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...
by David Todd | Oct 15, 2018 | Apollo, History, NASA, Seradata News, Space Arts
Directed by Damien Chazelle and starring Ryan Gosling, First Man (2018) shows that Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong was a thoughtful, intelligent, cool-under-fire hero – but one who was also racked by personal sadness. The film was written by Josh Singer with the...
by David Todd | Sep 24, 2018 | Apollo, NASA, On a Lighter Note, Seradata News
She might be an accomplished businesswoman in her own right and one of his most trusted advisers, but to US President Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump will always just be the apple of his eye. For Ivanka is his daughter. So after she made it clear, in a September phone call...
