It’s Not a New Space Race
China and the United States are fierce competitors in economics, technology, military and recently in space exploration. Does this competition imply a new space race patterned on the Cold War race between the US and the former Soviet Union?
Decision: Apollo 8 To The Moon
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 culture....
Great Britain’s Vertical Empire
"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 on the Moon....
Deep space travel has deep crap problems to solve
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...
The Far Side of the Moon
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 1973....
Great Britain’s Vertical Empire
"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 on the Moon....
Deep space travel has deep crap problems to solve
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...
Great Britain’s Vertical Empire
"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 on the Moon....
America’s First Space Station
"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 believed that...
How has SpaceX Impacted China’s Space Sector?
How has SpaceX Impacted the Chinese Space Sector? SpaceX's Launches being heard around the world. Credit: SpaceX The year 2020 has been a strange one thus far. While things on earth appear to be moving backwards at an incredible rate, with cities being burned and...
China’s Satellite Internet Ambitions
Developing and Reforming Satellite Internet in China Coming soon: internet brought to you by Commsat-made satellites? One of the most important entities in China’s state apparatus is the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC, 国家发展和改革委员会). The NDRC manages...
Expect big things from this small company – Alba
ESA, Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, TU delft all figured out that they can build and launch a satellite for less. The goal of these smart organizations? Miniaturization. But how small? What if I told you that you could hold a satellite in your hand? How about a...
NASA’s Lunar Gateway getting HALO and PPE
A big announcement about the NASA Lunar Gateway came out on Friday June 5th, 2020. NASA officially awarded a contract to Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) for the preliminary design and development of the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO). The...
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