We all know about the Royal family. We know most things about them and we also know that they also use toilet paper. We also know of the legend that a noon day star appeared on the day King Charlles II was born. Edward Matthew described it as “The Most Glorious Star… shining most brightly [...]

Well I hope not! I’m still young and I don’t want to die at the age of 27. Yes folks I’ll be 27 next year! If you don’t know about it, there’s an event on facebook called ” End of the World Party” and I’m attending. Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell was part of a team [...]

I wrote a few articles on the happenings with the shuttles which are now all entering retirement. I have been following this story for a while now, because from when I could read up until now the shuttle launches and man entering space  has been something which has always amazed me, interested me and allowed [...]

I wrote an article on things you can do with your cucumber, It was truely a fulfilling experience. Now something you can do with your lemon. Lemons make excellent lemonade , it’s great with tequila and if you don’t have any juice, just add sugar and water and you have your own home made mini [...]

It has been thirty years since the start of the shuttle program and the orbiters are retiring. NASA have announced that these oribiters will spend the rest of their days as museum pieces. I’ll say! If these orbiters could talk I’m sure they would have a lot to say, imagine the stories they would tell. [...]

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I’ve written about the stars, about space and about drinking wine while staring into space, and drinking wine while staring at the stars in space. If you know anything about the night sky as we see it you’ll know that when we look at the stars we are basically looking back in time. For example: [...]

I’m a big fan of the big blueish black thing up there so anything that has anything to do with space is awesomeness to the maximuss to me. The Russian capsule has docked with the ISS ( International Space Station) and these Russians, Andrey Borisenko and Alexander Samokutyaev and American Ronald Garan Jr , are [...]

Not content with just exploring space via Virgin Galactic, Richard Branson has now set his sights on exploring the deep Ocean. Virgin today announced the launch of Virgin Oceanic. I love any sort of exploration and I’m a big admirer of Richard Branson. So this is right up my alley. I can only imagine what [...]

This is insane. When would you think I would ever be writing an article like this? Well folks, the dawn of the age of Human Space exploration on a mass scale has arrived. Virgin Galactic has just released a video of the inside of their Space ship (ja cool hey??) and it’s insane!   Joe [...]

Now Google has entered the world of social suggestion by adding it’s own version of the ‘Like’ button that Facebook revolutionised the web with. Soon you’ll be able to “+1″ things from a Google search result. Right now it means totally nothing apparently but I’m sure Google will figure out a way to make this [...]

Yes that’s right folks. After all the mayhem caused by the Tsunami and earthquake in Japan, it’s horribly disconcerting to find out that Koeberg Nuclear power station sits just 8 kilometres away from the Milnerton fault line which is off the coast out to sea. Now the Japanes are a very organised bunch, so I [...]

The space shuttle Discovery is finally calling it a day… well the craft itself isn’t but you know what I mean! With 39 missions and 13 visits to the International Space Station, it’s time to say goodbye. In a fitting send off, the theme From Star Trek was chosen for the farewell tribute and William [...]

Well this could be the news I have been waiting for all my life. It would be so much more newsworthy were it no so ambiguous, but Dr Richard B. Hoover, an astrobiologist with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Centre, reckons he has found evidence of life in space (well life practically everywhere) and his findings [...]

Waking up to a decidedly much cooler Cape Town after all of this, I thought I’d give the news websites a quick scan and I found something very exciting! Those of you that know me know that I like anything to do with space (not just

You know this really annoys me. You know I wrote about the Fracking Karoo thing the other day right? Well I have been following this for a number of reasons, firstly because I give a shit about our Earth, and anything that injects chemicals and god knows how many millions of litres of fresh water [...]

You know I like talking about space right? Like I did about Carl Sagan and the exploration of space, and about how small you actually are. Well what would the other planets in our solar system look like in our night sky if they were as close to us, and orbited us at the same [...]

I came across this awesome usermade advert for NASA. I gotta say its inspiring for me. Those that know me know how awesome I think space colonisation is… Ive written about space a few times before… Anyway check this out, its narrated by Carl Sagan, enjoy! Joe SocialI’m writing this cos I have a lot [...]

Just in case you were having one of those days wondering how everything revolves around you, then have a look at this. Now stop complaining and get back to work. You think Canis Majoris got that big by moaning? Exactly. Joe SocialI’m writing this cos I have a lot to say and sometimes I cant [...]

I must admit I’m pretty blown away by this latest TED talk I watched today. The developer of this software, Pranav Mistry, certainly has a very clear grasp of practical applications for the ever increasing amount of information the Information Age is accumulating, and the delivery of such information for, amongst other things, the benefit [...]