Welcome to Astronotes
Hello, IòÀÙm Colin, welcoming you to Astronotes, the PlanetariumòÀÙs official blog. Here you will find the latest news and views from the fascinating worlds of astronomy and space exploration. We hope you will come here to learn what is hot and exciting, profound or even weird from worlds beyond ours . So that's the introduction out of the way, now on with the Universe!
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![Has lurid fiction like the movie Iron Sky any basis in fact? ˆàEveryone knows that WW2 Germany developed rockets far in advance of the Allies, but some argue that in […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Image-of-Silverbird-in-flight-115x115.jpg "Nazis in Space: The Truth about Hitler’s Space Program")
Nazis in Space: The Truth about Hitler’s Space Program
Posted on June 23, 2011 | 37 CommentsHas lurid fiction like the movie Iron Sky any basis in fact? ˆàEveryone knows that WW2 Germany developed rockets far in advance of the Allies, but some argue that in […] -
![NASA’s Space Shuttles have become a familar sight in their thirty years of service, but there have been other shuttle designs which never left the ground.Some were ingenious alternative concepts […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Image-of-C-1057-concept-115x115.jpg "10 Space Shuttles which never flew")
10 Space Shuttles which never flew
Posted on May 12, 2011 | 22 CommentsNASA’s Space Shuttles have become a familar sight in their thirty years of service, but there have been other shuttle designs which never left the ground.Some were ingenious alternative concepts […] -
![One day vast solar sails pushed along by rays of sunlight may carry payloads between the planets. Tracy McConnell explains how this romantic vision is slowly becoming a fact. The […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/image-of-echo-satellite-115x115.jpg "Clipperships of the Cosmos: Solar Sails Move from Theory to Fact")
Clipperships of the Cosmos: Solar Sails Move from Theory to Fact
Posted on March 14, 2011 | 1 CommentOne day vast solar sails pushed along by rays of sunlight may carry payloads between the planets. Tracy McConnell explains how this romantic vision is slowly becoming a fact. The […] -
![It is 14 November 2019 and the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, when humans first walked on another world, has been and gone but today a new […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Image-of-Plymouth-rock-asteroid-mission-115x115.jpg "Could we visit an asteroid in the next ten years?")
Could we visit an asteroid in the next ten years?
Posted on October 15, 2010 | 6 CommentsIt is 14 November 2019 and the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, when humans first walked on another world, has been and gone but today a new […] -
![NASA’s next manned spacecraft will be the Orion, a capsule which will be carried into space by a rocket. Weighing 25 tonnes, each Orion will carry up to six people. […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Image-of-Orion-nuclear-rocket-115x115.jpg "Project Orion: the incredible nuclear spacecraft")
Project Orion: the incredible nuclear spacecraft
Posted on October 1, 2010 | 3 CommentsNASA’s next manned spacecraft will be the Orion, a capsule which will be carried into space by a rocket. Weighing 25 tonnes, each Orion will carry up to six people. […] -
![In the early 1960s, the sky had no limits for NASA . Planners for the agency foresaw an ever-expanding future of exploration through the Solar System. Some amazing missions were […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Image-of-shuttle-and-manned-booster-115x115.jpg "Mars by ’85? NASA’s alternative history")
Mars by ’85? NASA’s alternative history
Posted on September 27, 2010 | 11 CommentsIn the early 1960s, the sky had no limits for NASA . Planners for the agency foresaw an ever-expanding future of exploration through the Solar System. Some amazing missions were […] -
![“Rods from God” is the nick-name given to a hypothetical orbital weapon for bombarding targets on the Earth from space. Just how feasible is this concept? There are undeniable […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/image-of-MIRVtest-115x115.jpg "Rods from god: a terrifying space weapon?")
Rods from god: a terrifying space weapon?
Posted on September 27, 2010 | 69 Comments“Rods from God” is the nick-name given to a hypothetical orbital weapon for bombarding targets on the Earth from space. Just how feasible is this concept? There are undeniable […] -
![The late ’50s and ’60s were a different time from the anxious era that is today. Nuclear power and space travel were both cool and wonderful new technologies. The […]](http://www.armaghplanet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Image-of-Moon-from-ISS-115x115.jpg "The amazing Aldebaran spacecraft")
The amazing Aldebaran spacecraft
Posted on September 24, 2010 | 3 CommentsThe late ’50s and ’60s were a different time from the anxious era that is today. Nuclear power and space travel were both cool and wonderful new technologies. The […]