by David Todd | Nov 28, 2016 | Apollo, Satellites, Technology
Forget wars in the Middle East, nuclear confrontations in the Far East and post-Brexit/post-Trump economic armageddon in Europe and the USA, there could be a much more serious problem for the world to face. For while Santa (Father Christmas) may be bringing...
by David Todd | Nov 23, 2016 | Seradata News, Technology
While known to be hard workers – at least in terms of length of time spent on the job – the British workforce fails to achieve the productivity of its competitors, in terms of revenue (well actually GDP) per worker. This is thought to becaused by lack...
by David Todd | Nov 14, 2016 | China, Launches, Satellites, Science, Technology
Another satellite that China apparently describes as purely peaceful in purpose has been launched from the Jiuquan launch site by a Long March 2D/2 at 2314 GMT on 11 November 2016. The spacecraft, which is thought to be sized in the 1,000-1,500 kg range is called...
by David Todd | Oct 28, 2016 | Blue Origin, commercial launch services, Launches, Technology
Salvatore T. “Tory” Bruno, President and CEO of United Launch Alliance (ULA), lays out his plans for the company in an email interview with David Todd, Seradata’s Head of Space Content. The issues include how to keep ULA competitive in a more open market and why the...
by David Todd | Oct 27, 2016 | commercial launch services, Launches, Seradata News, Technology
You realise you are in one of the great scientific institutions when you go to the toilet at the Royal Society. For black and white photographs of the great scientists and engineers of Britain’s past are on the wall next to the hi-tech toilet entrances. Perhaps...
by Matt Wilson | Oct 20, 2016 | ESA, exploration, NASA, Russia, Satellites, Science, Technology
The main Russian-launched Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) research element of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) ExoMars mission was successfully injected into its planned orbit around Mars. But the “exciting” part of the mission, ESA’s Schiaparelli lander, crashed into...
