by David Todd | Jul 25, 2016 | History, NASA, Seradata News, Space Shuttle
The candidates of the US Presidential Election, Donald Trump, and Hillary Clinton, are keen to deploy former astronauts in their support. During July, former Shuttle commander Eileen Collins made a speech at the Republican Party Convention in which she noted her...
by David Todd | Jul 18, 2016 | History, NASA, SpaceX
Boris Johnson, the Brexit-campaigning brother of the now reappointed minister in charge of space, Jo Johnson, has been given the high-visibility role of UK Foreign Secretary in Theresa May’s new government. Of course, it has to be noted that Boris was born “with a...
by David Todd | Jul 11, 2016 | History
It is not just NASA that burns money on a failed project, before having to hand over a load more on an equivalent. Before he formally handed in his resignation to the Queen, one of David Cameron’s last reported announcements as UK Prime Minister was at...
by David Todd | Jun 27, 2016 | ESA, History, Science
The historic and slightly shocking result of the UK referendum, in favour of withdrawal from the European Union (EU), caught the opinion pollsters, bookmakers and financial institutions off guard. The fall-out could be seen in equity and currency markets; Prime...
by David Todd | May 26, 2016 | ESA, History
With just weeks to go to the referendum on whether the UK should remain in the European Union (EU), the bookmakers have now put the odds of leaving – the so called “Brexit” option – at around 3-1 (in from 4-1) – implying a 25% chance...
by David Todd | May 20, 2016 | History, Satellites, Science
Kelvin Mackenzie, an acerbic newspaper editor of the 1980s, famously fired the Sun newspaper’s astrologer with a letter of dismissal that started: “As you will already know…”. While the Sun’s astrologer may or may not have predicted her own departure, others are...
