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July 2019
Stepping into space with STEAM
... 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... team. For companies like STEAMSPACE Education OutreachTM, incorporating STEAM for youth in Space Education is the guiding principle. In addition to science, technology, engineering and maths, the arts, and design in particular, will...
February 2019
The Space Elevator – an alternative path to space?
...enough to scale up the elevator, e.g., to 1000 mt payload. Unfortunately, very little activity of the Space Elevator community is directed to tether maintenance or growth, although, e.g., the automated replacement of railroad tracks..., vol. 152, p. 123–126, 2018. 22 J. Pearson and E. Levin, “Lunar Space Elevator Design in Lunar Space Elevators for Cislunar Space Development,” Star Inc., 2005. 23 M. Lades, “Mars Lift Update,” in IAC18, Proceedings,...
August 2017
Big science from small spacecraft
... the MarCO (Mars Cube One) spacecraft as the first interplanetary cubesats, intended as pathfinders for the space science community. Two MarCO spacecraft are scheduled to launch on the same rocket as InSight in May 2018,...other space agencies. About the author Anthony Freeman joined NASA’s JPL in 1987 and is now manager of JPL’s incubator of new ideas, the Innovation Foundry, working on many mission concepts across Earth Science, Planetary Science ...
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...the Museum of 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 ...
February 2019
Building a space museum from scratch
..., located in a beautiful farming valley just outside of the capital city of Australia. The Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC) is one of three facilities that provides two-way radio contact to around 40..., during which he has worked with organisations to promote international and domestic space science. He has been an active grassroots promoter of science to schools and the public through public speaking and media appearances and also...
July 2019
Who owns outer space?
... to it as a ‘failed treaty’. If the ‘common heritage’ principle was applied to outer space mining, then Planetary Resources, Moon Express and others could be compelled to share their intellectual property and profits. Not...of ‘the mankind provisions’ has thus reached an impasse and, according to former Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Space Law, Prof Joanne Gabrynowitz, it is “now primarily a political problem and... therefore, only subject to ...
October 2018
Using space-based data for humanitarian causes
...currently serves as an Graduate Program Director and Assistant Professor in the Department of Space Studies in the John D Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences at the University of North Dakota. Prof Dodge obtained his JD from the... law & regulation. He has been a contributor to several aviation and space law focused journals, is a member of the International Institute of Space Law, is the Chair of the Legal Technical Committee with the American ...
October 2018
The ethics of space exploration
... beauties to be discovered, mysteries to be unravelled, and stories to be told. So, we went for the thrill, and in the name of science. Our emissaries were heroes, made of the right stuff, and the names of our rockets were borrowed... on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST). Its last report was back in 2000 – when space mining and planetary protection were not even mentioned. Next, it would be interesting for all major...
June 2018
Space 2080 a future perspective
...years ago we did not even know about the existence of exoplanets. Animal bay on a futuristic spaceship. Planetary exploration The collection of data on Saturn’s rings is done with hundreds of probes inspecting their rocks. ...and landing rocket plane. All space programmes were boosted because the price of access to Earth orbit decreased to a fourth of its initial value. On Earth as it is on Mars - Earth’s martian science city. Mineral resources “As ...
