ROOM: The Space magazine is one of the prominent magazines on space exploration, technology and industry. At ROOM, we share a common goal – promotion of peaceful space exploration for the benefit of humankind, all while bringing you fascinating articles on a variety of popular topics. Our authors include experts and industry leaders from all over the world, which lets us bring you timely and comprehensive information about a public space magazine.
June 2022
Military space – how worried should we be?
... space and ‘civilian’ space, with an all-civilian space agency, NASA. The government and media portrayal of early space was unmistakably ‘peaceful purposes’: see the film The Right Stuff, read the US-published Colliers magazine... more than evident to the expanding population of space trackers, amateurs and enthusiasts. The key moment that military space became public was the space shuttle, whose operational capabilities and features were negotiated...
July 2020
Lego’s replica space programme
... A second major release was the Apollo 11 Lunar Lander set, developed to mark, as the publicity accurately describes, “the 50th anniversary of a historical event that captivated the world”. The 1087 specially... to the space industry, space insurance and space education sectors. He is the author of six books, including The Cambridge Dictionary of Space Technology and Space: The Fragile Frontier, has edited three space industry magazines and written ...
July 2019
Stepping into space with STEAM
... public relations, she is focused on building collaborative relationships between clients, educators and the community. Holly is on the advisory boards for global organisations such as Space Vault, Finsophy, and STEM for Women magazine. She also sits on the Space...
July 2019
Who owns outer space?
..., Dr Scott Pace, emphatically stated: “It bears repeating: outer space is not a ‘global commons’, not the ‘common heritage of mankind’, not ‘res communis’, nor is it a public good. These concepts are not part of the OST and the US has... to science, economics, culture and law. She has degrees in law and physics and has written for magazines, radio and broadcast documentaries. She was recently the ‘in-house’ writer and researcher for London-based...
July 2020
Pandemic in space – are we ready?
... to the detection and reporting of events detrimental to public health after a space mission has returned to Earth. The governance of global health and space activities need not exist in parallel universes Article 9(2)... Guidelines also contain various standards in relation to the protection of public health and the environment, and standards on how to minimise the impact of space activities on Earth that States must bear in mind (e.g. Guidelines ...
February 2019
Building a space museum from scratch
... done plus a few other nice things like replacing the old lighting track fittings. Public outreach at the Canberra Space Centre. Open for business The empty shell I inherited now has over 70,000 visitors... he has worked with organisations to promote international and domestic space science. He has been an active grassroots promoter of science to schools and the public through public speaking and media appearances and also hosted his own weekly...
January 2023
Original Sin - Power, Technology and War in Outer Space
... techno-industrial competition in the global space sector has been known to only those inside it and to liberal arts and humanities academics who cared to look for it. Publicly-released satellite imagery of the Russian...interlinked. “Politics has always been at the heart of humankind’s exploration and utilisation of space, and the space programmes themselves have never been able to transcend terrestrial international politics”. US astronaut, Kevin ...
October 2021
Space in the movies – lessons for spacefarers
... is very much worth watching because it effectively shows three points of particular interest to would-be space voyagers. First, space is tremendously inhospitable and, for now at least, living conditions are likely to be claustrophobic, meaning...formed. Since 2010, Mr Öpik has been very active in three areas: writing, broadcasting and public affairs. He is a published fiction and non-fiction author and a regular contributor and political ...
May 2022
Redefining the space professional – disruptions in the space sector workforce
...; technical skills inferring a mixture of required ‘upskilling’ and ‘reskilling’ to build a space ecosystem. Looking at the requirements for future public space organisations, coupled with the requirements of private space, one sees the heavy influence of Industry 4.0 skillsets and technologies...
