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March 2017
Space for art: Quilting in orbit
... in space have inspired space suit art, but they have also inspired fashion designers to think differently about our own Earthly clothing. That inspiration has been based on the technology as well as on the ‘cool’ factor that... comes from all things space! Continuing this edition’s theme of the fine art of fibre artists, please continue reading and...
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 ...
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 2016
Exploring the problems of criminal justice in space
... missions is necessarily more complicated and could, if not addressed, have serious implications which impact upon the crew and ultimately the success of the mission. Artist impression of Lynx spacecraft...Applied Human Factors, 1(1), pp.38-44 5 There have been seven space tourists who have visited the ISS. For further details see Sundhal, M. (2009). The duty to rescue space tourists and return private spacecraft. Journal of Space Law, ...
August 2016
Are the days of innovation in global space over - or just beginning?
... science we have no Newton. Winning the ‘hearts and minds’ of the people is an incredibly important factor in the cultural imperialism that promotes social and political hegemony In terms of international relations, we might discuss ...looking modernity and equally for a new found insecurity. As an enabler of cultural thinking, space has had an impact on our cultural heritage like no other subject matter. The profusion of science fiction films ...
March 2016
Why We Need Space Artists
...would be as rugged as the day they were born. He did not take into account the aeons of impacts by micrometeorites or the extremes of temperature, leading to the gradual flaking of rocks, which produced the rolling...on which Apollo 11 landed! Could the disappointment of this reality have 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:...
September 2016
Paediatric cancer patients aim for the stars with space inspired art project
... of arts-based research, in which the art itself became a tool for understanding and interpreting its clinical impact. I have focused my role at MD Anderson on the use of large scale works as a tool for generating ... our trip to Moscow, I recently watched a video on YouTube of the handshake that took place in space as part of the 1975 Apollo Soyuz mission. This incredible international collaboration and celebration of connectivity took place...
March 2016
Space Oddities: The Problem with Imagination
...Valentina Tereshkova, 16 June 1963, on Vostok-6). Tereshkova remains the only woman to have gone to space solo. For 20 years, social factors in the US and the very attitude that there was really no point in sending a female...to scientific advances was stunted by the lack of imagination around them. Veterok and Ugolyok, launched into space on 22 February 1966 aboard the Cosmos-110 biosatellite, pictured at the Institute of Medical and Biological ...
February 2017
Protecting our space interests
... maritime shipping and exploiting the oceans’ resources where there was a wilful ignorance of the negative impact of pollution and a general blindness to the long-term effects of over-fishing. The successful ...acquiring some capacity in this field. The deployment of such weapons requires a parallel space surveillance capability to be able to monitor space objects and estimate the position of the target satellite with a sufficient degree of accuracy...
