What's new Pussycat?
Since the retirement of that fantastic space plane, the U.S Space Shuttle what does the future hold? it looks like Mars is the next target for human exploration between 2025 and 2035, it is hoped to send two missions on long range space ships to the red planet.
The first is a one way commercial venture, while the second will perhaps be a fully focused government funded scientific mission. but both hope to set up their own Martian bases. Much of the research into the establishment of these bases has for years been carried out in Antarctica and Soviet/Russian Cosmonaut underwater training facilities.
The current fleet of ROBOT/ Rovers on Mars is sending back a variety of interesting data, which reveals possible past life possibilities, probable existing atmospheric conditions?
Thursday 26 June 2014
Thursday 19 June 2014
Air Freighters. Part-Two.
World War-II (1939-45).
From 1918 to 1939 aircraft got larger and larger in size and with this were enabled to fly further. It was British Imperial Airways, operating out of London-Croydon airport who took advantage of all of the latest British aircraft types. The Handley Page converted bombers were the height of luxury flying and they had the additional cargo space for mail.
HP 0/400 Twin-engined carried 12 passengers, The Vickers Vimy was similar and both were scrapped by 1924.
By 1928 the Shorts three-engined Calcutta flying boat was in service carrying 15 passengers and two pilots at 110mph. By 1930 the HP42 was capable of 38 passengers and just before 1939, shorts had in service the first 16 sleeper cross-Atlantic flying boat.
It was not until the second world war that there was a demand for mass production air transport and aircraft such as the Douglas DC-3/47 came to the fore. Other large aircraft in the war years were the Shorts Sunderland flying boats, which were a massive improvement on the Handley-Pages.
From 1918 to 1939 aircraft got larger and larger in size and with this were enabled to fly further. It was British Imperial Airways, operating out of London-Croydon airport who took advantage of all of the latest British aircraft types. The Handley Page converted bombers were the height of luxury flying and they had the additional cargo space for mail.
HP 0/400 Twin-engined carried 12 passengers, The Vickers Vimy was similar and both were scrapped by 1924.
By 1928 the Shorts three-engined Calcutta flying boat was in service carrying 15 passengers and two pilots at 110mph. By 1930 the HP42 was capable of 38 passengers and just before 1939, shorts had in service the first 16 sleeper cross-Atlantic flying boat.
It was not until the second world war that there was a demand for mass production air transport and aircraft such as the Douglas DC-3/47 came to the fore. Other large aircraft in the war years were the Shorts Sunderland flying boats, which were a massive improvement on the Handley-Pages.
Thursday 12 June 2014
Levitated Rail and Mono-Rail.
The Future and near Future.
Technology and new concepts are ever advancing, speed is becoming more of an issue for the railways because time is money. Conventional high speed is improving with straight tracks from A to B/Z but there are other possibilities now available in Levitated or magnetic rail and advancements in mono rails.
Cost will ultimately be the down fall to some designs, while others may be constructed on a small scale? The railways around the globe make money on freight, the movement of containers and minerals which are essential for modern living.
Current proposals are only for high-speed passenger movement and countries with large land masses and big metropolitan areas will benefit from this new future travel concepts.
Technology and new concepts are ever advancing, speed is becoming more of an issue for the railways because time is money. Conventional high speed is improving with straight tracks from A to B/Z but there are other possibilities now available in Levitated or magnetic rail and advancements in mono rails.
Cost will ultimately be the down fall to some designs, while others may be constructed on a small scale? The railways around the globe make money on freight, the movement of containers and minerals which are essential for modern living.
Current proposals are only for high-speed passenger movement and countries with large land masses and big metropolitan areas will benefit from this new future travel concepts.
Thursday 5 June 2014
Air Freighters. Part-One.
Cargo and Freight.
Through human history on this planet we have always had to move goods and this was either done by boat, ships or waggon's of one type or another. With the advent of the steam age from the 19th Century, it was the invention of the railways that revolutionised movements across vast areas of our land masses and then seventy years later the aeroplane was invented.
Initially aircraft were for breaking speed records and then World War-I (1914-18) saw the military side of this new machine. It was not really until the 1920's that aircraft were big enough to both carry mail and passengers. Every year a new world record of distant flying was being broken and the need to carry goods started to be demanded.
Airships and rigid Durables were also in competition with the aircraft, despite being slow and vulnerable they were able to carry heavier loads than aircraft could.
Through human history on this planet we have always had to move goods and this was either done by boat, ships or waggon's of one type or another. With the advent of the steam age from the 19th Century, it was the invention of the railways that revolutionised movements across vast areas of our land masses and then seventy years later the aeroplane was invented.
Initially aircraft were for breaking speed records and then World War-I (1914-18) saw the military side of this new machine. It was not really until the 1920's that aircraft were big enough to both carry mail and passengers. Every year a new world record of distant flying was being broken and the need to carry goods started to be demanded.
Airships and rigid Durables were also in competition with the aircraft, despite being slow and vulnerable they were able to carry heavier loads than aircraft could.
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