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Tobacco cost could rocket post-Brexit according to latest doom and gloom prediction
LEAVING Europe could put the price of cigarettes up by £3 per packet according to the latest prediction on life outside the Union. As the referendum approaches a report has suggested a pack of 20 cigarettes could go up by a third, a respected international think-tank has said. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and...
One step closer to life on Mars: Real-life ‘Tony Stark’ planning Red Planet rocket by 2018
PRIVATE space exploration firm SpaceX has revealed that it will be aiming to get a rocket to Mars as early as 2018. The Elon Musk-backed firm will be working with space agency NASA in its mission to get an unmanned Dragon capsule to the Red Planet, the company announced on Twitter. The mission will essentially act as a stepping...
SpaceX lands rocket on ocean platform for first time
AFTER four failed bids SpaceX finally stuck the landing on Friday, powering the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket onto an ocean platform where it touched down upright after launching cargo to space. Images of the tall, narrow rocket gliding down serenely onto a platform that SpaceX calls a droneship sparked applause and...