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...
by David Todd | Jun 12, 2015 | Launches, On a Lighter Note, Space Insurance, Space tourism
There were a few amusements to be had at the Seradata Space Conference in London in June. Tim Fuller of Seradata raised a few ghoulish laughs when showing a launch event query during his excellent demonstration of SpaceTrak3 which had a “fatalities” field...
by David Todd | Jun 11, 2015 | On a Lighter Note
As someone who has a tendency to say the wrong thing at the wrong moment, it is always a joy for your correspondent to note others doing it. In between his good works, including his award scheme for young people and his wildlife work, former naval hero and Her Majesty...
by David Todd | May 8, 2015 | Military space, On a Lighter Note, Seradata News
It was in his seminal work “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” that the late comedy/science fiction writer, Douglas Adams, came up with the concept of an “Improbability Drive”. This drive, which allows some very strange and...
by David Todd | Apr 29, 2015 | On a Lighter Note
With the revival of Star Trek movie franchise, and with the imminent arrival of the new Star Wars film, space is once again a driver of popular culture and fashion – and not just for the young. As the Daily Mail notes that the very fit looking 77-year-old...
