by David Todd | Oct 15, 2012 | On a Lighter Note, Science
We, at the Flightglobal Hyperbola blog, give our heartfelt congratulations to the very brave 43-year-old Austrian “jumpanaut” Felix Baumgartner who forgot the old RAF adage “never jump out of a serviceable aircraft” (or balloon for that matter)...
by David Todd | Oct 11, 2012 | NASA, On a Lighter Note, Seradata News
While the finer points of language and culture can get “lost in translation” at such an international conference such as International Astronautical Congress, the European Space Agency (ESA) might just have ruined its chances of ever successfully marketing...
by David Todd | Sep 14, 2012 | On a Lighter Note
A new video of a strange UFO object has been released showing it either trailing a contrail, or more ominously, releasing a chemical trail. According to the video, the UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) was purporpedly imaged over Scotland on 5 September 2012. ...
by David Todd | Jul 26, 2012 | History, On a Lighter Note
At the official start of the London 2012 Olympics, it is not just the Olympic competitors that are prepared, satellite operators have been putting out press releases noting that they are also ready for action . Eutelsat Communications notes that coverage of the...
by David Todd | Jul 19, 2012 | NASA, On a Lighter Note
NASA will shortly have to choose which two or three (or even two and a half) commercial crew systems it wishes to carry on funding in the Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) development programme. While lawmakers and even ex-Apollo astronauts note the...
by David Todd | Jun 6, 2012 | On a Lighter Note, Science
For those of you that missed this year’s Venus Transit (the cloud over London did not really play ball on the morning of 6 June) here is another kind of Transit: A Ford Transit. This joke is a green one. We recycled this one from June 2004 when the last Venus...
