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October 2020
Space 2069 - back to the Moon, to Mars and beyond
... industry have ‘travelled’ by now if the Apollo programme had not been cancelled, how realistic are the hopes and dreams of humanity becoming a space-dwelling, multi-planetary species and, most importantly for some, when will we take... editor of BBC News Online. He has won many awards including European Internet Journalist of the year and the first Arthur award for space reporting. He has written seven acclaimed books and has made more broadcasts...
May 2022
Redefining the space professional – disruptions in the space sector workforce
...on ‘boundary control’ - their ability to keep work and family separate, which directly influences when and how much work is done. As for employee retention, employers will now have to work harder at dynamic ... instances, a Master’s degree has been seen as the default entry requirement to becoming a space professional. For example, in January 2022, the European Space Agency (ESA) published a schematic where all paths to an ESA staff position ...
January 2019
Saving humanity – is space up to the job?
... has been so gradual that the general public has only a modest awareness of how dependent our global society has become on space navigation systems, space-based communications, remote sensing, meteorological services, and even national defence systems. But...
April 2021
Space wars - how they start and how to end them
...a zero-degree inclination low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite would not pass within current space surveillance sensor networks, yet can become a universal ASAT through relatively low delta-v manoeuvres that simply change orbital altitude... different for each conflict theatre of operations, and perhaps for each perceived current conflict escalation level. How space wars start Like any wars in the past, both modern and ancient, conflict can be initiated ...
October 2020
Open Source Space
... than traditional large satellites but they were still beyond the reach of most aspiring space teams that wanted to learn how to design, build, launch and operate satellites. And although the cost of building ...the last few years have seen the topic of sustainability - in both a business and environmental sense - become prominent in the space industry. There has been a substantial increase in the quantity and value of funding and investment streams...
October 2021
Space in the movies – lessons for spacefarers
...human politics right back to when politics began. Human nature won’t change in space, so the idea of an Empire that becomes immensely self-protecting, with a power-hungry ruler, is quite plausible. After...and political commentator on national and international programmes. Mr Öpik is a qualified pilot and a professional aviation journalist, as well as a contributor to scientific and astronomy-based publications. He was elected Chairman of Asgardia’s...
March 2017
Space research inspires innovation in fashion
...presenting and valuing consumer goods as powerful visual communication signs, which were considered important enough to become privileged subjects of the art in themselves. In this international context, a company which proposes...in optical fibre, shirts with luminescent piping as in astronaut suits, outwear with embroideries like space debris, leather jackets decorated with crystals, jeans with imprinted entire constellations, sneakers with lunar ...
May 2017
Future space applications and their regulatory needs
... face of tremendous pressure to allocate existing space spectrum to new, commercial terrestrial uses. Orbital crowding, space debris and the resulting need for space traffic management, are quickly becoming major priorities - but who will develop ...for constructive and practical decision-making and conflict resolution. The landmark space treaties of 50 years ago are now relics of a past world. How can we not only update them to meet the needs of ...
June 2017
Space economics - industry trends and space investing
...even larger role in shaping both the priorities and the laws and policies governing space. I see this as a consequence of traditional space becoming less influential in that process and some of the protectionism surrounding jobs being lessened... in countries around the world will expect more from their space programmes and become more involved with how they see human’s future in space. Adroit politicians will tap into the interest and leverage it...
