RIP W. Morgan Sheppard.

Actor W. Morgan Sheppard, who played character roles in Max Headroom, Star Trek, Babylon 5 and Doctor Who, has died at the age of 86. http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2019/01/w-morgan-sheppard-1932-2019.html One of his best know roles was the Big Time TV broadcaster "Blank Reg" on Max Headroom. 

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BattleBots is Back!

The first episode of the new incarnation of Battlebots will air in just over an hour. Here's a tease video in the meantime.

SpaceX strongback fire during launch of TurkmenAlem52E/MonacoSAT - HD

Disney's Tomorrowland - Vision Of Tomorrow Featurette

This new promo video for Disney's Tomorrowland  movie focuses on Walt's futurist side. I'm really hoping that they include more of this kind of footage when the Blu-ray is released.

RoboGames Return!

The first weekend of April marked the return of RoboGames to the San Mateo Expo grounds after a 1-year hiatus.Coverage of the heavyweight robot combat is scheduled to be released later this year on DVD and online streaming.2015 is shaping up to be a good year for robot combat, Battle Bots is returning to TV this summer,

Today is the 10th anniversary of Spaceship One winning the Ansari X-Prize

It's hard to believe that it's been a decade since Spaceship One completed its second qualifying sub-orbital flight to win the $10 million X-Prize. Spaceship One now holds a place of honor in the National Air and Space Museum alongside the Bell X-1 and the X-15.
The anniversary was commemorated in Mojave,Ca. Guests included:
Anousheh Ansari: first female private space explorer, and benefactor of Ansari XPRIZE for Suborbital Spaceflight
Chuck Beames: Executive Director of Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch
Brian Binnie: SpaceShipOne’s Test Pilot for the award winning flight
Richard Branson: Founder of Virgin Group with Virgin Galactic’s revolutionary SpaceShipTwo (VSS Enterprise)
Mike Melvill: SpaceShipOne’s Test Pilot for the first record breaking flight
Burt Rutan: Visionary Aerospace Engineer of SpaceShipOne

Below is a video of the webcast of the celebration.