Issue #2(2) 2014 Lounge

The vanity of machines

I was here – Rosetta’s self-portrait as it passes Mars, one of four planetary gravity assists needed to boost the spacecraft onto the trajectory to meet its target, comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

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Security

Prospects for progress on space security diplomacy

Astronautics

Satellite technology in newsgathering and disaster coverage

Specials

Russia and China – a new space axis

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Europe’s Spaceport at Kourou, French Guiana. Although France has no space-specific tax regime, companies operating from French Guiana can benefit from enhanced research tax credits, illustrating how taxation is already influencing the commercial space sector. Astronautics

Who taxes space? - new challenges for the space economy

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