by David Todd | Mar 28, 2013 | On a Lighter Note, Technology
While Flightglobal’s Hyperbola blog previously referenced the science fiction movie Soylent Green (1973) as a warning as to how far the current European horsemeat scandal may go – as Charlton Heston’s character exclaimed about mankind’s...
by David Todd | Mar 21, 2013 | NASA, On a Lighter Note, Science
There were some disheartening revelations at a Congressional review of warning systems and preparations for any potential large asteroid strike on the planet. The review on 19 March was prompted by the meteorite explosion over the Russian city of Chelabinsk earlier...
by David Todd | Mar 19, 2013 | China, NASA, On a Lighter Note
Bo Jiang, a Chinese national and space imaging expert who was working (with permission) as a contractor for National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) at NASA’s Langley space centre, was arrested at Dulles International Airport in Washington D.C. on 16 March as he...
by David Todd | Mar 7, 2013 | History, On a Lighter Note
While a certain major European satellite services company was recently keen to crow about their newly acquired award of a long term defence communications contract, it provided little information about the contract’s terms and conditions in its news...
by David Todd | Feb 28, 2013 | Commercial human spaceflight, exploration, On a Lighter Note, Science, Space tourism, Technology
Dennis Tito and his Inspiration Mars outfit has been giving full details of their plan to send humans around the planet Mars on a free return trajectory using a capsule and inflatable living area. Interestingly, they are asking for older/middle-age couples to apply...
by David Todd | Feb 11, 2013 | Commercial human spaceflight, commercial launch services, On a Lighter Note, Personal spaceflight, Technology
While Reaction Engines’ rocket designer Alan Bond still hopes to see his airbreathing-rocket powered Skylon space plane design fly one day and may even ride in it inside its passenger cabin himself when it does so, he told the audience at the European AstroFest...
