Yes – there really is a Captain James Kirk but he is not a star ship captain. He has just taken command of the US Navy’s newest ship, the USS Zumwalt. While it has a crew of only 147 sailors and is formally called a destroyer, it actually has the tonnage...
While this column does not like to stray into on-Earth politics too much, we note that an attempt to ban full-body “Burqini” swimsuits from the beach by the Mayor of Cannes has now been overturned by a French court. And rightly so – assuming that...
Every year Seradata publishes its analysis of how well different nations are doing in the “great space race”. In this, we limit our analysis to manned spaceflight and to its two main exploratory targets: a return to the Moon and setting foot on Mars. On...
When you are a teenage youngster you have big dreams. In between wishing for, but sadly never getting, the (slightly older) girl next door, and wanting a James Bond-like Lotus Esprit sports car, your then keen young correspondent also had dreams about walking on the...
Vector Space Systems, a microsatellite space launch company, has announced the acquisition of its small space launcher competitor, the Garvey Spacecraft Corporation. Garvey was working on rocket engine technology for its Nanosat Launch Vehicle (NLV) – a two...
The UK small satellite manufacturer, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has signed a contract with Honeywell to supply the VESTA nanosatellite platform, a technology demonstration mission that will test a new two-way VHF Data Exchange System (VDES) payload for the...
