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No go for weather?

Matt | July 1, 2006 |

Currently the launch of Discovery STS-121 is a negative due to weather. There are storms in the launch area but the weather conditions must be acceptable at one of the three Transatlantic Abort Landing (TAL) sites to launch. The sites are Zaragoza, Spain; Moron, Spain; or Istres, France. Today’s preferred landing site is in Moron, […]

About 25 minutes to go!

Matt | July 1, 2006 |

The closeout crew are just leaving the launch tower as we are part way through a 40 minute scheduled hold. The launch window has just been confirmed and is just over four minutes long! There was an issue earlier on with a shuttle thruster but the issue has been cleared for launch by the Mission […]

Crew on board

Matt | July 1, 2006 |

The crew are no on board Discovery ready for the launch of STS-121 and are now conducting air-ground communication checks. There were some concerns earlier on that the weather could preven a launch but a flight in a Shuttle Training Aircraft by Astronaut Mike Bloomfield will assess the weather during the reat of the launch […]

Countdown continues

Matt | July 1, 2006 |

The ‘Ice team’ are just finishing up their inspection of the vehicle on the pad and the countdown clock is running once again. The crew a dressing in their space suits and will soon be entering the orbiter. Matt [Technorati tag(s): shuttle, nasa, Space Shuttle, Space Shuttle Discovery, Discovery, Space, Science, STS-121]

Discovery set for Launch

Matt | July 1, 2006 |

NASA’s Space shuttle Discovery is all set for launch on what will be the second mission since the loss of Columbia. Mission STS-121 (Discovery’s 32nd flight) should see Discovery launch at around 1549 EDT (1949 GMT) but is dependent on local weather conditions being suitable. Modifications NASA have made a number of modifications to the […]

Nintendo makes you Wii in the dark!

Matt | May 25, 2006 |

Just read this article over at Gizmodo. Apparantly if you have halogen lights in your house you may not be able to use the Wii wireless remote control. According to sources at Nintendo this problem only affects your Wii if you are directly in a halogen beam. Read more HERE Matt [Technorati tag(s): Nintendo, Wii, […]

Shuttle foam question.

Matt | March 5, 2006 |

It’s good news that the Shuttle is likely to carry out three missions this year, I’m a big fan of the shuttle programme. I have one question that perhaps someone can clear up for me: Is the problem with the insulation foam breaking off the external tank a new one? Over the years I have […]

UKReg – Recomended Domain Registrar

Matt | February 28, 2006 |

So I created a new website for Lynn JuJitsu Club (A Martial Arts training club in Wisbech and King’s Lynn) I needed to register the domain name. I had a look around the web, there are so many places to register new domains I wasn’t sure where to go. I remembered using UKReg a few […]

Xbox 360 Overheats

Matt | December 6, 2005 |

My friend was lucky enough to be able to get hold of a new Xbox 360. I use the word ‘lucky’ quite loosely as after just about 20 minutes of continuous play the system freezes up and reboots as it get too hot. It doesn’t matter which of the six titles he owns that he […]

PSP LOAD Magazine First Issue

Matt | September 29, 2005 |

The first issue of the new PSP Magazine ‘LOAD’ is HERE Looks pretty good, check out the review by me also! Matt [Technorati tag(s): PSP, sony, LOAD, magazine, playstation, Science]