Issue #2(2) 2014 Lounge

The vanity of machines

Me too – Curiosity Mars rover’s selfie at the ‘Windjana’ drilling site. Curiosity has accomplished its main goal by confirming that Mars once possessed conditions favourable for microbial life

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Science

Protecting areas of scientific importance on the Moon

Astronautics

Beagle 2: discovering the lost Mars lander

Environment

Tracking air pollution and monitoring climate change

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Many hazards have been identified originating in space, which although unlikely, continue to pose real dangers to our way of life, and in the worst cases to human health and safety. Opinion

Focusing the world on planetary defence

Operators who view space primarily as infrastructure, a functional zone for communications or defence, tend to see debris as an operational risk rather than a symptom of an extractive system. Astronautics

The imagined sky – power, inequality and the future of space sustainability