This is not a theatre story but a space story. NASA’s first commercial co-operation Moon lander, landed on the Moon this week, but not really as planned. The Odysseus, built by Intuitive Machines, to carry six NASA experiments to the Moon, hit too hard, skidded to halt and boke one …
Because It’s Friday – Opportunity Moon
We finished Because It’s Friday in 2023 with a space story so let’s start 2024 off with another space story. This is a must for my business orientated audience. There is an opportunity for new business ideas – on the moon. Privatised Moon landings: the two US missions set to …
Because It’s Friday – Is it a space story?
I am going back to little green men this week with a story about unidentified flying objects (UFOs) – but now according to the US military we have to call them unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP). The article is written by Beatriz Villarroel an Assistant professor of Physics, Stockholm University, who has …
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Because It’s Friday – Earthrise
Robert Poole a Professor of History at the University of Central Lancashire has an article on The Conversation discussing the origins of the iconic, Apollo 8 photograph showing the Earth rising over the horizon of the moon. The Apollo 8 mission in December 1968 was the first-time men had gone …
Because It’s Friday – Software Updates
I was looking for a YouTube clip of the SpaceX Starship launch for today’s Because It’s Friday, when I came across this much more interesting video. Pay particular attention to see how 50 year old data storage works. I thought the need for what would be considered outdated technology skills …