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October 2021
Space in the movies – lessons for spacefarers
...much worth watching because it effectively shows three points of particular interest to would-be space voyagers. First, space is tremendously inhospitable and, for now at least, living conditions are likely to...political commentator on national and international programmes. Mr Öpik is a qualified pilot and a professional aviation journalist, as well as a contributor to scientific and astronomy-based publications. He was elected Chairman of Asgardia...
May 2022
Essential guide to the James Webb Space Telescope
... around nearby worlds. Although we have planned extraordinary science, we cannot imagine the universe the James Webb Space Telescope is about to reveal. WST is not ‘Hubble’s Replacement’ but ‘Hubble’s Successor’, designed to build on... 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 ...
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...
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...
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 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...
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
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...
