by David Todd | May 28, 2019 | Apollo, History, On a Lighter Note
While the Apollo 10 lunar mission in May 1969 is often overlooked, it was the dress rehearsal for the main lunar landing. It involved hazardous rendez-vous docking and undocking operations, and lunar module descent and ascent engine firing tests in lunar orbit. The...
by David Todd | Apr 24, 2019 | Apollo, On a Lighter Note
Just before their re-entry, a very relieved Apollo 13 astronaut Jack Swigert, (not Fred Haise as portrayed in the Apollo 13 movie), summed up the feelings that the Apollo 13 crew had about heir lunar module-turned-lifeboat Aquarius, whose engines and power systems had...
by David Todd | Apr 16, 2019 | Apollo, History, NASA, On a Sadder Note
Former NASA astronaut Owen Garriott has passed away at his home in Huntsville Alabama at the age of 88. Garriott was an electrical engineer by profession, becoming a professor in the subject at Stanford University. Having previously served as an electronics officer...
by David Todd | Mar 27, 2019 | Apollo, Blue Origin, exploration, NASA, Seradata News, SLS, SpaceX
The Trump Administration has signalled a change of space policy on a human return to the Moon. Addressing the National Space Council in Huntsville, Alabama, and hinting that the USA was in effect in a race with China, US Vice President Mike Pence called for a human...
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 | Jan 29, 2019 | Apollo, NASA, On a Lighter Note, Seradata News, Technology
While some men have accused the #MeToo campaign for partly emasculating them, actually there are more serious threats to their virility – chemical ones. There has long been concern that the difficult-to-filter female hormone oestrogen in the water supply...
