by David Todd | Jan 14, 2013 | History, International Space Station, On a Lighter Note, space station, Technology
As Western governments try to convince their respective publics that they are truly listening, they have set up the capability for web petitions to be posted with a promise to respond if an individual petition receives enough backing. Thus a new petition in USA...
by David Todd | Dec 21, 2012 | On a Lighter Note
The end of the Mayan “Long Calendar” caused some to predict that the end of the world would happen on 21 December 2012. Such was the panic, that NASA even had to set up a web page to decry claims of imminent asteroid strikes etc. Well, of course, if you...
by David Todd | Dec 14, 2012 | On a Lighter Note, Science
While experienced pilots and even astronauts have been found to be susceptible to altitude sickness and low blood pressure, there could be a cure via an unusual use of the drug Viagra. Or so the UK Ministry of Defence apparently claims as a riposte to a press story....
by David Todd | Nov 8, 2012 | On a Lighter Note, Science
While the late Clive Dunn or Douglas Adams might have told them to: Don’t Panic, it seems that the BBC was actually panicked into trying to prevent an attempt to contact aliens on live television. Specifically, as part of a live television show called...
by David Todd | Oct 15, 2012 | On a Lighter Note, Science
We, at the Flightglobal Hyperbola blog, give our heartfelt congratulations to the very brave 43-year-old Austrian “jumpanaut” Felix Baumgartner who forgot the old RAF adage “never jump out of a serviceable aircraft” (or balloon for that matter)...
by David Todd | Oct 11, 2012 | NASA, On a Lighter Note, Seradata News
While the finer points of language and culture can get “lost in translation” at such an international conference such as International Astronautical Congress, the European Space Agency (ESA) might just have ruined its chances of ever successfully marketing...
