Spaceflight news

— Rocket Lab recovery (twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF)

— A list of direct quotes from the press conference (twitter.com/Erdayastronaut)

Short & Sweet

— Phobos rover begins landing tests. (space.com)

— The first H3 launches face delays. (spacenews.com)

— Starship prepares to hop (twitter.com/elonmusk)

— Carbice and Relativity raise millions in investment. (spacenews.com) (news.satnews.com) (theorbitalmechanics.com/show-notes/baratunde-cola) (theorbitalmechanics.com/show-notes/jordan-noone)

Questions, comments, corrections

— Ben Hallert: SN8 burst disc (twitter.com/chairboy)

This week in SF history

— 2 Dec, 1988. Launch of STS-27, the mission we almost lost Atlantis (youtube.com) (en.wikipedia.org) (spacefacts.de) (americaspace.com) (americaspace.com) (PDF: spaceflight.nasa.gov) (PDF: ntrs.nasa.gov)

— Next week (12/8-12/14) in 1978 - zero seconds, zero seconds, two seconds, 4,057 seconds, and N/A.