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May 2020
Space astronomy at the limits of technology
...Great Observatories - Hubble, Compton, Chandra and Spitzer – which gives him a fairly unique perspective on space science. ROOM’s US editor, Amanda Miller, delves into his engineering background and the key technologies of the ... everything cools down, different materials contract more or less, which can cause stresses to build up. If a spacecraft instrument’s mirror twists a little bit one way or the mount it’s on shifts a bit, it can move the ...
July 2019
Stepping into space with STEAM
... settlers too, are currently to be found in classrooms around the world. And as our world embraces space science and space exploration on a whole new level, it is imperative that we address the question: “How will we... team. For companies like STEAMSPACE Education OutreachTM, incorporating STEAM for youth in Space Education is the guiding principle. In addition to science, technology, engineering and maths, the arts, and design in particular, will...
February 2019
The Space Elevator – an alternative path to space?
...enough to scale up the elevator, e.g., to 1000 mt payload. Unfortunately, very little activity of the Space Elevator community is directed to tether maintenance or growth, although, e.g., the automated replacement of railroad tracks..., vol. 152, p. 123–126, 2018. 22 J. Pearson and E. Levin, “Lunar Space Elevator Design in Lunar Space Elevators for Cislunar Space Development,” Star Inc., 2005. 23 M. Lades, “Mars Lift Update,” in IAC18, Proceedings,...
March 2021
Space weather and risk mitigation
...from scientific curiosity to commercially-recognised threat. Historically, awareness of space hazards was limited to countries with operational space science missions, but the growing volume and variety of infrastructure interconnections ...has changed the status of space weather among the space community, while the magnitude...
January 2023
Original Sin - Power, Technology and War in Outer Space
...geographic, physical and material aspects of international relations. ‘Spacepower’ is now an important provider and instrument of state and military power, just like seapower and airpower. Spacepower is the use and denial...refers to the political aspects of any activity in or to do with outer space. No activity escapes politics, not even international cooperation in space science. Who cooperates with whom, why, and on what terms is political and ...
October 2018
Using space-based data for humanitarian causes
...currently serves as an Graduate Program Director and Assistant Professor in the Department of Space Studies in the John D Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences at the University of North Dakota. Prof Dodge obtained his JD from the... 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 ...
August 2017
Big science from small spacecraft
...science-grade measurements. If it’s an object we haven’t visited before a simple optical snapshot may add to our scientific knowledge, but if we’ve been a few times already we need more capable sensors. Not all the instruments we need for deep space...used for occultation. That’s quite a rich suite of science instrumentation that reflects the investment the science community has made in reducing instrument size. There is no point in arriving at an ...
May 2021
Forecasting space-weather effects on Earth
...Dst values are not very useful for real-time magnetic modelling, due to latency, instrument outages and connectivity issues. Magnetic variation forecasting Certain variations in the Earth’s magnetic ...Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). He has extensive experience facilitating space environmental information exchange; calibrating and validating space weather products; and stakeholder use-inspired science. He is currently the lead for the National...
May 2020
Space for Art – The magnificent beauty of spaceflight
...together the wonder of space, science and art. As we push forward to launching new spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) and on to the Moon and Mars, and as more commercial activities develop in space, it’s important that the...it from a slightly different perspective though, you quickly appreciate the complexity that exists - the science that goes into creating such a remarkable machine. Everywhere you look in this picture, whether ...
