by David Todd | Oct 26, 2015 | Apollo, On a Lighter Note
The female compere of the opening ceremony of the International Astronautical Congress in Jerusalem (IAC 2015) noted that while evidence of flowing (salty) water may have been found on Mars, she would be more likely to want to go to the planet if it had been wine that...
by David Todd | Oct 6, 2015 | On a Lighter Note
Scottish Nationalist Party MP Alex Salmond, who stepped down as Scotland’s First Minister after the Scottish vote for independence was lost (he was replaced by that other big fish in the Scottish Nationalist Party, Nicola Sturgeon) has had to take different...
by David Todd | Sep 4, 2015 | On a Lighter Note, Technology
There is a scene in the World War I series of the BBC comedy show, ‘Black Adder’, in which the British soldiers in the trenches start wistfully to reminisce about how war was much more enjoyable when all the British Army had to fight were natives armed with slices of...
by David Todd | Aug 27, 2015 | On a Lighter Note, Science, Seradata News
Long-range missions to the planets are likely to grow some of their own food. This is not only to provide vitamins, fibre and nutrition while saving on consumables, but also to provide protection against the effects of space radiation. As well as being a carcinogenic...
by David Todd | Jul 27, 2015 | On a Lighter Note, Seradata News
While poor old Cecil the Lion caused World headlines as he met his end at the hands of a lion-hunting dentist from Minnesota, the rest of us can only try to help our feline friends. Your correspondent’s wife (she who must be obeyed*), who likes to give a good home to...
by David Todd | Jun 22, 2015 | ESA, On a Lighter Note, Seradata News
A cat who was a mascot at the Kourou aerodrome in French Guiana had obviously decided to check out the local Ariane launch pads from the air after he was found in mid-air to have stowed away in the wing of a micro-light aircraft. In film footage of the flight, the...
