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 21, 2020 | Space Agencies, Space History, Stuff in Orbit
“Get your ticket to that wheel in space.”Lyrics from I.G.Y. by Donald Fagen Background Early SciFi images of a Wheel in Space In popular Science Fiction space stations were a common theme. Arthur C. Clarke and other early advocates of manned space flight...
by Carl Rossi | Jun 13, 2020 | All space related, Beyond Earth Orbit, Space History
Classic Rock legends Pink Floyd designated the far side of the moon The Dark Side of the Moon in a 1973 album release. This unfortunate name has stuck because the far side of the moon is anything but dark. Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon released in...
by Carl Rossi | Jun 6, 2020 | All space related, Launch, Space History, sub-orbital
Introduction After World War Two, the United States as well as the United Kingdom and Soviet Union all began programs to develop rocket propulsion as follow on to the German V2. While the main focus of these programs was the deployment of ballistic missiles for...
