by David Todd | Dec 1, 2018 | History, International Space Station, Military space, NASA, On a Sadder Note, Satellites, Seradata News, space station
At the end of November there was yet another sign that the World War II veterans are becoming an endangered species. Former U.S. President George H. W. Bush, who bravely served as a torpedo bomber aviator in the US Navy and who was even shot down, has passed away at...
by David Todd | Nov 12, 2018 | exploration, History, On a Sadder Note, Seradata News, Technology
The Canadian actor Douglas Rain has passed away at the age of 90. While he would have probably wanted to be more remembered for his Shakespearean stage roles in the 1950s, it will be his voice that will be most missed. For he played...
by David Todd | Oct 19, 2018 | On a Sadder Note, Seradata News
The Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma form of cancer finally claimed the life of Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft with Bill Gates, at the age of only 65. As a multi-billionaire Allen decided to invest his money in sports teams, cable television – and – into...
by David Todd | Oct 15, 2018 | NASA, On a Sadder Note, Space Shuttle
Former NASA astronaut, Rick Searfoss who flew three Space Shuttle missions STS-58, STS-76 and STS-90 during the 1990s has died at the age of only 62. Searfoss was a test pilot and, until recently, was test pilot for the XCOR Aerospace Company, which, until its...
by David Todd | Sep 10, 2018 | History, On a Sadder Note, Seradata News, Space Arts
While the BBC’s science fiction output of the 1970s and 1980s, Dr Who, Blake’s 7 and the comedy show Red Dwarf, always had budget-restricted creaky sets and low-rent special effects, they did the best with what they had, and their inventive story lines and...
by David Todd | Aug 31, 2018 | exploration, History, On a Sadder Note, Seradata News
Paul Spudis, lunar and planetary geologist, has passed away after suffering lung cancer. He was in his mid-sixties. Having graduated in planetary geology and gained a PhD, Spudis initially worked for the US Geological survey before moving onto NASA’s planetary...
