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August 2017
Big science from small spacecraft
... developed the MarCO (Mars Cube One) spacecraft as the first interplanetary cubesats, intended as pathfinders for the space science community. Two MarCO spacecraft are scheduled to launch on the same rocket as InSight in May 2018, but ... eventually open up the outer solar system to free-flying nanosat missions. Looking forward The future for space science using small spacecraft looks bright. We are clearly at the bottom of the growth curve but the ...
September 2016
Paediatric cancer patients aim for the stars with space inspired art project
... exhibited at the hospital, to exhibiting our art through partnerships with the Museum of Health and Medical Science and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, to animation made in collaboration with our patients and families ...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 form of protection. With this in mind, I knew...
August 2016
The promise of space tourism
... investing some of their 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...on Earth as doctors, engineers and inventors. Today’s students don’t view living and working in space or on Mars as science fiction, they see it as the future. SpaceShipOne nestled safely beneath her mothership, the White ...
May 2018
Taxation of outer space: a next step for space exploration?
... author Milan Mijovic is a founder and the President of the Serbian Office for Space Sciences, Research and Development (SERBSPACE). He is a Space law Ph.D. student and an Air and Space Law Researcher at Union University Law School in Belgrade, Serbia. After several...
March 2017
Space for art: Quilting in orbit
...-known and new fibre artists have stretched their creative muscles to draw the viewer in to the world of science, romance, history and fantasy. You can see all of the ‘Fly Me to the Moon’ quilts here: https... to the Moon and 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...
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
...administration of justice in outer space; who should be assigned as the investigatory authority and who should administer any resulting punishment? Whilst popular science fiction tends to give ...Gorove, S. (1991), Draft Convention on Manned Space Flight, German Journal of Air and Space Law p.3-8 10 Abeyratne, R. (2004), Space Tourism - Parallel Synergies between Air and Space Law? German Journal of Air and Space Law p.184-202 11 Abeyratne, (n 10) ...
September 2017
Science searches for cosmic company
... of these planets lie in the habitable zone. This artist’s concept appeared on the cover of the journal Nature in February 2017. Similarly, the public has long been exposed to the idea of intelligent aliens inhabiting... is Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California. He is also the host of ‘Big Picture Science’, the SETI Institute’s weekly radio show, and is committed to getting the public, especially young people, excited...
September 2017
Telescope targets enigmatic deep space mystery
... total number of electrons the signal has traversed in the diffuse plasma that fills interstellar and intergalactic space, called the dispersion measure. This smearing of the radio signal due to electrons in the cosmic medium is analogous...
