by David Todd | Mar 18, 2014 | commercial launch services, History, Russia, Technology
As our Ukranian crisis analysis predicted, the US Government is now concerned that a Russian-built rocket engine, the RD-180, is being used to power United Launch Alliance (ULA)-operated Atlas V launch vehicle, one of two types the US Department of Defence currently...
by David Todd | Mar 17, 2014 | On a Lighter Note, Science, Technology
In its previous Space Intelligence News incarnation, this news service noted that the British Royal Navy had won the Ig Nobel Peace Prize in 2000 (an irreverent alternative to the real Nobel Peace Prize) for ordering its sailors to save money on cannon shells during...
by David Todd | Mar 12, 2014 | Satellites, Science, Technology
The mysterious disappearance of the Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777-200ER jet airliner (on Flight MH370) with 239 passengers and crew in March has resulted in Earth observation spacecraft of various nations being tasked with finding the location of the presumed...
by David Todd | Feb 26, 2014 | commercial launch services, On a Lighter Note, Seradata News, SpaceX, Technology
SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk has posted an image of a leg to keep us space cadets interested. Sadly the leg concerned is not a beautifully appointed one attached to his lovely actress partner (and former wife), Talulah Reilly, nor one from his talented and...
by David Todd | Jan 28, 2014 | Commercial human spaceflight, Space tourism, Suborbital, Technology, Virgin Galactic
While the space tourism firm, Virgin Galactic, has conceded that US security regulations preclude it accepting bookings from high paying Chinese would-be space tourists, the firm does seem set on finally flying into space later this year. Nevertheless, many...
by David Todd | Jan 20, 2014 | commercial launch services, Science, Seradata News, Technology
The UK-based air-breathing rocket developer, Reaction Engines Limited, has announced that it has joined forces with the US Air Force Research Laboratory to develop its engine technologies. Under the Cooperation Rasearch and Development Agreement (“CRADA”)...
