by David Todd | Mar 7, 2014 | ESA, History, International Space Station, NASA, Russia, Seradata News, space station
Russia’s military and political advances in the Crimean region of Ukraine, following similar fanning of separatism in parts of Georgia in 2008, has re-awakened Cold War fears. A cycle of sanctions against Russia and its retaliation to such action could seriously...
by David Todd | Mar 3, 2014 | History, International Space Station, NASA
While our generally positive review of the film Gravity (albeit with reservations about technical accuracy) tipped its star, Sandra Bullock, for an Oscar (Academy Award) for her performance in the space jeopardy movie, in the end, the deservedly-nominated Bullock lost...
by David Todd | Feb 12, 2014 | History, Satellites
While the allegedly fraudulent funding nature and excessive overall cost of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, has been strongly criticised by international commentators, as has President Putin’s apparent attempts to use them for self promotion, one fact that...
by David Todd | Feb 10, 2014 | ESA, History
Enrico Sagesse, the head of the Italian Space Agency ASI (Agence Spatiale Italienne) and a driving force in decision making at the European Space Agency (ESA), has tendered his resignation. Sagesse states that he is resigning in order to defend his reputation over...
by David Todd | Jan 31, 2014 | Apollo, History, NASA
Space memorabilia and camera collectors (this writer counts as both) will be in a frenzy as the world’s only still film camera to have been carried on the Moon and returned to Earth, a Hasselblad EDC (a modified EL), comes up for sale at auction. The example on...
by David Todd | Jan 28, 2014 | China, Commercial human spaceflight, commercial launch services, History, On a Lighter Note, Satellites, SpaceX
As the Chinese New Year arrives, we note that China has traditionally been very superstitious about encouraging good luck. As part of the Feng Shui superstition, individuals and organisations can encourage good luck energy to enter their realms by simple measures...
