ROOM: The Space magazine is one of the top magazines on space exploration, technology and industry. At ROOM, we share a common objective – promotion of peaceful space exploration for the benefit of humankind, all while bringing you fascinating articles on an array of contemporary topics. Our authors include researchers and industry leaders from all over the world, which lets us bring you the most up-to-date and detailed information about earth space science magazine.
May 2021
Forecasting space-weather effects on Earth
...but magnetic field variations on the ground, due to the electric currents in the near-Earth space environment, can intensify during a geomagnetic storm and adversely affect compass navigation. For the most... National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) and at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado Boulder. Dr Nair’s research interests include geomagnetic field processing and ...
May 2020
Space astronomy at the limits of technology
... Observatories - Hubble, Compton, Chandra and Spitzer – which gives him a fairly unique perspective on space science. ROOM’s US editor, Amanda Miller, delves into his engineering background and the key technologies of the...optical surfaces, so you have to cool them as much as possible. An artist’s concept depicting the Spitzer Space Telescope in space much as it would appear at the end of its mission on 30 January 2020, with a backdrop depicting...
February 2019
The Space Elevator – an alternative path to space?
...as a TV satellite in GEO remains above the same point on the ground as Earth rotates. The diagram above shows the basic physics for an Earth Space Elevator concept. The green line marks the combined potential of gravity and... to carry its own weight with low or no taper from GEO down to the ground in Earth’s gravity field. A proposed limit strength for an Earth Space Elevator is 30 MYuri. A MYuri (Mega-Yuri), named after Yuri Artsutanov, one of the...
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, ...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 ...
March 2021
Space weather and risk mitigation
... it from scientific curiosity to commercially-recognised threat. Historically, awareness of space hazards was limited to countries with operational space science missions, but the growing volume and variety of infrastructure interconnections has changed...events can be monitored using low or medium resolution satellites such as the GOES geostationary Earth observation satellites and polar-orbiting satellites such as Landsat and SPOT. Data from polar...
July 2020
Lego’s replica space programme
...The closest example of real space technology to the 10,000-vote target appeared to be the SLS/Artemis set (at 2678), but one should not underestimate the competition from science fiction (Red Dwarf’s Starbug... 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 ...
January 2021
What it takes to be a space entrepreneur
...Levin, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin subsidiary GEOshare, and co-founder of XM Radio and the MILO Space Science Institute. Levin is also interested in how people make money from their ideas and get strangers to ...sometimes a little too quickly, but certain things really do disrupt how business is being done. The MILO Space Science Institute is also revolutionary. There’s nothing like a MILO out there, because up until now, everyone assumed...
August 2019
Reinventing the space museum
... the depths of its storms, you can ‘see’ lightning storms underneath this dynamic surface”. Because space science can be challenging to visualize, the use of new digital and experimental tools and mediums are important... Interstellar Art. In his spare time, Wael volunteers as Outreach Coordinator with the Planetary Society, promoting space science and STEM education in Europe and the Middle East. He also enjoys photography, reading and ambient pop...
May 2020
Space for Art – The magnificent beauty of spaceflight
... together the wonder of space, science and art. As we push forward to launching new spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) and on to the Moon and Mars, and as more commercial activities develop in space, it’s important that the..., peacefully 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...
