Great Britain’s Vertical Empire
After the end of World war II, British space technology held its own against the bigger, better funded US and Soviet 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...
Can you orbit around a point of empty space? Most people will get this wrong.
So before we start, if you get this answer wrong, leave a comment about your thinking. Some of you may get it wrong and still not want to comment. Before we get to the answer, let’s review basic orbital mechanics, but simplified. Orbital mechanics...
NASA spends $3M on LASVEGAS, wait what??
NASA awarded some pretty odd contracts in the past. NASA also likes catchy acronyms for their projects. The Southwest Research Institute just got $3 million bucks from NASA for LASVEGAS development. No, not Las Vegas the place for high stakes gambling. LASVEGAS stands...
Elon Musk’s Keynote at SATELLITE 2020: A Reflection
Elon Musk is perhaps the world’s most polarizing person. Most people are not polarizing. Most polarizing people, you either love them, or you hate them. Elon Musk is one of very few people who is so polarizing that not only can you love him, but you can also hate him,...
You heard of Star Wars, but did you know there were Space Soda Wars?
Back when President Reagan was working on his Star Wars strategic defense initiative, there was another struggle going on. Two historic adversaries, each a giant with loyal followers set their aims at a new battlefield of Space. Pepsi and Coca-cola each postured to be...
A Historical Perspective on Chinese Spaceplanes
This piece is the first of a two-part blog post by China Aerospace Blog on Chinese spaceplanes. It sets the context of spaceplanes in China, and goes over past attempts to make such vehicles. Part 2 will provide an analysis of current projects under development from...
NASA’s doomsday Asteroid plan taking shape, and they are not calling Bruce Willis this time.
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,...
Did Japan’s Asteroid space probe find life and shoot it with a bullet?
The Hayabusa 2 ion engine fired up today, May 12, at 7:00 JST (onboard time). Aboard the spacecraft, samples collected from the asteroid Ryugu which orbits the sun between the planet Mars and Jupiter. The collection of samples that may contain the evidence of life...
Is Elon Musk the Steve Jobs of Space?
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. Think about an...
Is Elon Musk going to Move Tesla and SpaceX to Texas?
According to a report from a CBS affiliate in Wichita Falls, Tex., Texas Governor Greg Abbott told a local television reporter he had the opportunity to talk to Elon Musk and he’s genuinely interested in Texas and genuinely frustrated with California. Tesla stopped...
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...
First Man of Space
Neil Armstrong has been referred to as “First Man” as in first man to set foot on the moon. However, the First Man of Space is Yuri Gagarin who became the first human to orbit the earth. Early Life Gagarin was born on March 9, 1934 in Smolensk of working class parent....
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