Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Thunderbirds has made the “Because It’s Friday” slot before: As a child of the 60s, this week we are celebrating the life of one of the iconic voices from Thunderbirds – Parker. Peppa Pig and Thunderbirds actor David Graham dies – BBC David Graham also provided Dalek voices. Have a …
Today’s “Because It’s Friday” is about a coincidence. This week I picked up a science fiction book from the ’70s this week, In Our Hands, the Stars by Harry Harrison. The very basic plot is that a scientist and the Danish government turn a submarine into a spacecraft. Sounds plausible! …
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Something quick this week’s for “Because It’s Friday”: xkcd: Slingshots You want a bit more? Here is a quick explanation of gravity assist from Mashable. For the record 1974 comes before 1977, so the Voyager missions were not the first spacecraft to use gravity assist for extended space exploration. (Watch …
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I have two “Because It’s Friday” things for you today. The first is the continuing search for intelligent extra-terrestrial life: How gravitational waves could help detect Star Trek-style warp drive spaceships – The Conversation The second is from xkcd and is another maths joke. An occasional series I started because my son is …
Regular readers will know I like a good sci-fi story and especially a time-travel story. At the moment I am reading the classic Rainbow Mars by Larry Niven and I am part way through the more modern series Chronicles of St Mary’s by Jodi Taylor. However, there are two main …
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