#CommercialSpace: Space Tugs and the commercialization of orbit. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
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🗓️ 11 May 2023
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#CommercialSpace: Space Tugs and the commercialization of orbit. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
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| 0:30.0 | This is CBS, I Am the World, I'm John Bachel from the surface of the planet earth we're |
| 0:40.1 | headed to lower Earth orbit, with Bob Zimmerman who keeps the website behind the black following |
| 0:45.5 | space engineering and space exploring. |
| 0:48.2 | First, Bob, a very good evening to you. |
| 0:50.4 | What is momentous and what have they done? |
| 0:52.8 | Romantic is one of, I don't know, maybe half to a dozen orbital servicing companies. |
| 1:02.0 | This providing orbital tug services for the satellites or removal of space junk or |
| 1:09.0 | robotic repair of satellites and a whole bunch of companies trying to do this work and some |
| 1:13.6 | of succeeding. |
| 1:14.6 | Romantic now joins the crowd that's succeeding. |
| 1:17.5 | They put up an orbital tug in April. |
| 1:21.6 | This is not their first, it's called a vigoride. |
| 1:25.1 | This is not their first. |
| 1:26.6 | Earlier ones had been launched, but for a radiotech of the reasons they weren't able to complete |
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