ROOM: The Space magazine is one of the prominent magazines on space exploration, technology and industry. At ROOM, we share a common objective – advancement of peaceful space exploration for the benefit of humankind, all while bringing you fascinating articles on an assortment,a range of popular topics. Our authors include analysts and industry leaders from all over the world, which lets us bring you the newest and detailed information about shuttle space.
August 2016
The promise of space tourism
...the spacecraft entered lunar orbit on Christmas Eve1968. Nothing compares to the actual experience of being in outer space. Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison ‘Jack’ Schmitt’s biggest regret is that he couldn’t have stayed longer on... potential as a blossoming commercial enterprise, there may be some good existential reasons why commercial space, in particular space tourism, may be an important link in humanity’s long-term survival. An immediate benefit ...
March 2017
Space for art: Quilting in orbit
...by children at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center that were then beautifully quilted together by space suit manufacturer ILC Dover. HOPE was invited to participate in a display at the 2016 International Quilt ...when we make those first steps on Mars we will be wearing space suits. As we’ve seen, space suits designed for use in space have inspired space suit art, but they have also inspired fashion designers to think differently...
May 2017
World needs strong space governance system
...is a prudent, efficient and strong global governance - including a robust space governance system. By global space governance we mean a collection of space-related international binding agreements and non-binding guidelines (and codes of conduct...broadcasting, weather forecasting, navigation, medicine, security and remote sensing - to embrace space tourism, space mining, space-based solar power, and the future settlement on the Moon and Mars. Along...
August 2018
AI offers new approach to space situational awareness
... Using for example Variational Autoencoders (VAE), we can model the variations of the appearance of a particular space object or a class of space objects. We can also model (or interpolate) a finer variation between objects or types. In figure ...that can be used to complement the learning process and generate ever more powerful models. The Space Fence space surveillance system built by Lockheed Martin for the US Air Force, due to be operational in ...
October 2018
The ethics of space exploration
...philosopher, re-affirming its role as a multi-disciplinary think tank for the global space community. The Space Generation Advisory Council could initiate a project group dedicated to humanities in general, ...themselves with issues related to morality. The International Astronautical Federation (IAF) could invite philosophers to create a Space Ethics Committee. The list of potential initiatives goes on. Ultimately, it is up to us to question our...
October 2018
Using space-based data for humanitarian causes
..., as yet it has failed to categorise law in such a way that gives countries affirmative duties to employ space technology to mitigate human suffering. The situation is likely to be exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change as it leads... School of Law, and his courses at the University of North Dakota include space law, history of the space age, space politics & policy, space & the environment, and remote sensing law & regulation. He has been a...
August 2018
Ever-changing views on space resource utilisation
... blindly, did not facilitate the attraction of investment, whereas the possibility that extraction of space resources amounts to appropriation incommodes the initial planning. Hearing the concerns of all parties involved... and private interests. Whether a regulatory solution is on the horizon or not, the debate on space resources governance is definitely here to stay, especially given the time-consuming procedures involved. Serious international...
March 2016
Space Oddities: The Problem with Imagination
... her flight and didn’t eat during her three days in space. Surviving members of the original Mercury 13 on a Kennedy Space Center visit to witness a Space Shuttle launch - though they were not given the chance to become... steps on a celestial body other than Earth. Eileen Collins became the first female to pilot the Space Shuttle. Ed Dwight - the first African-American -astronaut trainee (selected by the Kennedy administration despite open ...
March 2016
Why We Need Space Artists
...been a factor in the public’s rapid disenchantment with the space programme? Space hotel with zero-g stadium and super-shuttles (Gouache + digital). From ‘Futures: 50 Years in Space’ by David A Hardy & Patrick Moore, 2004 Throughout the...his own vehicles and hardware, which he did to great effect: ‘ferry rockets’, forerunners of the Space Shuttle, a space station powered by solar energy, Moon bases and much more. The Czech artist Ludek Pesek is ...
