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Neil Armstrong and the Gamble of Manned Space Exploration

• August 27, 2012 • 1 Comment

Posted in Mars, Science, space, Thinking aloud
Tags: Apollo, Apollo 11, Danny Boyle, game theory, Global Catastrophic Risks, Industrial revolution, Mars, Michael Meacher, Milan Cirkovic, Moon landings, Nick Bostrom, Patrick Moore, Sky at Night, sustainability

A New Earth and the Missions to Mars

• February 4, 2012 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Mars, Science, space
Tags: ABSW, astrobiology, astrophysics, Claire Cousins, comets, dark energy, Exomars, exoplanets, extremophiles, Geraint Jones, Giovanna Tinetti, Kepler, Lewis Dartnell, Ofer Lahav, pecha kucha, Peter Grindrod

The Trouble with Neutrinos

• September 25, 2011 • 1 Comment

Posted in Science
Tags: Albert Einstein, CERN, Descartes, Feynman Diagrams, imaginary numbers, michelson-Morley, nonlinear filtering, Opera, relativity, special relativity, speed of light

Alien Hunting – the best summer job ever!

• January 4, 2011 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Aliens, Science, space
Tags: aliens, Allen Telescope Array, CERN, internships, Jodrell Bank, Kepler, NASA, SETI, summer jobs

Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2010

• September 12, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Exhibitions, London, Previews, Science, space
Tags: Alnitak, astrophoto, Blazing Bristlecone, Comet Lulin, Costa Prize, Greenwich, Horsehead Nebula, Johnny Mackintosh, Martin Pugh, Orion, popular science, Richard Higby, Rogelio Bernal Andreo, Royal Astronomical Society, Royal Observatory, science communication, Sky at Night, space, Tom Lowe

The Universe: The Big Questions

• September 11, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in book reviews, Science, space
Tags: Alcubierre Drive, Cygnus X1, ESA, first stars, Hubble, Hubble Ultradeep Field, Planck Telescope, Quercus, relativity, Rush, Stuart Clark, time travel

You have one day to go into space

• March 22, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Clara Mackintosh, Johnny Mackintosh, Science
Tags: Alnitak, Erin, Falling Star, IKAROS, JAXA, solar sail, Venus Climate Orbiter, zeta