by David Todd | Nov 19, 2014 | exploration, On a Lighter Note
During the early 1960s, a slightly rude and risqué film called ‘Nude on the Moon’ was released. While that was a work of (near) nudist science fiction, it is now likely to become a reality – or, at least, indirectly. For while the crowd-funded...
by David Todd | Nov 14, 2014 | ESA, On a Lighter Note, Seradata News
After the ESA Philae lander landed on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko to great plaudits, there was great surprise when Dr Matt Taylor, lead scientist on the successful Rosetta-Philae mission, showed the world that he already had artwork showing the successfully...
by David Todd | Oct 28, 2014 | On a Lighter Note, space station
While nuclear war or an Ebola-like virus remain the most significant threats to the human race, along with crashing comets and asteroids of course, there could be a significant other one. Or so space-rockets-to-electric-cars billionaire, Elon Musk, has identified....
by David Todd | Oct 21, 2014 | On a Lighter Note
The International Astronautical Congress remains a fascinating conference. One minute you can be talking to the head of NASA, the next you could be chatting to a pretty young Russian rocket scientist or a charming young Swiss one (don’t tell the wife :)). You could...
by David Todd | Sep 23, 2014 | On a Lighter Note, Science
With the West African outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus threatening to become an international epidemic, making the devastating medieval “Black Death” outbreak look like a “walk in the park”, British terrestrial television viewers may have...
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...
