went as planned. But then both the Booster 9 and Ship 25 were lost. What exactly went wrong and what does it mean for the future of Starship? Finding out with Scott Manley and Marcus House.
The news of Texas covered today includes:Our Lone Star story of the day: With the expected historic test launch of SpaceX's Superheavy rocket with Starship atop from South Texas tomorrow, Friday, 17 November, we talk with science writer and esteemed space historian Robert Zimmerman about the private sector space industry from a Texas perspective.We much about global leader SpaceX as well as Texas-based Firefly, AST SpaceMobile out of Midland, Blue Origin, Starlink and more.At the end we discuss great American Frank Borman who died at 95 on 7 November. The great American astronaut, Texas car dealer, and former CEO of Eastern Airlines is the first of the crew of Apollo 8 to pass away. Zimmerman came to know Borman and his wife Susan as he wrote the fantastic book Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8. I highly recommend this book for you and for Christmas presents.Our Lone Star story of the day is sponsored by Allied Compliance Services providing the best service in DOT, business and personal drug and alcohol testing since 1995. Listen on the radio, or station stream, at 5pm Central. Click for our radio and streaming affiliates.www.PrattonTexas.com
#Bestof2023: STRANGE COPYCATS: 1/2: #HotelMars: #PRC plans to imitate SpaceX with Long March -- a superheavy two-stage fully reusable booster combination to LEO and Lunar Orbit. Rick Fisher, International Assessment and Strategy Center. David Livingston, SpaceShow.com https://spacenews.com/china-plans-full-reusability-for-its-super-heavy-long-march-9-rocket/ 1868 Jules Verne, From the Earth to the Moon
#Bestof2023: STRANGE COPYCATS: 2/2: #HotelMars: #PRC plans to imitate SpaceX with Long March -- a superheavy two-stage fully reusable booster combination to LEO and Lunar Orbit. Rick Fisher, International Assessment and Strategy Center. David Livingston, SpaceShow.com https://spacenews.com/china-plans-full-reusability-for-its-super-heavy-long-march-9-rocket/ 1872 Jules Verne Around the Moon
Superconductor update. Contact re-established with Voyager 2. Two stars orbiting so closely they could hide inside the Sun. A field of gravitational lenses in a new JWST image.
Superconductor update. Contact re-established with Voyager 2. Two stars orbiting so closely they could hide inside the Sun. A field of gravitational lenses in a new JWST image.
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #HotelMars: The environmental lawsuits following the Starship/Superheavy launch. Douglas Messier, Parabolicarc.com. David Livingston, SpaceShow.com https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/01/us/faa-spacex-explosion-lawsuit-scn-climate/index.html
SpaceX Explosion Damages Environment Around Launch Site Last Thursday, SpaceX's South Texas facility was awash in noise and fire, as crowds gathered in South Padre Island and Port Isabel to watch Starship's first orbital launch. It was the largest and most powerful rocket ever made, standing at around 400 feet tall. Four minutes into the launch, SpaceX detonated the rocket after the SuperHeavy booster failed to separate from the Starship as planned. The launch destroyed the company's launch pad, spreading concrete up to three quarters of a mile away. Cameras left by YouTubers were either knocked down or destroyed in the rumble, along with some of the fence surrounding the launch pad's road-facing property. To read the rest, visit sciencefriday.com. The Private Space Race Takes A Toll On Planet Earth After the SpaceX explosion last month, debris wasn't the only thing on the minds of Science Friday listeners. The following messages arrived in our inbox after we reported on 3-D printed rockets in March. It was interesting to hear you discuss 7 space launches in 5 days, and then just moments later the fact that we're not on track to reduce carbon emissions. My understanding is that rocket launches release huge amounts of carbon and other greenhouse gases. Story idea?—@RevBobIerien, Twitter Also regarding the 3-D rockets there wasn't any concern made for space pollution was there? I may have tuned out unhappily before the end. —Juanita H, email How much carbon do rockets contribute to global warming? —Robert C, email Very disappointing to hear the report of new “cheaper” 3D-printed rockets are available so that, like fast food pods and big gulps, we can now drop even more cheap **** into the ocean. And, *immediately* following a story about the new report on climate change, what exactly is the carbon footprint resulting from the ability of more people to more cheaply fire rockets into space? —David M, email Carbon isn't the big pollutant that comes from spaceflight, says Dr. Eloise Marais, associate professor in physical geography at University College London. Instead, black carbon or soot particles are generated and released directly into the atmosphere, alongside reactive nitrogen and nitrogen oxides. Dr. Marais joins Ira to talk about how much of an impact increased rocket launches could have on the atmosphere, and how that compares to the auto industry. How To Combat The Antibiotic Resistance Crisis For years scientists have been ringing alarm bells about a global antibiotic resistance crisis. Now hospitals and healthcare facilities face the consequences: In the United States, there are 2.8 million antimicrobial-resistant infections every year, and more than 35,000 people die from these infections. Bacteria naturally try to outsmart the drugs designed to kill them, which causes treatments to become ineffective over time. While new antibiotics are made to respond to these resistant strains, the bacteria continue to evolve—creating a constant, and costly, cycle. There's a number of added factors driving the crisis, including antibiotic use in livestock and the general overprescription of antibiotics. About 1 in 3 antibiotic prescriptions in outpatient settings like urgent care or emergency departments are unnecessary. Scientists are struggling to keep up with the need to replace antibiotics that no longer work. It's a never ending game of catch up. Ira discusses some of the possible solutions to this vexing problem and takes listener questions with Dr. Victor Nizet, faculty lead of the Collaborative to Halt Antibiotic-Resistant Microbes at the University of California San Diego and Dr. Eddie Stenehjem, executive vice chair of medicine at the University of Colorado. Are Phages A New Page In Medicine? One of the many possible solutions to the global antibiotic resistance crisis is an old idea that's new again—bacteriophages, or phages for short. Phages are viruses that exist solely to kill bacteria and are abundant in nature. While scientists first discovered phages' ability to treat bacterial infections about a century ago, there's been little interest in turning them into a treatment for patients with antibiotic resistant infections—until recently. Ira talks with Dr. Graham Hatfull, professor of biotechnology at the University of Pittsburgh about the latest in phage science. Transcripts for each segment will be available the week after the show airs on sciencefriday.com.
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #SpaceX: Environment and the next Starship/Superheavy launch. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/essays-and-commentaries/environmentalist-sue-faa-demanding-it-shut-down-boca-chica-and-starship/
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow 1932 #SpaceX: To Vandenberg rocket base while waiting for Starship/Superheavy. to launch again in Texas. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/spacex-successfully-launched-46-upgrades-starlink-satellites/
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow 1/2: #HotelMars: #PRC plans to imitate SpaceX with Long March -- a superheavy two-stage fully reusable booster combination to LEO and Lunar Orbit. Rick Fisher, International Assessment and Strategy Center. David Livingston, SpaceShow.com https://spacenews.com/china-plans-full-reusability-for-its-super-heavy-long-march-9-rocket/
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow 2/2: #HotelMars: #PRC plans to imitate SpaceX with Long March -- a superheavy two-stage fully reusable booster combination to LEO and Lunar Orbit. Rick Fisher, International Assessment and Strategy Center. David Livingston, SpaceShow.com https://spacenews.com/china-plans-full-reusability-for-its-super-heavy-long-march-9-rocket/
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow 1852 #SpaceX: Webcasting announced for Satrship/Superheavy launch. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/spacex-announces-it-will-be-providing-a-webcast-for-starships-first-orbital-flight/
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #SpaceX: Starship/Superheavy stacking and waiting for a launch window. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/faa-issues-travel-advisory-for-boca-chica-for-april-10-2023-starship-launch/
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @ #SpaceX; Starship/SuperHeavy ready for the close up. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/what-to-expect-when-spacex-launches-starship-on-its-first-orbital-flight/ Batchelorshow
Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow #SpaceX: Wet dress rehearsal for Starship/SuperHEavy. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/stacked-starship-and-superheavy-complete-first-full-wet-dress-rehearsal-countdown/