I started working with computers when computers started. Not quite but my first line of code was written in 1969 and loaded onto an Elliott 905 computer at Elliott Automation, Borehamwood. My last line of [more…]
Obviously satellites go millions of miles but they are unmanned, man had been to the moon, but that was using rocket power. These days with fuel efficient jet engines, composite air-frames, computers to aid pilots [more…]
From the Argentine Press “Experts believe the Argentine submarine took on water in rough seas at the surface, causing a short circuit and setting up conditions for a later catastrophic explosion.” Collated from various reports [more…]
Above photo: John Harrison’s H1 marine clock, 1735. An early example of a GPS clock, if you like. Note the four brass spheres (one not visible) that replace a traditional pendulum helping the clock to [more…]
Well here we are for the second part of this series of interesting aeroplanes you’ve probably never heard of. There’s quite a few good candidates for these articles and a few which stand out particularly [more…]
Once upon a time there was a great city called Khronathea. It was ruled by King Kron and at its center was the temple of time itself: The Temple Of Khronos. The people of Khronathea [more…]
For the first time in decades there is no rocket certified for human spaceflight available anywhere on planet Earth. To make things a little more interesting the astronauts on the ISS have only a Soyuz [more…]
You might have been to a night-club or concert and seen your clothes light-up. That’s because the organisers of the said venues have had the stupid idea (in my opinion) of illuminating the place with [more…]
It was the early evening of January 27th 1967. Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee had been in the Apollo capsule for six and a half hours conducting a full scale dress rehearsal of [more…]
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