Category Archives: space

Rocket plane roulette and rich thrill seekers

Posted on June 23, 2023 by daryan12

Amid the search for this submarine over the last week or so two things occurred to me. Firstly, why is the media hyper fixating on a couple of lost rich people when over the same period a boat full of … Continue reading →

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The wrong stuff – Musk and the 4/20 rocket drill

Posted on April 30, 2023 by daryan12

So on the 20th of April (4/20, so at least we know what he was smoking), chief twit Elon Musk launched his ego rocket to cheering crowds, which was deemed a success. …despite blowing itself to bits and scattering debris … Continue reading →

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The Musk delusion

Posted on May 2, 2021 by daryan12

I’ve critiqued a number of Musk’s projects before, but I think we need to be a bit more direct. Quite simply is Musk entirely the full shilling? Is he the real life Tony Stark the fan boys seem to think, … Continue reading →

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The Dumb-Dom effect:

Posted on October 6, 2020 by daryan12

Dominic Cummings is billed as Boris Johnson’s “idea’s” man. However there’s a problem, most of his ideas are sh*t. We need only look at the satellite fiasco, where they bought a company that makes the wrong kind of satellites for … Continue reading →

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Environmental news roundup

Posted on August 13, 2019 by daryan12

UK blackout The UK recently suffered a series of sporadic blackouts across the country. Its being blamed on the fact a wind farm and a gas fired power station both suddenly went off line at more or less the same … Continue reading →

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The environmental impact of space Junk

Posted on April 28, 2019 by daryan12

We often think of environmental problems as something that only effects the natural world and things back on earth, but there’s a growing environmental problem in space, which could have very serious consequences if it isn’t contained. The issue of … Continue reading →

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North sentinel Island – a case study in first contact

Posted on January 4, 2019 by daryan12

Late last year, there was the story about a young missionary who, with Darwin award levels of foolishness, landed on North Sentinel Island, an Island populated by an uncontacted tribe known to shoot dead any intruders. And I’m pretty sure, … Continue reading →

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Asgardia, the CubeSat Solar Empire

Posted on August 21, 2018 by daryan12

I’ve discussed before the issues that would arise in terms of establishing any space based settlement, and how that might prove a lot more challenging than those pursuing such colonisation efforts assume. In short, travelling into space is expensive and … Continue reading →

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What “new tech” needs to learn from “old tech”

Posted on July 13, 2018 by daryan12

Much is made of how “new tech” companies (Uber, Tesla, Amazon, etc.), often start ups from out of silicon valley, represent a new paradigm in how they do business. Its not just that they tend to be heavily dependant on … Continue reading →

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Hyperloopy

Posted on October 13, 2017 by daryan12

I recently looked at the hyperloop system proposed by SpaceX founder Elon Musk and highlighted a number of problems with the proposed system, notably its likely very high costs, the technical challenges involved in building it, the barf enduing ride and the … Continue reading →

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