Ten years ago – just as I was turning 30 – I decided that I wanted to get to space, and I set myself the challenge of doing so before I was 40. At the time, there was huge excitement about the dawn of commercial spaceflight, companies like Virgin Galactic, SpaceX, XCOR and Blue Origin […]
If you know me (and even if you don’t) it’s pretty obvious that I like rocket launches, which is why today, 27th May, 2020 is an exciting day. If the weather cooperates, we’ll see the first commercial crew flight – with astronauts on board – to the International Space Station (ISS), and it’s launching at […]
Lynx adverts show their products as having the power to mesmerise and enchant the ladies, instantly drawing them like moths to a flame. They call this “The Lynx Effect”. Today, I confess, I have perhaps been caught under its spell myself. I’ve spent the day completely absorbed by the idea that the Lynx Space Academy […]
I’m petrified. By the end of the weekend I may be one step closer of my dream of getting to space, or, I could have blown it. On Sunday 14th July, 2013 I will be battling it out against half of the 249 other people that made it through to stage two of the Lynx […]
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