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April 2020
Space Florida - gateway to an interstellar future
...and investing in commercialising aged or under-utilised assets. Facilities that once launched NASA’s Apollo and Space Shuttle missions are now launching commercial rockets. The state’s spaceport system is a living example of ...Processing Facilities (OPF) of NASA that were used to turnaround and process the Space Shuttle after landing for subsequent re-flight to space. Space Florida secured a long-term property agreement for the first of these, OPF ...
February 2019
The Space Elevator – an alternative path to space?
... and challenges will be faced? In this article Martin Lades considers the concept, the existing competition and the outlook for Space Elevator research. The first elevator may be as expensive as the Space Shuttle but ...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...
February 2022
Revolution and responsibility: the challenges of space
... or even criticism that are perfectly understandable: “What right does humanity have to appropriate space? Isn’t this aspect of space law further evidence of human arrogance?” This interpretation is possible, as is the human pride... prefer the one that emphasises the responsibility of humanity that explores and will someday exploit space. To declare space and celestial bodies as the common heritage of humankind is to recognise and accept the ...
June 2022
Military space – how worried should we be?
..., 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...Bart Hendrickx in Belgium, tends to be outgunned by commentaries higher on suspicion and hyperbole. In the most challenging international situation for a generation, there is there is merit in finding ways of de-escalation, especially through ...
February 2019
Building a space museum from scratch
...the visitor centre, known locally as the Canberra Space Centre (CSC). He said, “Yes, do anything you want, as long it doesn’t cost anything.” I accepted the challenge. Channelling Indiana Jones I asked the station Director...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 ...
September 2016
Transforming US space policy
... between the United States and the Soviet Union, the Apollo programme, Space Shuttle launches, the International Space Station; all high profile human exploration programmes carried out by world governments. Many do not realise ...data and services from private industry rather than develop, own, operate and sustain full-up space systems These challenges can be met. We must project military strength in order to deter our adversaries, focus government...
February 2021
Space archaeology - preserving our orbital heritage
... paint 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 debris...STS-125 Hubble servicing mission four. Challenges There are many challenges facing the orbital heritage of the space industry. The need to remove the smaller sub-10 cm space debris along with larger outdated or ...
May 2020
Space for Art – The magnificent beauty of spaceflight
... so, and I am so thankful 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... to and from the ISS together for the past 20 years – over half that time in parallel with Space Shuttle flights, and now our sole means of transport since the...
August 2021
Born to juggle in space
...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...months before my first parabolic flight, I read articles about how people move in weightlessness and the challenges they experience. It seemed that on parabolic flights, when people tried to push themselves from one...
