by David Todd | Jan 29, 2013 | commercial launch services, History, Seradata News
Perhaps the ultimate in “risk takers” in the insurance profession are space underwriters. As they try to match premium income against the risk of losses, their annual results and even their job prospects can sometimes hinge on a single spacecraft or on a...
by David Todd | Jan 29, 2013 | History, Iran, Seradata News
Iran’s English language television service Press TV has released footage of the successful launch of a small monkey aboard a Kavoshgar launch vehicle. The Pishgam (Pioneer) capsule was recovered intact with the monkey still alive after its suborbital...
by David Todd | Jan 22, 2013 | ESA, History
As Canada loses its space agency head, the UK Space Agency gets a new one.Dr. David Parker has been appointed as the next Chief Executive of the UK Space Agency. He has been acting Chief Executive of the agency since December 2012, and will take up the role with...
by David Todd | Jan 22, 2013 | History, Science
While she is famous for her Moon-face and her inscrutable smile, Leanardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa has now travelled 240,000 miles to the Moon itself, or rather to lunar orbit at the speed of light via a laser. The Mona Lisa image was sent in black and white in...
by David Todd | Jan 14, 2013 | History, International Space Station, On a Lighter Note, space station, Technology
As Western governments try to convince their respective publics that they are truly listening, they have set up the capability for web petitions to be posted with a promise to respond if an individual petition receives enough backing. Thus a new petition in USA...
by David Todd | Jan 4, 2013 | commercial launch services, History
President Barack Obama has signed a law that, for most countries, takes US-made satellite technology and information off the list defining it as a munition subject to draconian International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) that control the export and import of...
