https://brilliant.org/CuriousDroid Ever wondered how we can take those amazing images of the planets from spacecraft and get them back to earth for scientific study and just to see what they really look like. Well in […]
What happens to old spacecraft?. We know when new ones are launched and sometimes when they don’t make it to where they are going but after that, they just seem to go quiet. From the […]
When the first Spy satellites were put into orbit they were a long way from the type of reconnaissance satellites and even Google Earth that we are used to now and you won’t believe what […]
At a time when the game of nuclear chicken very nearly got out of hand the superpowers continued to test nuclear weapons in space with both surprising and frightening consequences. In this video we look […]
https://brilliant.org/CuriousDroid With the surprise lunar landing of the Chinese Yutu 2 rover and Chang’e lander, I thought it would be good to look at what we have left on the moon and what might happen […]
NASA’s launch complex 39 was the gateway to the moon and the starting point for every Space Shuttle mission. With the demise of the shuttle and the Constellation program what will happen to the space […]
Ever since we discovered camouflage the military has been looking to give themselves the ultimate advantage and become invisible. From the Dazzle ships of world war 1 to the adaptive camouflage of today we look […]
If you thought we sent Apollo to the purely to explore the moon and do the science then think again. Apollo was primarily a political tool for Kennedy to use against the Soviets. In this […]
As a response to the Soviet threat of a supersonic nuclear bomber, the UK built a combined rocket & jet engined fighter that was on track to become the standard NATO interceptor for Europe. But […]
The Hubble Space Telescope has given us some of the most amazing views of the universe for 25 years and although it could go on for many years more, things are starting to go wrong […]
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