July 20 1969 – “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” It’s been already 46 years since “the Eagle has landed” on Tranquility base. This huge success was the combination of more than 10 years of effort on the Mercury and Gemini programs, that made this giant leap possible. So let’s…
It’s been exactly 4 years since the last launch of the last Space Shuttle, namely Atlantis with the flight number STS-135, marking the 135th overall flight of a Space Shuttle. So, it’s almost half a decade without the Space Shuttle and it’s already 34 years since the launch of the Shuttle Program. The recent launches of commercial…
Yes, referenda 😛 Admittedly, it took me a Google search to get the actual plural of referendum, as I myself thought it would be ‘referendi‘ 😛 Having said that, this article is just a sum up of my thoughts, on the 3 recent referenda. Starting from the Crimean referendum, on March, a trend seemed to…
President Putin proved us all wrong. Again! No one seemed to be able to deduce why Putin placed Russian troops in Crimea, while having no wish of getting involved in an ultimatum. While the situation slowly advances until Sunday, when the referendum for the independence of Crimea will take place, I would like to present…
The situation in Ukraine seems to be pretty harsh at the moment. People are afraid of a civil war and Russia has placed troops in the country. However, this situation is much more than an “Ukrainian Spring”, like the ones in Libya, Syria and Egypt. Here the international effect of the situation is directly recognisable….