I’ve long heard tales of how profitable asteroid mining could be. This is because asteroids, unlike Earth, tend to have higher concentrations of rare minerals with some even being almost…
Space
Even with the proof behind it I still have no idea how the motion in this video works: There’s 3 distinct angular motions going on but the seemingly discreet switch…
It’s strange, looking back over all my space posts of the past 3 years I couldn’t find any that were dedicated to the European Space Agency’s cargo craft, the Automated…
If I was going to hang a large print on my walls I wouldn’t go for some art piece or a photo (although I do like to dabble in photography…
Ah SpaceX, the one company that I simply can’t get tired of talking about. I think it’s because they’re just so different from the traditional way of launching things into…
To celebrate the Luna Reconnaissance Orbiter being in orbit around the moon for 1000 days NASA has celebrated by releasing not 1 but 2 very cool videos about the moon. The…
In the short time that I’ve been enamoured with all things space our understanding of the universe has changed significantly. Just a few years ago we had no idea how common multi-planet…
NASA, the voice of Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen) and images of space. Need I say more? You’d think after seeing yet another inspirational montage for the 100th time that I’d…
In the short time that we’ve been launching stuff into orbit around our little blue marble we’ve made quite a mess of things up there. Sure it’s not that much of…
I don’t pretend to be all up on American politics, I look to much more intelligent people than I for understanding of those matters, but if there’s one thing that…