Issue #2(2) 2014 Lounge

The vanity of machines

Ready for the big event – Rosetta mission selfie taken on 7 October at a distance of about 16 km from its target comet

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High hopes for Brazil’s space ambitions

Opinion

What future for UK human spaceflight?

Asteroid Redirect Mission: preparing for Mars in deep space

ROOM, Space Magazine Cover

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Opinion

Can humanity outgrow its primitive mind before reaching the stars?

Space agencies and the armed forces are susceptible to conspiracy theories, largely due to the perceived lack of transparency concerning their activities. Above: Major Jesse A. Marcel holds a piece of foil-lined material related to the Roswell, New Mexico, UFO incident at Fort Worth Army Airfield, 8 July 1947 (Photo: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries Special Collections Division).

Astronautics

Winning the Space Race at home