Posts Tagged ‘space’

The Isle of Man in space

I’ve been hearing a lot recently about the Space Industry being more prominent in the mix that makes up the local economy here in the Isle of Man. Here’s a video that was produced by one of the UK channels about what’s going on, in case you were curious: It’s...

Professor Brian Cox Lecture in the Isle of Man

Last week, the Isle of Man hosted a lecture by Professor Brian Cox. He’s a particle physicist who has been on TV many a time, and you can tell why by watching his lecture. It was quite interesting to listen to a science lecture that has been toned down for...

Visiting Exculibur Almaz

This weekend the Exculibur Alamaz team, who are based on the Isle of Man, opened up their doors to show some of the kit they have stored locally. Their plan is to study and refurbish a set of spacecraft with the intention to of relaunching them into space, to be...

Excalibur Almaz in the Isle of Man

Today I got the opportunity to check out a space vehicle, which is probably the closest I’ve ever been to something that could make it’s way out of the hold of Earth’s gravity. It was the Almaz capsule being deployed by Excalibur Almaz as part of their foray into space...

Worldwide Telescope: Take a tour of space

It seems like WorldWide Telescope is now available for people to download by Mac and PC users around the world. It’s a pretty heavy application so make sure you have a decent PC to run it on. It needs 1Gb of RAM with 2Gb recommended, 1Gb of hard disk space...

The poetry of correct positioning

Do you ever look at an initiative that a group or company have taken and think to yourself, “Wow, that makes sense”. I got that feeling list week, while looking at a press release here in the Isle of Man. You see, the Isle of Man is trying to promote...

Isle of Man eBusiness News

Just came across a video created by the Isle of Man eBusiness Division which showcases some of the business benefits of operating from the Isle of Man. It’s a longish video (around 15 minutes), but quite interesting both for people who operate from the Isle of Man and also for...

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