You would think that with all the competition that is starting to appear for access to low earth orbit that prices would be falling through the floor, so to speak….
Space
You know something’s up when a space nut like myself misses some juicy blog fodder such as the latest Shuttle launch. Whilst I’ve been off slandering the iPad and its…
Everytime I think I’m losing my interest in space something always comes along to bring me right back into that almost dream like state I first had when I decided…
I just had to post this up: That, my fellow space nuts, is White Knight Two (VMS Eve) carrying the very first SpaceShipTwo (VSS Enterprise) on its maiden voyage into…
Life is a tricky thing to get right. As far as we know right now we’re a completely unique in this universe and the conditions that led to us being…
I romanticize space quite a lot here and in real life as well. The sheer scale of our universe is something that is so mind boggling that I simply have…
There’s really nothing quite like the Space Shuttle. Every part of it has been subjected to countless hours of engineering with the culmination being one of the most complex and…
Ever since the glory days of Gemini and Apollo NASA has struggled to figure out exactly what their goals will be with human space exploration. This is not to say…
I’ve got a not-so-secret man crush on the entire SpaceX operation. In a time of diplomatic turmoil and economic disasters they have continued to pioneer on with their founder’s dream…
16 hours ago space Shuttle Endeavour lifted off on its mission STS-130. The image above was captured barely a minute after take off as Endeavour passed through the thin clouds…