Astronaut David S. Scott using the Lunar Rover during the Apollo 15 Mission (Image: NASA) It’s probably not the best of times for human space exploration just at the moment. One sign of this was President Obama’s announced cancellation of the NASA’s Constellation program back in early February. The situation is still up for discussion…

While looking up a few details about the Rosetta flyby, I came across a space poem called Fly-past. My first reaction was to be a bit flippant about the whole idea of space poetry. If an earlier version of this post I brought up the spectre of Douglas Adams’ Vogons. But having given it a…

Meteorite on Mars (image courtesy of NASA) Now, where was I? Oh, yes, meteorites. My feeling is that people can get a bit uneasy when it comes to chatting about meteorites. Let’s face it they are not really the stuff of casual conversation. Truth is most people never talk about them at all and if,…