Dragon X made it to ISS!
The possibility of returning to the Moon is now on course as the vehicles needed are being having their final tests and being prepared for the 2024 window?
Of what value the return to the Moon will be is still unclear at this time, that is perhaps based around the whims of the U.S. President and the free hand that he has given to Elon Musk to ruin humanities view of space with the array of thousands of Satellites!
One has not heard yet of when the dangerous return to Earth trip is to be made and despite this great achievement not to rely on Russia, a new Space shuttle is under development to be revealed soon!
It is much smaller to the retired ones, but it will be capable of carrying a crew of seven and will not be just for the ISS, but also Gateway that will orbit the Moon, if not direct operations to the Moon and return to Earth?
Showing posts with label Sky. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sky. Show all posts
Wednesday, 1 July 2020
Tuesday, 15 December 2015
Space Exploration. Part-Two.
2015 A great Year.
A British man in Space, the July Pluto flyby, Pictures from a Comet and Mars seen from three views. Most people don't even bother looking up at the sky, day or night. Sometimes its the occasional drunk who claims to have seen more than one Moon!
But for may others it is the closet that we will perhaps for some time yet get into space? Just a pair of Binoculars and you open your eyes to see ponderous things, from nearby planets to distant stars and galaxies.
One may also see the International Space Station and other man made objects. The Moon is the nearest object to view, we only see one side of it because it does not rotate. Venus and Mars are next, followed by the gas giants, Jupiter, and Saturn.
Other wise we can visit the Indian, European, Russian and NASA websites to see the feast of what these many robotic craft are doing in space and on Mars.
A British man in Space, the July Pluto flyby, Pictures from a Comet and Mars seen from three views. Most people don't even bother looking up at the sky, day or night. Sometimes its the occasional drunk who claims to have seen more than one Moon!
But for may others it is the closet that we will perhaps for some time yet get into space? Just a pair of Binoculars and you open your eyes to see ponderous things, from nearby planets to distant stars and galaxies.
One may also see the International Space Station and other man made objects. The Moon is the nearest object to view, we only see one side of it because it does not rotate. Venus and Mars are next, followed by the gas giants, Jupiter, and Saturn.
Other wise we can visit the Indian, European, Russian and NASA websites to see the feast of what these many robotic craft are doing in space and on Mars.
Tuesday, 10 February 2015
Police Aviation. Part-One.
Aircraft and Helicopters.
Nearly every police force around the world has access either to aircraft and helicopters of various types. The 'Eye in the Sky' is a vital tool in fighting crime from serious incidents such as civil disturbances to full blown rioting, burglary, car crime, chases and searching for missing people, children, bodies and stray or escaped animals.
Helicopters are the ideal tool for large cities and towns where take-off and landing can be made almost any where, if needs be. Bell-206, 222, EC-135, 145, Eccuril, Hughes-500, Robinson R-22/44.
Aircraft need runways and are limiting in that sense, but they can have long duration flights up to twelve hours with some types such as the Britten-Norman Defender.
Aircraft can also cover huge areas of open land, forests and water and they can be deployed for long range observation annd reconnaissance in the case of para-military controlled or unstable conflict zones. Cessna O-2/337, FR-172, 152, Optica, and similar light and cheap aircraft.
Nearly every police force around the world has access either to aircraft and helicopters of various types. The 'Eye in the Sky' is a vital tool in fighting crime from serious incidents such as civil disturbances to full blown rioting, burglary, car crime, chases and searching for missing people, children, bodies and stray or escaped animals.
Helicopters are the ideal tool for large cities and towns where take-off and landing can be made almost any where, if needs be. Bell-206, 222, EC-135, 145, Eccuril, Hughes-500, Robinson R-22/44.
Aircraft need runways and are limiting in that sense, but they can have long duration flights up to twelve hours with some types such as the Britten-Norman Defender.
Aircraft can also cover huge areas of open land, forests and water and they can be deployed for long range observation annd reconnaissance in the case of para-military controlled or unstable conflict zones. Cessna O-2/337, FR-172, 152, Optica, and similar light and cheap aircraft.
Tuesday, 18 March 2014
The night Sky.
The Moon and the Stars.
Humanity has always been fascinated with looking up at the night sky, that is because we have had to live with seeing it. We have the Moon that dominates our sky and then it is followed by various stars, which today we know as planets in our Solar system.
The Moon is the nearest object to photograph or film with any modern digital camera. The detail obtained can be very good. But you can also do much astronomy too, filming Jupiter, Saturn, Mars and Venus.
I have made a couple of films of the Moon and plan to make a few more, when the clouds depart.
Humanity has always been fascinated with looking up at the night sky, that is because we have had to live with seeing it. We have the Moon that dominates our sky and then it is followed by various stars, which today we know as planets in our Solar system.
The Moon is the nearest object to photograph or film with any modern digital camera. The detail obtained can be very good. But you can also do much astronomy too, filming Jupiter, Saturn, Mars and Venus.
I have made a couple of films of the Moon and plan to make a few more, when the clouds depart.
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