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...
by David Todd | Jan 3, 2014 | On a Lighter Note, Science, Seradata News
Young children love the Doggie Doo game (see below) for obvous reasons, but now there actually could be some science behind this activity as well. For next time you see a dog owner having to pick up a warm steaming one with their plastic bagged hand, just have a...
by David Todd | Nov 25, 2013 | History, On a Lighter Note
The BBC television science fiction adventure series Dr Who is 50 years old. With some breaks, the show has been running since November 1963 and was first broadcast the day that US President John F. Kennedy was shot dead. The adventures of a time lord has was...
by David Todd | Nov 12, 2013 | History, On a Lighter Note, Science
While Star Trek’s TV and film series had its USS Enterprise captained by a brave young chap called Captain James T. Kirk (the “T” stands for Tiberius), back on Earth, the US Navy just appointed a Captain James Kirk as captain for its latest warship...
by David Todd | Nov 4, 2013 | Commercial human spaceflight, commercial launch services, On a Lighter Note, Space Shuttle
As already mentioned, the Dream Chaser aerodynamic prototype with which NASA hopes to hire to fly its astronauts to orbit, worked very well (see above) during its October test glide and approach phases. Nevertheless, its final landing went awry after its port...
by David Todd | Oct 21, 2013 | History, On a Lighter Note
For those of use who remember the best of Children’s television in the 1970s era when Britain only had three channels, there is good news: children’s television show, The Clangers, which was orignally shown on BBC Television, are being brought back with a...
