ROOM: The Space magazine is one of the prominent 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 incisive articles on a variety of trending topics. Our authors include researchers and industry leaders from all over the world, which lets us bring you the newest and detailed information about space between journal.
May 2022
Essential guide to the James Webb Space Telescope
A joint venture between the American, European, and Canadian Space Agencies (NASA, ESA, and CSA), the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is close to starting its mission to revolutionise our understanding of the cosmos. An ... expanding, swelling like a giant balloon. Everything is moving further away from everything else - the space between galaxies is stretching, increasing year on year. Combined with the finite speed of light this wonderfully,...
April 2021
Space wars - how they start and how to end them
... of boosters. In addition, there is a vast region of space between geostationary orbit and the Moon that is not routinely tracked by terrestrial space surveillance sensors. It takes more manoeuvring propellant to reach geosynchronous orbits.... Escalation control There is a vast region of space between geostationary orbit and the Moon that is not routinely tracked by terrestrial space surveillance sensors Due to the global nature of satellite...
September 2025
Why the global space sector needs urgent regulation
... the ability of governments and regulators to keep up. In this thought-provoking opinion piece for ROOM Space Journal, former UK Science Minister and Member of the British Parliament George Freeman argues for a bold, ... growing interest because the renewed focus on human space travel; in the global space race between the US and China geopolitically, and the commercial race for space between companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin is driving increased...
October 2018
Using space-based data for humanitarian causes
... dates back to the earliest uses of remote sensing as a verification mechanism for arms control agreements between the United states and the USSR. It is also evident in civil remote sensing programmes such as... sensing 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 Institute ...
July 2021
Designing for life in outer space - The importance of design for long-term space missions
...life activities which should make life in space easier, trying to reduce the difference between living in space and living on Earth. For these reasons, the role of Design in Space is important. Pioneering architects and designers ... has chaired international symposia and workshops on design for outer space and has written books and published numerous papers in scientific journals. She has been the recipient of several prestigious awards, including...
July 2019
Who owns outer space?
... interpretation 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 a political...Verne’s stories, humans looked up at the night sky and imagined cities on the Moon, journeys between planets and untold riches. It could also be said that we were impossibly idealistic when Yuri ...
January 2023
Original Sin - Power, Technology and War in Outer Space
... It should be approached as a geographic specialism of warfare in a place that resembles a coastal zone between places more than it does the ‘ultimate high ground’ or the open ocean. Such fighting is done...outer space, and the author of War in Space: Strategy, Spacepower, Geopolitics and several papers on space policy in a variety of academic journals. Dr Bowen frequently appears in media items on space policy and advises practitioners on space ...
July 2020
Lego’s replica space programme
... separated for display. In general terms, we have seen a blurring of the cultural boundaries between childhood and adulthood: compared with Lego’s early years, today’s children have more sophisticated aspirations...and writer, and a Commissioning Editor for ROOM Space Journal. He has 40 years of experience as a satellite communications engineer and consultant to the space industry, space insurance and space education sectors. He is the author of six...
March 2017
Space for art: Quilting in orbit
... Art’ column is dedicated to the inspiration that comes from the interaction between space and art. One of the most interesting things about this inspiration is that it presents itself in many ...world of fine art quilting! As a point of reflection and to highlight another first in the interaction between space and art, during her International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 37 mission in 2013, astronaut Karen Nyberg became the first astronaut and...
