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Mission Control – The unsung heroes of Apollo

Posted March 2, 2017March 2, 2017by Over Lord

This is the sort of documentary we love here at Confusions & Connections. One about Apollo & space. This one covers what some people would …

Tasteful or tasteless?

Posted January 17, 2017January 17, 2017by Over Lord

Yesterday it was reported that the last man on the moon, Gene Cernan had died. He was 82. Today, the first email I received was …

Margaret Hamilton and the Moon

Posted January 1, 2017January 1, 2017by Over Lord

Margaret Hamilton is a name that you won’t recognize. It’s a shame as she was in charge of the programming teams that designed, and built, …

Remembering Challenger after 30 years

Posted January 28, 2016January 18, 2016by Over Lord

Thirty years ago on a bright, but cold, January morning seven astronauts were strapped into the orbiter Challenger waiting for the journey of a lifetime. …

Michael Collins is missing

Posted March 22, 2015September 8, 2016by Over Lord

A lot of images were taken on July 24, 1969 but a couple were strangely more meaningful. It was a set by Michael Collins from …

Saturn V – When tests fail

Posted March 1, 2015March 1, 2015by Over Lord

Sometimes you stumble upon some great stories from the space race. One of my favourites came from the testing of the various systems that became …

The Hot Tub Time Machine changes history

Posted February 2, 2015January 5, 2016by Over Lord

It’s still quite a while off until we see what the Hot Tub Time Machine will be doing a second time around. Before that, we …

How Spacesuits have changed

Posted January 20, 2015January 20, 2015by Over Lord

The history of the spacesuit is something that you don’t tend to think about. What you tend to see is the launch vehicle. Be that …

Once in a Lifetime – From Kitty Hawk to the Moon

Posted December 10, 2014December 9, 2014by Over Lord

Imaging a small boy sitting on a sand dune in Kitty Hawk in 1903 and looking out. What he could see is a pair of …

Get blown away with the new Interstellar trailer

Posted August 2, 2014August 2, 2014by Over Lord

Have you been blown away with the new trailer for Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar? If not, why not? It’s even more epic than the last trailer. …

Sammo Hung’s The Millionaires’ Express is coming home

Harley Quinn is back

Lullaby is coming home

Dug at Stonehenge

Preston railway station and the war

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