ROOM: The Space magazine is one of the major magazines on space exploration, technology and industry. At ROOM, we share a common goal – advancement of peaceful space exploration for the benefit of humankind, all while bringing you incisive articles on a variety of contemporary topics. Our authors include scientists and industry leaders from all over the world, which lets us bring you the newest and comprehensive information about collier's magazine space exploration.
October 2018
The ethics of space exploration
... meaningfulness 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 red planet...to do our thinking and speaking”, is considered a positive outcome by most technology gurus today. Space exploration now – a futuristic vision of mining asteroids and the Moon for water, minerals and precious ...
February 2022
Revolution and responsibility: the challenges of space
...much of this understanding reflects back on our home planet, there is much that the history of space exploration can teach us about our responsibility for the terrestrial environment. Jacques Arnould takes a philosophical look ... between sciences, cultures and religions, with a particular interest in two areas: life sciences and space exploration. He has written several books on the historical and theological dimensions of the life sciences. Since...
July 2021
Nitrous oxide – a green propellant for commercial space exploration
... nitrous oxide from the running as a rocket propellant for decades until the commercialisation of space exploration began in the mid-1990s. By that time, there were several commercial companies building... was soon pushed out of consideration by other propellants featuring higher specific impulse performance. The commercialisation of space exploration has, however, induced a revival of interest in this propellant, which can be considered the ‘dark...
July 2021
Collaboration and competition in lunar exploration
... of LEO programmes - as well as robotic lunar exploration missions. Currently, over 30 countries were reported to be actively financing space exploration activities Moreover, space exploration is not only attracting the interest of an increasing ...sector, providing the opportunity for governments to rethink their strategic plans in space exploration. New lunar exploration era The next decade will be marked by the emergence and consolidation of...
July 2019
Stepping into space with STEAM
... yes, settlers too, are currently to be found in classrooms around the world. And as our world embraces space science and space exploration on a whole new level, it is imperative that we address the question: “How will we thrive, not...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 Economy Task Force in Austin, Texas. Jeff Smith is a Material ...
October 2018
Radiation study paves way for safe deep space exploration
...provides a detailed description of the MARE payload and its implications for enabling future human space exploration. While astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS), at an altitude of about 400 km, are beyond the radiation ... and eventually round-trips to Mars. It is the first human-rated spacecraft for beyond-LEO space exploration since the Apollo programme. Crew radiation protection is a design driver of the Orion spacecraft and...
July 2019
Next steps in human space exploration
...its development and growth. Presentations focussed on the United Arab Emirates’ expanding international interests in space exploration and development, including the plenary panel highlighted below on ‘The Future of Manned Spaceflight’, ...to the way it used to be billions of years ago. Every one of us has talked about using space and space exploration to make life better for humans here on the planet and in fact that’s our goal. We’ll continue to...
October 2020
Space 2069 - back to the Moon, to Mars and beyond
... Moon landing has been a cause for celebration, admiration, nostalgia and much contemplation. How far could space exploration and industry have ‘travelled’ by now if the Apollo programme had not been cancelled, how realistic... With such expeditions, the Moon’s expanses will be opened up as we see sights we have only imagined. A concept to explore dark lunar craters. Becoming Martian By 2069 humanity will have survived on Mars for 6,750 Martian days...
August 2016
Are the days of innovation in global space over - or just beginning?
.... We must not underestimate contributions made to the arts and to our cultural history by space exploration and space travel While the USA and the Soviet Union fought for state-based supremacy both on land...times. We must not underestimate the contribution made to the arts and to our cultural history by space exploration and space travel. Technological advancement, accelerated by the 20th century’s love affair with worldwide warfare, will mean that...
