by David Todd | Jan 2, 2015 | China, exploration, Russia, SLS, Soyuz, Space Insurance, SpaceX, Technology, Virgin Galactic
2014 was an interesting space year in many ways. It had elements of great achievement, some notable failures, and confirmed some industry trends that are looking unstoppable. Record breaking year for number of launched payloads Driven mainly by commercial factors and...
by David Todd | Dec 16, 2014 | Commercial human spaceflight, commercial launch services, exploration, NASA, Science, SLS
While it occupies just a small portion of the spending in the trillion dollar budget of the US Government, as that was passed by Congress and the US Senate, NASA unexpectedly found itself a winner at this year’s throw of the dice. The Administration has been...
by David Todd | Dec 5, 2014 | China, exploration, Seradata News
While the Chang’e 5-T1 mission, launched on 23 October 2014, was mainly about successfully returning a capsule to Earth to test out re-entry guidance and thermal protection technologies (which it did), it has been revealed that the service module of the mission,...
by David Todd | Dec 4, 2014 | exploration, JAXA, Satellites, Science, Seradata News
At 0422 GMT on 3 December 2014, a Japanese H2A launch vehicle successfully lifted off from the Tanegashima launch site in Japan carrying the Hayabusa-2 spacecraft which is planned to rendezvous with an asteroid (1999 JU3) in 2018. As part of the mission, Hayabusa-2...
by David Todd | Nov 24, 2014 | exploration, On a Lighter Note, Seradata News
After a “Basil Fawlty-style” hotel manager in Blackpool imposed a fine on a couple for writing a bad review about his hotel on Trip Advisor (apparently this fine was allowed by the hotel’s small print, but public opinion, along with the threat of Trading...
by David Todd | Nov 19, 2014 | exploration, On a Lighter Note
During the early 1960s, a slightly rude and risqué film called ‘Nude on the Moon’ was released. While that was a work of (near) nudist science fiction, it is now likely to become a reality – or, at least, indirectly. For while the crowd-funded...
