Ever since the tradegy of the Columbia disaster many additional safety precautions were put in place to ensure that in the event that the shuttle could not be guaranteed to…
Space
The twilight years of any space program are usually filled with extremely interesting times. For the most part you’re either gearing up for the next biggest thing or getting ready…
If there’s one thing that you can never seem to have enough of it’s parking spots. I always dread taking my car to large events because sure enough, everyone else…
There’s one part of my brain that seems to sit there quietly until I get into the fun situation of wanting something to happen and it being too good to…
Last week the worldwide space community turned their collective eyes back towards the Cape Canaveral to bear witness to NASA’s first new launch system in over 25 years. I lamented…
They say there’s no good fishing story that doesn’t have at least one lie in it and the same can be said for space missions and delays. Look at practically…
It’s really quite amazing the things that happen when you’re gone for only a few short weeks. One of the first things I had heard when I got back was…
I blabber a lot about space on this blog and it’s not just because I’m a nutter. I truly believe that there’s a lot to be had from humanity having…
I’m sure the regular readers of my blog know that I’m not the biggest fan of Senator Conroy, mostly because of his idiotic support of the Internet filter which I’m…
4 days ago the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the first flight ready version of their HII Transfer Vehicle (HTV) line. Whilst on the surface that might not sound…