Japan – the great space enabler?
Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi may have made the mainstream media with his photos from the international space station some years ago, but […]
Category: Journalism
Liquid water on Mars – does it deserve the fuss?
It’s been an exciting 24 hours for the online (and indeed offline) space community – first there was the “Super Blood […]
So you want to land on Mars?
So you wanna land on Mars? Yeah – sounds good. Got any tips? Well first off: Good luck! What do you mean […]
The time we took on Unilever – and won!
It all started with this post in which I outlined why I thought the Lynx/Axe Space Academy competition was damagingly sexist. The […]
Is Curiosity the key to life on Mars?
It’s the ultimate detective story: The case of the missing molecules on Mars. But in this mystery it’s not Sherlock Holmes playing […]
OMG: JPL for MSL landing!
It was a somewhat cheeky email I sent, just lightly mentioning that I was hoping to be at JPL for the Mars […]
How the Canadian Space Agency punches above its weight – advice for other small space-faring nations
In comparison to NASA’s (approximately) $18 billion budget, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) budget of $300 million looks like small change. Despite […]
Spacewalking – like giving birth to yourself
I’m grinning from ear to ear. As I type this, cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Oleg Konenenko are engaged in a Russian […]
The Chinese Space Programme
2012 is the Chinese year of the Dragon, which is surely a good sign for SpaceX who will be launching their combined […]
Recipe for a rocket
It is rocket science, but I’m trying to make it a bit easier to understand (for my own sake as well as yours!) […]