by Alessandro Prosperi | Aug 1, 2020 | All space related, Big Data, Space Money, Stuff in Orbit
(Image Credit: geospatialworld.net) “Information is the oil of the 21st century, and analytics is the combustion engine”. — Peter Sondergaard, Senior Vice President, Gartner Research. Big Data from Space and the “overview effect” “I...
by Carl Rossi | Jul 26, 2020 | All space related, Beyond Earth Orbit, Launch, Space Agencies, Space History
“We want a new space race – space races are exciting”. Elon Musk after successful launch of Falcon Heavy. Background China and the United States are fierce competitors in economics, technology, military and recently in space exploration. Does...
by Carl Rossi | Jul 13, 2020 | All space related, Beyond Earth Orbit, Launch, Space Agencies, Space History
Background The flight of Apollo 8 is an historical watershed in the course of human spaceflight. Its circumlunar mission which climaxed in a dramatic television broadcast on Christmas Eve 1968, marked a point in time when humanity became a true spacefaring...
by Carl Rossi | Jul 5, 2020 | All space related, Launch, Space Agencies, Space History
“Ground Control To Major Tom.”A Space Oddity, David Bowie British Rocketry After the end of World War II, British space technology held its own against the bigger, better funded US and Soviet Union programs. The UK had its sights set on landing astronauts...
by Carl Rossi | Jun 29, 2020 | All space related
Background Mars, the Red Planet, named for the Roman god of war because its color represented blood. The planet has been a source of mystery since the ancient Sumerians who believed that Mars was Nergal, the god of war and plague. Later, in Mesopotamian texts,...
by Bill D'Zio | Jun 17, 2020 | All space related, Beyond Earth Orbit, Launch
Many people take it for granted, but in Space, going to the bathroom is not a minor effort. With a lack of gravity, engineers over the years have been refining the approach to make it work in space. NASA is ready to launch its latest version of the space...
