by David Todd | Dec 13, 2013 | Satellites, Technology
In the light of former intelligence contractor, Edward Snowden’s leaks about just how far the US and UK intelligence and security services (CIA, FBI, NSA, NRO, MI5, MI6 (SIS), GCHQ etc) go in trawling the internet for metadata intelligence and actual content,...
by David Todd | Dec 11, 2013 | exploration, Personal spaceflight, Satellites, Space tourism, Technology
The plan to start a colony on the planet Mars, funded by reality television, had a filip in December when the Mars One not-for-profit organisation involved announced that it had signed design contracts with two major space companies. A $250,000 mission concept study...
by David Todd | Nov 15, 2013 | ESA, History, Satellites, Science, Space tourism, Technology
While the UK Space Agency basks in the plaudits and adulation received recently both from the UK Parliamentary Science and Technology Committee and from other independent commentators, it hopes to maintain the momentum as it publishes its latest plan for future...
by David Todd | Nov 7, 2013 | Technology
While some of us have long wondered about sightings of the mystical “Aurora” delta winged super jet since the 1990s which was allegedly powered by some sort of pulse jet (along with a string of donuts vapour trail) one high speed jet concept more likely to...
by David Todd | Nov 6, 2013 | Satellites, Technology
Commercial communcations satellite operator Inmarsat which operates a fleet of satellites in Geosationary Earth Orbit (GEO) has teamed up with low Earth orbit satellite operator ORBCOMM Inc. to collaborate on ajoint project to produce a new system to cover the...
by David Todd | Nov 5, 2013 | Satellites, Technology
The bankrupt firm LightSquared is reported to be sueing major players in the GPS industry including Deere & Co and Garmin International in a New York court over their alleged non-disclosure that there would be interference issues with its planned satellite-based...
