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Is there life on (somewhere other than) Mars?

26th May 2025 Northern Man 3274 Comments

Once upon a time we knew our place in the universe.  The science was settled and the experts agreed.  The Earth was at the centre of the universe and everything we could see in the [more…]

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Close Approach of Mars to Earth

29th October 2024 Always Worth Saying 2473 Comments

In September 1956, as Mars approached its closest to Earth for 34 years, John Alldridge summed up what we then knew (or thought we knew) of the planet for the Manchester Evening News – Jerry [more…]

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Elementary, my dear Watson – Ti Titanium

8th August 2023 SharpieType301 2430 Comments

Another week, another element. Let’s head off on another exciting elementary excursion. You’ll get the idea now that I hope to ensure that at least one element is included from each of the eighteen Groups [more…]

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Three Gyroscopes – Part 4

16th February 2022 Doc Mike Finnley 2318 Comments

Introduction As a child I loved playing about with magnets – I still do. They can move heavy objects – such as lifting cars at a scrap yard. They can also move light (-weight!) objects [more…]

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Three Gyroscopes – Part 3

3rd February 2022 Doc Mike Finnley 3748 Comments

Introduction In part one we looked at how a gyroscope seems to defy gravity. This is accomplished by angular momentum. We’ll come back to that later 🙂 In part two we looked at how a [more…]

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Space-Travel Anniversaries and More Debris

10th January 2022 Going Postal 3627 Comments

I have been wondering how to continue with articles on the space-coins collecting theme. It is a vast subject and open to many directions of thought. However, a glance through history quickly shows that 2022, [more…]

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‘Twas the Night before Christmas………..53 years ago

24th December 2021 Going Postal 3245 Comments

Placing the spacecraft in lunar orbit had not been easy. Compounding the difficulty, the engine firing, which would put the spacecraft in the right spot, had to happen while the spacecraft was out of contact [more…]

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Collecting Spaceflight Coins, Part 2

17th February 2021 Going Postal 1975 Comments

The previous article I did about collecting space coins was quite broad; I included quite a few examples of all ages, sizes and themes. Since then I’ve added several more items to the holding; well, [more…]

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The Science of Deception

19th January 2021 Going Postal 2492 Comments

If history tells us anything, it is that things always have the potential to get worse, and it’s already looking as though 2020 has done just that by inflicting 2021 upon us, not as a [more…]

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