Sketching of Vigin’s Galactic Spacecraft

Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic spacecraft has finally flown, to some fanfare and a lot of controversy the Virgin Galactic took its first commercial flight some weeks back. Aesthetically it's quite a pretty thing, something that looks quite swan like and graceful. Finding a picture that inspired me - I created this sketch. There a few …

Blog Orbit – Blog Date September 2021

Hello there bloggies! I'm really late this month - we're nearly through September before getting my start of the month post in... Ugh why is it hard at times to muster the creative spirit. Can someone please answer me that as I need it back a bit. Things haven't been too great this month either …

Philosophical Conundrums – Schrodinger’s Cat

There are thoughts and ideas in life and in theory that leave our mind in a mess and on a Tuesday morning leave us thinking it's the Wednesday before Christmas. I hope to bring some of these to you and leave you with little to say (maybe) and much to think about.Don't say I didn't …

Philosophical Conundrums – The Wooden Boat

There are thoughts and ideas in life and in theory that leave our mind in a mess and on a Tuesday morning leave us thinking it's the Wednesday before Christmas. I hope to bring some of these to you and leave you with little to say (maybe) and much to think about.Don't say I didn't …

Philosophical Conundrums – The Expanding Universe

There are thoughts and ideas in life and in theory that leave our mind in a mess and on a Tuesday morning leave us thinking it's the Wednesday before Christmas. I hope to bring some of these to you and leave you with little to say (maybe) and much to think about.Don't say I didn't …

Did you Know… The Tongue is the Strongest Muscle?

Fact, snippets of useless information and all of that kind of thing makes up most of what's in my brain - so I thought I would infect the general interweb with al of this and see what fact I can trawl for you! Enjoy! Did you know... The tongue is the strongest muscle in the …

100 Ways to Die in Space – # 19 Jumping

Welcome to 100 Ways to Die in Space Hi there bloggies, welcome to a new and fun little feature - 100 ways to die in space. Taking inspiration from a million ways to die in the west I'll be taking a somewhat tongue in cheek at the many and various ways that space is somewhat …

Astrophotography – Capturing the Milky Way with Smartphone

There's a thing with Photography, no sooner as a piece of equipment allows you to do something that you want it to do more. This is especially true in astrophotography. For years I've been waiting or smartphone camera's to get good enough to take pictures of the stars, finally when I got one that could …

Blog Orbit – Blog Date August 2021

Hello there bloggies! I've got in early this month and got the orbit in on the second - the second - I can't remember the last time I got it in this early - but then I can't remember much past last week so that's not saying much. Seriously I do sometimes wonder where my …

Philosophical Conundrums – The Threshold Problem

There are thoughts and ideas in life and in theory that leave our mind in a mess and on a Tuesday morning leave us thinking it's the Wednesday before Christmas. I hope to bring some of these to you and leave you with little to say (maybe) and much to think about.Don't say I didn't …

Did you Know… There are places in the Pacific Ocean…?

Fact, snippets of useless information and all of that kind of thing makes up most of what's in my brain - so I thought I would infect the general interweb with al of this and see what fact I can trawl for you! Enjoy! Did you know... The sheer size of the Pacific Ocean means …

100 Ways to Die in Space – # 18 Falling

Welcome to 100 Ways to Die in Space Hi there bloggies, welcome to a new and fun little feature - 100 ways to die in space. Taking inspiration from a million ways to die in the west I'll be taking a somewhat tongue in cheek at the many and various ways that space is somewhat …