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July 2020
Lego’s replica space programme
...grown up, Lego is still there with a range of construction kits that celebrate space technology. Mark Williamson opens the box on Lego’s space endeavour. The Lego Group was founded in 1932 by Ole Kirk Kristiansen, the name... commercial, lack-of-saleability reasons). It could, however, be time to consider that icon of human space travel, the Space Shuttle, as it drifts further into the mists of history and rose-tinted recollection. About the author ...
February 2019
The Space Elevator – an alternative path to space?
... launch failures. The rocket equation for chemical rockets results in only a small payload fraction. The space shuttle carried only one train-wagon-equivalent payload to LEO, around 27.5 metric tons (mt), or 1.4 percent...grade material ‘unobtanium’ and while some question whether research for stronger, lighter materials is a worthwhile endeavour, others are trying to develop them in practice [13]. Every step towards SE-grade benefits mobility, from...
February 2019
Building a space museum from scratch
... of heatshield, materials from a Mercury spacecraft, and several types of thermal protection tiles used in the Space Shuttle programme. For a space-nut like me, it was heaven. The big crate had my heart pounding. It stood nearly as ...and 10,000 school students and their teachers coming to learn about the wonders of space and Australia’s important role in that endeavour. We’ve been able to build many new exhibits and add lots of multimedia over...
June 2022
Military space – how worried should we be?
...Only a few reported on its successor, the X-37 spaceplane. In effect, the secret shuttle flights marked the normalisation of military space. Romantic adventure that spaceflight might be, those in authority reached the view - accurately it ... Brothers, 1983) unmistakeably reflected the US government and media portrayal of early space as ‘peaceful purposes’. The Space Shuttle had its own dedicated west coast military base, Vandenberg Air Force Base. ...
August 2019
Space investment – from build-up to breakthrough
... need financial resources, well-informed investors can have a meaningful impact on the success of these space endeavours and ultimately share in the growth of these entities. When we talk about the value chain,...domains. Opportunity knocks Well-informed investors can have a meaningful impact on the success of these space endeavours and ultimately share in the growth of these entities In spacecraft manufacturing, standardisation modularity and scale...
February 2021
Space archaeology - preserving our orbital heritage
... flake travelling in excess of 17,500 miles per hour is significant, as shown by craters observed in Space Shuttle windows. Whilst larger assets such as the ISS have Whipple shielding to provide a measure of protection from... Case study One notable space asset within the space heritage discussion is the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Launched in 1988 aboard Space Shuttle Discovery, it is clear that the venerable space telescope has a limited future...
October 2018
Using space-based data for humanitarian causes
... their technological capabilities. Unpacking just what this means is a herculean (or perhaps even quixotic) endeavour, though noted space law scholars have attempted to do so. Some academics, such as Prof Bin Cheng and Prof...Mississippi 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 ...
July 2019
Stepping into space with STEAM
... and to ensure a growing, sustainable pipeline for industry and academia as this new chapter of human endeavour opens before us. We need to task ourselves to fully equip our children to be exceptional leaders. ...a Material Control Analyst for a Colorado aerospace company. He volunteers for numerous space organisations and is on the National Space Society’s Space Ambassador Committee. He is an additive manufacturing mentor for summer interns, and ...
September 2020
High hopes for Brazil’s space ambitions
...effect on other economic sectors creating highly qualified jobs and incometheir Brazil’s earliest space endeavours date from early in the 1960s when space activities came under the purview of the Air Force. Military oversight of ...to change the legal and economic environment if we do not change the way that national space companies look at the space sector. The space industry is not static. It is moving from a sector where the Government was the ...
