by Bill D'Zio | May 26, 2020 | All space related, Launch, Space Money
Things didn’t go as planned today for Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit company. Branson seems to be in a glut recently. He recently needed to liquidate shares of the publically traded Virgin Galactic to shore up his other business hit hard by...
by admin | May 25, 2020 | All space related, Beyond Earth Orbit, Uncategorized
Apollo 15 Hammer and Feather drop test Credit NASA Imagine two objects. We connect one light object and one heavier object to each other by a string. Climb to the top of a tower with these two objects. It is a calm, sunny day with little wind. Once you reach the top,...
by admin | May 25, 2020 | All space related, Space Agencies, Stuff in Orbit
Japan launched its last ISS resupply mission with the HTV. For the ISS, this week looks very busy. An American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut used a Canadian robotic arm to capture a Japanese spacecraft. JAXA launched the HTV-9 mission to resupply the...
by Carl Rossi | May 25, 2020 | All space related, Launch
Background Recently, the X-37B spaceplane lifted off from Cape Canaveral using a United Space Alliance Atlas V as a booster. What is not commonly known by today’s space enthusiasts is that the current version of this booster can trace its origins back in...
by Bill D'Zio | May 24, 2020 | All space related, Product Review, Space Money
There is something very similar in the approach that Steve Jobs and Elon Musk have. They both focus on the human aspect and the aesthetics of their technology. Think about what a TESLA looks like. Sleek, minimalistic, user experience focused....
by Bill D'Zio | May 23, 2020 | All space related, Beyond Earth Orbit, Space Agencies
What happens if an asteroid hits Earth? Bruce Willis might have saved the world by blowing up a nuclear device on an asteroid in the film Armageddon. In the movie, Bruce Willis heroically sacrifices his life, breaking the killer Asteroid in two. But this time,...
