Post of the month: may 2025
Browse our most recent analyses and observations — from orbital mechanics to propulsion systems, we cover the successes, the failures, and all the moments that make you pause and think, “Sure… but why?”
Posted on 30th May 2025
In the outer solar system, beyond all the planets, there’s a lot of stuff. Small rocky and icy objects orbit the sun at enormous distances. But strangely there’s a group of these objects that seem to be clustered together. Now, the use of the word 'clustered' might imply that these objects are close...
Posted on 30th May 2025
This is becoming increasingly regular for Starship. We know SpaceX takes a fail-fast, learn-fast approach, but this is the third launch in a row that's ended in rapid unscheduled disassembly. Elon was meant to talk to the press after the launch, but he disappeared instead. Only hours later did h...
Being almost the holidays, this might be a good time to talk about space tourism. Let’s ignore the advertising of well-known rocket launch companies and...
The hybrid solar eclipse in Exmouth a couple of weeks ago was a pretty rare event, but to the surprise of no-one it was predicted...
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