Nick Howes Talks about the Search for Snoopy A lunar Module that is still probably out there in space: Snoopy By Robert Brand with updates from Nick Howes Not my project, but this is one being done by a good friend in the UK. It is worth watching as this could end up ... Read More

Frustration at the Apathy in the Australian Space Sector Subtitled: A Gentle Slap in the Face By Robert Brand – Australian Space Entrepreneur and Activist I am a little annoyed at the Australian Space sector today. I posted in a “well stocked” Facebook page that has many important and key players in the ... Read More

Feb 2013 Update It has been a long time coming, but my workload has been through the roof. There have been many space opportunities and activities, but it has been near impossible to organise the time to write about them. I will try and write about each shortly, but this update may ... Read More

Stellar News Stories There has been a lot being said in the press about Team Stellar. There have been many stories and interviews. I don't always see them all, but these three are not too bad. The first is from the Inner West Courier - a local paper delivered free to every ... Read More

Speakers List Spacefest V As mentioned earlier, I will be speaking at Spacefest V in May 2013. I urge you to get over to Tucson Arizona, USA for May 24-27, 2013. You will see me on the list below about 2/3rds down. There will be more speakers. The list is not ... Read More

Astronauts Attending May 24-27, 2013 I just received a Speaking invitation to Spacefest V from organiser Kim Poor. As you may remember I attended Spacefest IV mid 2012 as a guest speaker and had a great time - even met a few Australians. This year it is being held a little earlier ... Read More

My Apollo 11 History Many of you may have realised that I have had some historic connection to space. It certainly was not anything to do with the space sector, just the terrestrial (ground) sector. It never resulted in getting into the space sector, although back in 1999 I did come ... Read More

See our Events Live! With our second balloon launch (UpLift-2) we have added live TV to the event. We will be transmitting during the launch preparations and during recovery. More on this in an UpLift-2 post. We have selected 2 video providers: USTREAM LIVEVIEW For the next event we will be using USTREAM simply because ... Read More

Spacefest IV Tucson Arizona +3 Months Too much has happened since my trip to the US at the end of May. Let me list a few things: I am involved in the ground/space links for Ardusat due for launch in 2013 I am involved in a yet to be announced space mission to ... Read More

AT&T’s Jamesburg Dish – by Robert brand In early June 2012 I visited the Jamesburg site with the intention of surveying the site and for the possibility of using it as part of a deep space comms network (MissionTrax) for my company, PlusComms. The site was abandoned by the US telco ... Read More