ROOM: The Space Journal is one of the major 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 a plethora of interesting topics. Our authors include scientists and industry leaders from all over the world, which lets us bring you timely and accurate information about hubble 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
... of the twenty-first century. Surrounded by stars - this starfield, captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3 and Advanced Camera for Surveys, contains the globular cluster ESO 520...interrelation 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 2001...
October 2024
Space exploration remains a crucial endeavour for humanity
...This debate broadens perspectives on economic development, scientific progress and educational inspiration fostered by space exploration. Medical device company Lazurite’s ArthroFree Wireless Camera System is the first FDA-cleared..., including transportation, logistics and agriculture. The significant return on investment historically offered by space exploration also underscores its economic impact. For example, the Apollo programme of the 1960s, ...
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 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...
October 2024
Space industry trajectory under the spotlight of cultural anthropology
... this lens of expertise that I confront current and historic perceptions of human space exploration. Who really benefits from human space exploration when access is granted only to those who have the money to get ...my LinkedIn network. If my anthropological fieldwork taught me anything, it was that arguing against human space exploration would alienate me from the space industry. But we have to make tough decisions as adults, don’t we? We have to...
May 2025
Mythologies of Outer Space - A new perspective on the final frontier
...and fostering nation-to-nation relations based on treaties,” he states. A mirror to space ethics Space exploration narratives have long been interwoven with themes of conquest and discovery, setting a ...ideology, and ethics converge. Through a multidisciplinary lens, the contributors urge us to rethink our approach to space exploration. Will it be an extension of exploitative colonial practices, or can it become a domain of equitable collaboration...
January 2023
Original Sin - Power, Technology and War in Outer Space
... work together in the pursuit of knowledge for the common benefit of humankind. Yet these feats of science and space exploration, which inspire many, are only the tip of the iceberg of a 70-year-long militarised Global... was in part originally designed and funded to meet the Pentagon’s and the Intelligence Community’s needs. The Hubble Space Telescope is an adapted KH-11 spy satellite that simply looks to the cosmos rather than down on Earth. The ...
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...
