Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Here is NASA’s answer for “what is a planet?”. What is a Planet? – NASA But because it’s Friday, it is much more fun is to see what Randall Munroe does, when asked “what is a planet?”‘ xkcd: Planet Definitions Something Extra Marks and Spencer are in the middle of …
Following on from the “Because It’s Friday” look at the Walkman – here is another even older tech film. Space age electronics. The Eagle has landed This is worth watching, Public Service Broadcasting’s exciting track about the Apollo 11 moon landing, complete with sampled commentary from mission control as the …
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I was pleased with last Friday’s “Because It’s Friday“, published on December 6th about December 6th. So, when last Friday, December 6th, I saw this video on YouTube, again featuring December 6th – it had to be today’s post. I loved the term “premature propellant depletion”! Here is what NASA …
Whilst Diana and I were watching the latest Brian Cox documentary, Solar System, Diana queried the speed of the Voyager 1 spacecraft. Brian Cox stated it was travelling at 1,000,000 miles a day. Diana thought this was too fast. I had to find out just how fast it was going, …
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Following on from last week’s “Because It’s Friday” time travel article, this week I have a story looking at the past, way back in the past. Nearly as far back as we can look… The earliest galaxies formed amazingly fast after the Big Bang. Do they break the universe or …
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