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September 2016
Paediatric cancer patients aim for the stars with space inspired art project
... I serve (as well as the astronauts) to think about their own journey in a new way. I decided that a space suit would be a profound symbol of how we can work together to integrate the best of science and art to create a ... something as simple as a handshake or a child’s painting can change the course of history Our beautifully hand-painted space suit was launched as part of the cargo headed for the ISS on a SpaceX Falcon F9 rocket in July. I was...
March 2017
Space for art: Quilting in orbit
...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 about...
September 2016
Art, Space & Inspiration.
...believe is the most meaningful project I have ever supported. The Space Suit Art Project’ is a beautiful combination of art, space, and kids painting space suits. A space-inspired art project that is raising awareness for childhood cancer, and... collective impact on healing. In a future issue, I hope to share my own personal experience with ‘The Space Suit Art Project’ and stories of some of the others involved. But for now I want to introduce you ...
August 2016
The promise of space tourism
... fortunes in private space travel include Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com, who is developing a spacecraft that flies like those envisioned in early science fiction novels. Robert Bigelow, founder of the Budget Suites hotel chain, is... test-flying inflatable cabin modules for a future space hotel. Polls show that over half of us would like to travel...
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...
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 ...
November 2017
Radiation protection for space colonists and travellers
...generate lots of power but would not be very practical for space-suited colonists in the open on the Moon, Mars or elsewhere in space. The power requirements and mass required would limit mounting such a...early cancer. Wearable radiation protection Unprotected time in space will always have to be carefully monitored and limited to prevent radiation sickness or early cancer Space suits create a protective environment for the wearers providing ...
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 ...
August 2016
Are the days of innovation in global space over - or just beginning?
... Bullock and George Clooney as astronauts who are stranded in space after the destruction of their space shuttle, and their subsequent attempt to return to Earth. Space has been at the forefront of this and has demonstrated... activities we can discuss power in several ways. According to NASA, the main engines propelling the Space Shuttle to Earth orbit generate a total of 37 million horse-power. Alternatively, we can define power in terms of work/...
