by David Todd | Oct 21, 2014 | ESA, History, India, JAXA, NASA, Seradata News
While the heads of several space agencies delivered the usual platitudes about international cooperation at the IAC 2014, the “missing elephants in the room”, were China and Russia. So was this an indication that international space cooperation would, in future, be...
by David Todd | Oct 21, 2014 | History, Satellites, Technology
While quite small, the IAC’s exhibition of stands had plenty of “big players”, such as Lockheed Martin, Boeing, SpaceX and DLR. The largest and most impressive of the stands was probably Lockheed Martin’s, with suspended models ranging from the Orion capsule to...
by David Todd | Oct 21, 2014 | History, Seradata News
The International Astronautical Congress (IAC) is arguably the most important annual meeting of the world’s space agencies. This year, the 65th IAC event was held 29 September – 3 October in Toronto, Canada. Attendance, while slightly down on previous years,...
by David Todd | Oct 16, 2014 | History, Technology
This column has taken the editorial line that democratic freedom is worth protecting. As such, we continue to warn against further incursions on the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press, as well to an individual’s right of privacy,...
by David Todd | Sep 19, 2014 | History, Military space, On a Lighter Note, Seradata News
While the Scottish referendum on its independence did have some reported intimidation and anti-English sentiment from the “yes” side, and scaremongering and economic threats from supporters of the “no” side, in the end the secret ballot was in...
by David Todd | Sep 12, 2014 | History, Seradata News
Super-tall actor Richard Kiel has died at the age of 74. Kiel became famous for playing the steel-teeth henchman “Jaws” in two James Bond film adventures, the very good “The Spy who Loved Me” (1977), and the so-so space adventure...
