by David Todd | Feb 18, 2019 | NASA, Satellites, SpaceX, Technology
In what is becoming a habit, NASA, has been forced to admit that its plan to launch crew aboard commercial launches of commercial spacecraft has been delayed again. Specifially, the uncrewed test launches of both SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, and the Boeing CST-100...
by David Todd | Jan 31, 2019 | Satellites, Seradata News, Technology
SSL, the former Space Systems/Loral spacecraft construction company owned by Maxar, has decided to withdraw from its construction contract with Maxar spin-off Space Infrastructure Services LLC (SIS) to build the Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS)...
by David Todd | Jan 29, 2019 | Apollo, NASA, On a Lighter Note, Seradata News, Technology
While some men have accused the #MeToo campaign for partly emasculating them, actually there are more serious threats to their virility – chemical ones. There has long been concern that the difficult-to-filter female hormone oestrogen in the water supply...
by David Todd | Jan 25, 2019 | Seradata News, SpaceX, Technology
Until now it has been a mystery how Elon Musk planned to get his BFS/Starship upper stage back through its fiery re-entry intact from high-energy orbits and super-orbital return speeds from the Moon and Mars. This column speculated that he was planning to use some...
by David Todd | Jan 16, 2019 | Satellites, Seradata News, Technology
The US-based start-up Stara Space is reported (by Space Intel Report) to have ordered two 0.75kg PocketQube Unicorn 2-A picosat spacecraft from the Scotland-based Alba Space firm. The satellites are called Noor 1-A and Noor 1-B are to demonstrate low Earth orbit...
by David Todd | Dec 20, 2018 | Military space, Technology
Seradata gives its sympathy and best wishes to those airline passengers and crew stranded while trying to travel from London’s second airport Gatwick after it was shut down by rogue “drone” aircraft buzzing the apron. While we have sometimes joked...
