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April 2020
Space Florida - gateway to an interstellar future
...and investing in commercialising aged or under-utilised assets. Facilities that once launched NASA’s Apollo and Space Shuttle missions are now launching commercial rockets. The state’s spaceport system is a living example of ...Processing Facilities (OPF) of NASA that were used to turnaround and process the Space Shuttle after landing for subsequent re-flight to space. Space Florida secured a long-term property agreement for the first of these, OPF ...
February 2019
The Space Elevator – an alternative path to space?
... spectacular launch failures. The rocket equation for chemical rockets results in only a small payload fraction. The space shuttle carried only one train-wagon-equivalent payload to LEO, around 27.5 metric tons (mt), or 1.4 percent of total...eventually hit it. This danger is as real as a speck of paint almost taking out the window of the space shuttle! The risks of debris, large and small, and the possible responses are complex [19] and beyond this...
June 2022
Military space – how worried should we be?
...(Warner Brothers, 1983) unmistakeably reflected the US government and media portrayal of early space as ‘peaceful purposes’. The Space Shuttle had its own dedicated west coast military base, Vandenberg Air Force Base. Full ...be used to provide information services such as land census, urban planning, crop yield estimation and disaster prevention and reduction. The classified nature of the Yaogan missions lead Western analysts to believe the ...
September 2016
Transforming US space policy
... between the United States and the Soviet Union, the Apollo programme, Space Shuttle launches, the International Space Station; all high profile human exploration programmes carried out by world governments. Many do not...and connecting the world in ways that would otherwise not be possible. We utilise space to accurately predict weather, perform disaster relief, and support national security and military functions, keeping our citizens safe. Modern...
March 2021
Space weather and risk mitigation
... Action for a Safer World was espoused. In 2006, the United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER) was established under the United Nations Office for Outer... Space Affairs (UNOOSA). This platform promotes the use of space-based disaster management and emergency response technologies. The adoption of the 2030 Agenda...
July 2020
Lego’s replica space programme
..., lack-of-saleability reasons). It could, however, be time to consider that icon of human space travel, the Space Shuttle, as it drifts further into the mists of history and rose-tinted recollection. About the author...109.99 when released in 2017, but is no longer available in the UK (although it sells for £170-180 on Amazon); list price in the US is $95.99 where available. The Apollo 11 Lunar Lander kit (10266) is £84.99 and the ISS kit (21321...
February 2021
Space archaeology - preserving our orbital heritage
... paint flake travelling in excess of 17,500 miles per hour is significant, as shown by craters observed in Space Shuttle windows. Whilst larger assets such as the ISS have Whipple shielding to provide a measure of protection from debris...our exploration beyond the cradle of our birth into a wider universe. More important than just providing a list of items is the method by which we might assess such objects. In the fields of archaeology, heritage...
May 2020
Space for Art – The magnificent beauty of spaceflight
... so, and I am so thankful to all of the photographers who are chronicling the magnificent beauty of spaceflight. To me, this picture of the Space Shuttle Discovery’s roll to the launch pad for her final flight is the most beautiful I’ve ever seen. With... to and from the ISS together for the past 20 years – over half that time in parallel with Space Shuttle flights, and now our sole means of transport since the...
February 2019
Building a space museum from scratch
... of heatshield, materials from a Mercury spacecraft, and several types of thermal protection tiles used in the Space Shuttle programme. For a space-nut like me, it was heaven. The big crate had my heart pounding. It stood nearly as..., materials from a Mercury spacecraft, and several types of thermal protection tiles used in the Space Shuttle programme. However, the big items like the LM descent engine would require a specially constructed case...
