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Three Gyroscopes – Part 4

16th February 2022 Doc Mike Finnley 0

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…]

Engineering

Three Gyroscopes – Part 3

3rd February 2022 Doc Mike Finnley 0

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…]

20th Century

Space-Travel Anniversaries and More Debris

10th January 2022 Going Postal 0

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…]

20th Century

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

24th December 2021 Going Postal 0

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 0

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 0

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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Film Review: Starship Troopers

23rd December 2020 Going Postal 0

Robert A. Heinlein’s book Starship Troopers (1959) marked his transition from writing juvenile pulp science fiction to serious novels of ideas, in this case setting forth a highly reactionary and militarist political philosophy. Paul Verhoeven’s [more…]

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Collecting Spaceflight Coins

19th November 2020 Going Postal 0

Several attempts at an article have been made by me during the past year or two, but they have never made it past the “put flesh on the bones” stage. Having assessed a few more [more…]

Computing

Nothing is Beyond Our Reach

3rd September 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

During a presidential debate, a little old lady, her grey hair in a bun, asks, “Name the three most important Space Race countries”. Sleepy-creepy Jo Biden, from his basement and with the benefit of voice [more…]

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