African leaders paid tribute to Robert Mugabe, former President and liberator of the African nation of Zimbabwe who has died at the age of 95. But there were few real tears for him from his own people. For, while hailed as a liberator of the black majority from white...
The post of UK Minister of State for Universities and Science, with its cabinet attendee rank, is an attractive position for up-and-coming politicians, not least because it is also in charge of the “sexy” subject of space – now seen as increasingly important to the...
While NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine appeared to have his own mini-version earlier in the month, the newly appointed UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has similarly been accused of having a “Night of the Long Knives” purge of his cabinet in a...
For those of you who like to work their brains, here below is our Apollo 11 50th anniversary moon landing crossword. Some of you will have already seen this as we handed it out at our Seradata Space Conference last month. We awarded a prize to the first to complete...
While positive discrimination policies may not be the answer given these have their own dangers of discriminating against others, it has to be accepted that sexism and racism still provide barriers to entry for many people. And in the past this was far worse. And yet,...
Now that Boeing faces legal action over its design process and over its failure to ground the faulty Boeing 737 Max aircraft, some wonder why it was ever designed like that in the first place. Nevertheless, there will always be a tension between what is safe and what...
