For my father.


Summertime, June twenty-one
Rising at the crack of dawn
Homework done, father son
Going for a morning drive
What a day to be alive
The day we saw a rocket ship come flying through the sky

And we have always shared times like this and more
And I still go there in my mind
The day we saw that rocket ship come flying through the sky

They left the moon when I was born
Did you know then that you were the moon to me?
High above and smiling down
Old and wise and gentle eyes
I repaid the smallest slice
The day we saw the rocket ship come shining through the sky

And now that I have flown to a place that we once read about
Your favorite son can see your light
Coming round our roundabout
Remembering our talks each night
Before we saw a rocket flight ascending out of sight

The aeroplane was true and strong
Carrying the spaceship on
Just like you once raised me, John
Now it flies all on its own
And this is what it meant to me
The day we saw the rocket plane come soar above Mojave

White Knight and SpaceShip One
A father and a son
Two in awe and two up high
The day, oh dad, our rocket ship came flying through the sky

Rocket Ship

In this podcast series from the Royal Aeronautical Society's monthly AEROSPACE magazine, Editor in Chief Tim Robinson, Deputy Editor Stephen Bridgewater and Features Editor Bella Richards analyse recent aviation, aerospace and space news - and preview the next (July 2024) edition of the magazine. New this month, is Specialist Group Insight with Seth Moffat, Chair of the RAeS Flight Operations Group. (Get in contact with FOG via membership@aerosociety.com) Find out more at www.aerosociety.com

AEROSPACE NOTAM - July 2024

In this podcast series from the Royal Aeronautical Society's monthly AEROSPACE magazine, Editor in Chief Tim Robinson, Deputy Editor Stephen Bridgewater and Features Editor Bella Richards analyse recent aviation, aerospace and space news - and preview the latest (August 2024) edition of the magazine. In this episode, we also have Specialist Group Insight with Seth Moffat, Chair of the RAeS Flight Operations Group in conversation with Dr. Sunjoo Advani who discuss Upset Prevention and Recovery Training. (Get in contact with FOG via membership@aerosociety.com) Find out more at www.aerosociety.com

AEROSPACE NOTAM - September 2024

In this podcast series from the Royal Aeronautical Society's monthly AEROSPACE magazine, Editor in Chief Tim Robinson, Deputy Editor Stephen Bridgewater and Features Editor, Jack Richardson analyse recent aviation, aerospace and space news - and preview the latest (October 2024) edition of the magazine. In this episode, we also have Specialist Group Insight with Seth Moffat, Chair of the RAeS Flight Operations Group in conversation with Captain Alex Fisher who discuss Loss of Control Incidents (LOC-I). (Get in contact with FOG via membership@aerosociety.com) Find out more at www.aerosociety.com

AEROSPACE NOTAM - October 2024

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In this podcast series from the Royal Aeronautical Society's monthly AEROSPACE magazine, Editor in Chief Tim Robinson, Deputy Editor Stephen Bridgewater and Features Editor, Jack Richardson analyse recent aviation, aerospace and space news - and preview the latest (January 2025) edition of the magazine. In this episode, we also have Specialist Group Insight with Seth Moffat, Chair of the RAeS Flight Operations Group. (Get in contact with FOG via membership@aerosociety.com) Find out more at www.aerosociety.com

AEROSPACE NOTAM - January 2025

In this podcast series from the Royal Aeronautical Society's monthly AEROSPACE magazine, Editor in Chief Tim Robinson, Deputy Editor Stephen Bridgewater and Features Editor, Jack Richardson analyse recent aviation, aerospace and space news - and preview the latest (February 2025) edition of the magazine. In this episode, we also have the Specialist Group Insight with Seth Moffat, Chair of the RAeS Flight Operations Group along with Steven Green, who discuss the complex and busy airspace around Washington DC. (Get in contact with FOG via membership@aerosociety.com) Find out more at www.aerosociety.com

AEROSPACE NOTAM - February 2025

Rocketmate

In this podcast series from the Royal Aeronautical Society's monthly AEROSPACE magazine, Editor in Chief Tim Robinson, Deputy Editor Stephen Bridgewater and Features Editor, Jack Richardson analyse recent aviation, aerospace and space news - and preview the latest (March 2025) edition of the magazine. In this episode, we also have the Specialist Group Insight with Seth Moffat, Chair of the RAeS Flight Operations Group along with Capt Kimberly Coryat, who discuss women in aviation, progress made so far and barriers that female airline pilots still face. (Get in contact with FOG via membership@aerosociety.com) Find out more at www.aerosociety.com

AEROSPACE NOTAM - March 2025

In this podcast series from the Royal Aeronautical Society's monthly AEROSPACE magazine, Editor in Chief Tim Robinson, Deputy Editor Stephen Bridgewater and Features Editor, Jack Richardson analyse recent aviation, aerospace and space news - and preview the latest (April 2025) edition of the magazine. In this episode, we also have the Specialist Group Insight with Seth Moffat, Chair of the RAeS Flight Operations Group and Robert Scott who discuss the recent Single Pilot Operations conference. (Get in contact with FOG via membership@aerosociety.com) Find out more at www.aerosociety.com


AEROSPACE NOTAM - April 2025

yo can I be real with you my guy you give off cool dog vibes like you lowkey like squirrels but you went to training and got impulse control so you would never hurt one if you know what I mean. im a dog too and it makes me happy when i read your comments cuz it feels like i can participate in this park too. good on you bro thank you so much

what would you do in this situation

Everyone was talking about Katy Perry being in space, but I couldn’t stop thinking about the environmental costs. This podcast is my way of asking: was it really worth it?

This is my submission for the New York Times Student Podcast Contest 2025.

Katy Perry in space, the planet paid for it

In this episode and the next one we are going to do something unusual.  We will explore the adoption of sophisticated flight control automation and look for lessons that may apply to the adoption of AI-augmented systems.

To help us understand these lessons, we are fortunate to talk with Professor David Mindell of MIT.  He is the acclaimed author of numerous books in this area, notably "Digital Apollo - Human and Machine in Spaceflight."  In this book he examines both the design of the flight controls for the vehicles that conveyed astronauts to the moon in 1969 and beyond and how the people were trained to use them.

Dr. David Mindell is Professor of Aerospace Engineering and the History of Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  Professor Mindell has spent more than three decades researching the myriad relationships between people and machines and innovating to improve them.  He is interested in human and machine collaboration; navigation and autonomy for transportation and mobility; ultra-wideband systems; history of aviation and spaceflight; and entrepreneurship.

Mind The Gap: Episode 22: Human and Machine in Spaceflight

Im black and I don't like the government :)

Swiss Producer. I make beats. Just trying stuff out.

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The Royal Aeronautical Society is the world's only professional body dedicated to the entire aerospace community. Established in 1866 to further the art, science and engineering of aeronautics, the Society has been at the forefront of developments in aerospace ever since.

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