Stuff in Orbit
The rise of Big Data as the core lubricant of the digital world
(Image Credit: geospatialworld.net) "Information is the oil of the 21st century, and analytics is the combustion engine". — Peter Sondergaard, Senior Vice President, Gartner Research. Big Data from Space and the “overview effect” “I used to tell people I was from...
America’s First Space Station
"Get your ticket to that wheel in space."Lyrics from I.G.Y. by Donald Fagen Background Early SciFi images of a Wheel in Space In popular Science Fiction space stations were a common theme. Arthur C. Clarke and other early advocates of manned space flight believed that...
Expect big things from this small company – Alba
ESA, Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, TU delft all figured out that they can build and launch a satellite for less. The goal of these smart organizations? Miniaturization. But how small? What if I told you that you could hold a satellite in your hand? How about a...
NASA’s Lunar Gateway getting HALO and PPE
A big announcement about the NASA Lunar Gateway came out on Friday June 5th, 2020. NASA officially awarded a contract to Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) for the preliminary design and development of the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO). The...
Space Applications for Military: Eyes Beyond the Sky
For decades, space has been one of the critical assets for military operations. In fact, space technology is a product of defence industry that needed an upgrade in technological capabilities for various military operations since the early 1940s. The transition of...
You heard of Star Wars, but did you know there were Space Soda Wars?
Back when President Reagan was working on his Star Wars strategic defense initiative, there was another struggle going on. Two historic adversaries, each a giant with loyal followers set their aims at a new battlefield of Space. Pepsi and Coca-cola each postured to be...
How has SpaceX Impacted China’s Space Sector?
How has SpaceX Impacted the Chinese Space Sector? SpaceX's Launches being heard around the world. Credit: SpaceX The year 2020 has been a strange one thus far. While things on earth appear to be moving backwards at an incredible rate, with cities being burned and...
First Man of Space
Neil Armstrong has been referred to as “First Man” as in first man to set foot on the moon. However, the First Man of Space is Yuri Gagarin who became the first human to orbit the earth. Early Life Gagarin was born on March 9, 1934 in Smolensk of working class parent....
Elon Musk’s Starlink growing bigger and bigger
SpaceX launching again this week, if all goes as planned. SpaceX is at it again. Love it or hate it, Starlink is growing again. The company is getting ready to launch the next batch of 60 satellites into orbit in just a few days. The original launch was...
SpaceX and NASA to set a new era of human spaceflight after Apollo
A SpaceX Falcon 9, with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken in the Dragon crew capsule, lifts off from Pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., May 30, 2020. (Photo Credit: David J. Philip/AP) “You want to wake up in the morning and think...
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