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 …
Because It’s Friday – Space Stamp Collecting
For this week’s “Because It’s Friday”, I have a couple of old books for you. I just came across Dreams of Space – Books and Ephemera blog, written by John Sisson, by accident whilst looking up some historical information about stamps. Of course when I saw the title of Intra-Space …
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Because It’s Friday – Where are they now?
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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Because It’s Friday – Old Space and Ada Lovelace
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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Because It’s Friday – Submarine = Spacecraft
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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