Really? They travelled further away from Earth than anyone has ever been before, about 250,000 miles. The ISS orbits at a height of less than 300 miles. Did you not see how small the Earth looked fro… (View Post)

I missed the news earlier today that the UK is aiming to deliver at least 120,000 drones to Ukraine this year. On the one hand, that's a lot of drones. On the other, it's just 3% of the dro… (View Post)

I think it's a measure of how repellant the prospect of becoming an elected politician is that Seb Coe is the only former sportsperson to have given it a go. Otherwise one could imagine Linekar,… (View Post)

The thing about electric cars is that Tesla is going to end up as a footnote and, when everything is electric it's not going to seem that revolutionary that cars became electric. Of course they … (View Post)

Zelensky is a contemporary leader who has risen to meet the challenge of recent events, and I think will be seen as a major historical figure. You could argue that he has saved Europe from Russian im… (View Post)