April 2019
Is a military space force justified?
... concept of troops engaged in a fight in Earth orbit brings to mind the absurd images from the James Bond film ‘Moonraker’, where competing forces deployed from the cargo bays of space shuttles to participate in hand-to-hand combat...
July 2019
A reluctant American hero
... the tragic loss of his two-year old daughter Karen to a brain tumour early in his career. The film was based on James Hansen’s thorough and extensive official biography, First Man; the Life of Neil A Armstrong...
August 2020
Scorpion – a study of the possible
... reusable launch system before the end of the 20th century? Had that been undertaken, then the film 2001: A Space Odyssey would have been a reasonable vision of the space infrastructure and capabilities at the end...
July 2021
Arecibo - an astounding legacy
... is known for activities as diverse as the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence (SETI) and providing a set for films such as Carl Sagan’s Contact and the James Bond thriller Goldeneye. However, the historic observatory is mainly...
March 2015
Twinkle, twinkle satellite
... initially thought that his son was not being particularly realistic when it came to his aspirations. The film beautifully explores familiar, but powerful tropes of overcoming adversity to pursue your dreams. It also portrays Sputnik as inspirational...
August 2016
Are the days of innovation in global space over - or just beginning?
...and achieved new heights in technological development, corporations, film, music and cultural iconography adopted space as a ... such, it comes with all the music, arts, films, television franchises and capitalist shtick required to accompany any ...
