by David Todd | Feb 19, 2019 | Apollo, exploration, History, NASA, On a Lighter Note
Most wise humans know that while we should take our roles seriously as workers, parents, carers and the like, we should not take ourselves too seriously. Nothing saps the spirit like having a po-faced professional colleague whose humourless attitude tends to get...
by David Todd | Feb 18, 2019 | History
Aerospace engineers normally do their utmost to try to avoid unwanted “delamination” (the splitting of layers) in composite structures, but just such a delamination now apparently underway in the UK’s Labour Party after its leader Jeremy Corbyn...
by David Todd | Feb 18, 2019 | NASA, Satellites, SpaceX, Technology
In what is becoming a habit, NASA, has been forced to admit that its plan to launch crew aboard commercial launches of commercial spacecraft has been delayed again. Specifially, the uncrewed test launches of both SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, and the Boeing CST-100...
by David Todd | Feb 18, 2019 | exploration, Seradata News
The Mars One plan to base a reality TV show on the surface of Mars in 2024 and its competition to send 24 participants there has, of course, ended in tears. To no-one’s surprise, except perhaps its instigators Bas Lansdorp and Arno Wielders, the project came to...
by David Todd | Feb 18, 2019 | NASA, Satellites, Science, Seradata News
NASA has selected the SPHEREx astronomy mission to progress to operational status as a NASA Medium-class Explorer (MIDEX) type mission. SPHEREx – Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Re-ionization and Ices Explorer – will conduct...
