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April 2020
Space Florida - gateway to an interstellar future
... on an, at times, unpredictable federal programmes. As America and the world watched a Space Shuttle land for the final time in 2011, the outlook for Florida’s space industry was gloomy Space Florida’s solution was a widely-supported strategy to diversify Florida’s aerospace...
February 2019
The Space Elevator – an alternative path to space?
... spectacular launch failures. The rocket equation for chemical rockets results in only a small payload fraction. The space shuttle carried only one train-wagon-equivalent payload to LEO, around 27.5 metric tons (mt), or 1.4 percent of...000 mt oil platforms in one piece on board ships [6]. The additional landing equipment hauled up with reusable rockets decreases payload further. Landing more than the first stage and return to the launch point after...
June 2022
Military space – how worried should we be?
... Brothers, 1983) unmistakeably reflected the US government and media portrayal of early space as ‘peaceful purposes’. The Space Shuttle had its own dedicated west coast military base, Vandenberg Air Force Base. ... States. ‘Full spectrum’ essentially comprises satellites for: Optical photo-reconnaissance, generally focussed on land Radar-based reconnaissance, often focussed on naval movements Electronic intelligence (elint) and signals intelligence ...
May 2020
Space for Art – The magnificent beauty of spaceflight
... to all of the photographers who are chronicling the magnificent beauty of spaceflight. To me, this picture of the Space Shuttle Discovery’s roll to the launch pad for her final flight is the most beautiful I’ve ever seen. With... and successfully we should also be living like crew members together here on Spaceship Earth. Expedition 62 Soyuz landing, Kazakhstan – February 2020 A beautiful, robust, safe, yet not so gentle return to Earth on a...
February 2019
Building a space museum from scratch
... pieces of heatshield, materials from a Mercury spacecraft, and several types of thermal protection tiles used in the Space Shuttle programme. For a space-nut like me, it was heaven. The big crate had my heart pounding. It stood nearly as tall... of rocket engine you would use to leave Earth, it was a Lunar Module Descent Engine, the type you land on the Moon with! “Oh my gosh,” I thought. “I have my museum right here.” So I had the elements of an ...
July 2020
Lego’s replica space programme
... 1.8 kg. Then there’s the piece-count of 1969, which is presumably a nod to the year of the first manned landing. Each of the three rocket stages are separable, and the set includes a scale lunar module on a ‘lunar... for commercial, lack-of-saleability reasons). It could, however, be time to consider that icon of human space travel, the Space Shuttle, as it drifts further into the mists of history and rose-tinted recollection. About the author Mark...
January 2023
Original Sin - Power, Technology and War in Outer Space
...images of the planets, stars and nebulae, the Apollo Moon landings, Martian rovers, or guitar-wielding astronauts on the International Space Station. These encapsulate space as a realm where humans work together in the pursuit ...were in part deliberate covers for developing essential military space technologies such as more capable missiles, nuclear warheads and spy satellites. The US Space Shuttle was in part originally designed and funded to meet...
February 2021
Space archaeology - preserving our orbital heritage
... flake travelling in excess of 17,500 miles per hour is significant, as shown by craters observed in Space Shuttle windows. Whilst larger assets such as the ISS have Whipple shielding to provide a measure of protection from... Case study One notable space asset within the space heritage discussion is the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Launched in 1988 aboard Space Shuttle Discovery, it is clear that the venerable space telescope has a limited future...
August 2021
Born to juggle in space
...might witness in a future space bar while sharing a space beer with some space friends. Growing up near the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio and in Florida, within view of Space Shuttles leaving the planet, I ...developed an early appreciation for space exploration. In addition to my love of the cosmos, and perhaps related to my...
