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October 2018
The ethics of space exploration
... of the activities themselves. As a child, the first image that came to my mind when thinking about space exploration, was that of an astronaut delicately picking up a rock, somewhere on the vast expanses of the...meaning I have mixed feelings about that narrative of space exploration. As a technology enthusiast, I am delighted – except, of course, for the seemingly inevitable space war. The progress we are making is beyond all hope. Part of me,...
February 2019
Building a space museum from scratch
...that benefit all of us every day. The empty shell I inherited now has over 70,000 visitors a year coming out to see it and 10,000 school students and their teachers coming to learn about the wonders of space and ... 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 TV programme about space exploration and ...
June 2022
Military space – how worried should we be?
...military’ 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 or Russia... both the famous Telstar communications satellite and the first British satellite, Ariel, but few talked about it. The Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) project, cancelled in 1969, was touted as an early ...
January 2021
Time to change our relationship with space?
... it a sense of adventure, danger and romance reminiscent of the cultural impact of the Space Age. Isn’t this our destiny, isn’t this what ‘Space’ is all about? Chris Lee argues that humanity’s destiny today remains Earth and not... of ‘astronaut as hero’ was more muted in my upbringing, the PR less obvious, the people more distant. TIME magazine was not a regular on our coffee table. Instead I was fascinated by where the astronauts were going and...
October 2024
Space industry trajectory under the spotlight of cultural anthropology
... humans explore space at all? Is it worth it to send humans to space? What cultural outcomes will result from continued human space exploration and the colonisation of other worlds? And lastly, what can we learn about our present selves... and the historic. Ground Control: An Argument for the End of Human Space Exploration, by Savannah Mandel, published by Chicago Review Press, July 2024, ISBN 978-1-64160-992-0. Available to purchase online and...
November 2021
The philosophy of space missions today
...can philosophy say about space exploration, and what exactly is the philosophy behind any space mission? In this article, philosopher Konrad Szocik outlines the main issues that the philosophy of space mission deals with...might be. Philosophers ponder not only whether we should inform a potential extraterrestrial intelligence of our existence at all, but also what protocols Earth residents should apply in the event of an encounter with such an ...
March 2017
Space for art: Quilting in orbit
... who might not otherwise have been interested. As a result, generating excitement about all the amazing things happening in space that are benefitting us all right here on Earth. At this year’s International Quilt Festival in Houston,...fashion designers to think differently about our own Earthly clothing. That inspiration has been based on the technology as well as on the ‘cool’ factor that comes from all things space! Continuing this edition’s ...
July 2019
Luxembourg’s space legislation
... with the wishes of the companies, the first article of the Luxembourg legislation proclaims that all space resources are capable of being appropriated; at the same time, the law stresses that the... participation of non-governmental entities in outer space. The development of Luxembourg’s space-related legislation continues. About the author Prof Dr Mahulena Hofmann is holder of the SES Chair in Space, SatCom and Media Law at the University...
October 2021
Space in the movies – lessons for spacefarers
...’ on their home planet or space station. This is, in fact, an unintentional subtext of Star Wars, revealed by the fact that almost all the non-central characters are seen going about their jobs, getting on with life, while the key... come here to raise ‘ghouls’ from the ground. “Can your heart stand the shocking facts about graverobbers from outer space?” - if not, you’d better skip this one. There are also films that don’t add...
