On the 45th anniversary of this photo… Unless you believe in alien abduction. In which case, never mind (on a whole lot of levels…)

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   In what can only be the most ridiculously transparent and laughable attempt to entice Scotland into not leaving the “United” Kingdom, the British Government has announced that it is planning to create a spaceport for commercial spaceflights by 2018, and SIX out of the eight potential sites are in Scotland. “Spaceports will be key […]

Read More Attention Scotland: You may ALREADY be a winner!

Having just had a delightful catch-up-after-much-too-long dinner with my good friend Dr. Livingston (no presumptions needed), it was agreed that it is time to relaunch the Space Cynics blog as, it turns out, the need for Cynics in this industry has not only NOT diminished, but apparently become even more apparent than ever.   So […]

Read More Zzz…. zzz…. huh?… what…? oh… you’re still there? What year is it?