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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Security

Space debris, Kessler Syndrome, and the unreasonable expectation of certainty

Security

Data Systems to Support Early Warning of Spaceborne Emergency Situations

Astronautics

European centre shifts emphasis to deep space missions

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Pregnancy among the stars - the biology of birth beyond Earth

The space beyond Earth is awash with radiation – charged particles emitted from the Sun, confined within Earth’s magnetosphere or originating from the wider Universe, are a major cause of satellite anomalies and malfunctions. Opinion

Spacecraft protection and resilience - a convergent approach