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This is our information post with some things to know about us. So we hope you will become as excited about our site as we are in finally making it. Cheers from the team at the Third Planet Publishing Planet HQ.
Image from https://people.com 11 Aug 24 With the recent (August 2024) issue of the CST-100 Boeing Starliner having RCS issues (helium leaks) which has left (as of this article) two NASA Astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, in space for over 63 days (and counting) the International Space Standards Organisation unanimously agreed to add a …
Read more “Boeing Starliner fail forces ISSO to add Rule 138 to the RfSaST”
Frank Leonard has released to us his first book “Flight of the Taka Tori”. Flight of the Taka Tori. A tale of intrigue and action, and a reaffirming story of faith in friendship, set across the Milky Way from the deepest reaches of fold-space to the ‘eye-ball’ planet of Utopia-c. A rich and complex imagining …
Read more “New book soon. “Flight of the Taka Tori” by Frank Leonard.”
RFSaST Rule 136 – Check Your Stuff Works Image from https://www.aerospace-technology.com/projects/cst-100-starliner/ Everyone here at 3PPP wishes the safe return of the two astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams who travelled to the ISS on the CST100-Starliner on the 5th of June 2024 with a known helium leak the engineers (wrongly) assessed as within safety and …
Read more “RFSaST Rule 136: Boeing may have broken that rule with their CST100 Starliner.”
The ISSO’s Rules for Space and Space Tourism guide is a critical document when one considers embarking on or being involved in space travel. The ISSO in an effort to remain current with the changing demands of space travel update and append to these rules as necessary. ISSO acknowledges and thanks Kenzie Welch, Lexi Inks …
Subvert Expectations This is one aspect of good and is a lot like telling a good joke. People like to be surprised (usually, but not while carrying a bowl of soup). Jokes work because the reader is given a situation and their brain jumps ahead then the punchline happens and they get the joy of …
Read more “Frank Leonard on Writing: Tip – Subvert Expectations”
Characters should feel like real people. The interaction of characters makes a story, and you should aim for the characters to change over the course of the story. The plot in a good story relates that everything is changing, yet in a perfect story it is a circle that closes a loop. When you close a …
So our hero Kell is still on a ship and things are starting to happen. If you’ve read the last two chapters you know this. If not there is the main menu to get back to chapter 1. If you have, then here is chapter 3. More to come next week.
And here it is. This link here. If you’ve been reading The Flight of the Taka Tori then you know who Kell is and what the Taka Tori is and what its doing in space. Time to find out some more. Enjoy.
The first chapter of Frank Leonard’s new book “Flight of the Taka Tori” is available now here on the site to read. On the grounds that it takes a while for people to get interested and that there are many many books on the market, we’ll be releasing a chapter of the book each week …
Below is a letter we received from the folks working to save the bees. We are very pleased we could help. A shout out to Third Planet for all the time and effort provided to SaveTheBees.org.au during the recent efforts to try to contain the varroa outbreak. Thanks for a very professional and functional website. …