by David Todd | Sep 9, 2015 | History, Seradata News, Technology
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II received world congratulations on officially surpassing Queen Victoria’s record as the longest reigning British monarch at 1630 GMT on 9 September 2015. Her reign has witnessed great achievements in medical science,...
by David Todd | Sep 4, 2015 | On a Lighter Note, Technology
There is a scene in the World War I series of the BBC comedy show, ‘Black Adder’, in which the British soldiers in the trenches start wistfully to reminisce about how war was much more enjoyable when all the British Army had to fight were natives armed with slices of...
by David Todd | Aug 28, 2015 | Launches, NASA, Seradata News, Technology
Having confounded its critics with its mainly successful progress, the SLS super heavy launch vehicle programme effectively got a stamp of approval by NASA’s high command when Todd May was promoted from being SLS Programme manager to the position of Deputy...
by David Todd | Aug 26, 2015 | Technology
In August 2015, the Boeing/Blue Origin team led by Boeing received US$6.5 million additional funding from DARPA to continue with its XS-1 design concept for Phase 1B of the program. Details of the propulsion system and propellants remain sketchy but is likely to use...
by David Todd | Aug 26, 2015 | Technology
The New Zealand-based rocket firm Rocket Lab, which is building a new very small launch vehicle called Electron has declared what its launch prices will be for customers wanting to loft cubesat size payloads into a 45 degree inclination low Earth orbit as well as to...
by David Todd | Aug 25, 2015 | Russia, Technology
No doubt stimulated by SpaceX’s development of the Falcon 9R and the European proposal to build a reusable stage for the Ariane 6, Sputnik News reports that Russia is to design and build new winged first stage for a partially reusable rocket. The winged stage...
