ROOM: The Space magazine is one of the top magazines on space exploration, technology and industry. At ROOM, we share a common goal – promotion of peaceful space exploration for the benefit of humankind, all while bringing you fascinating articles on an array of trending topics. Our authors include scientists and industry leaders from all over the world, which lets us bring you the newest and detailed information about sputnik space travel.
March 2022
Space travel and environmental sustainability
... as a launch pad for addressing some of the bigger issues on the environmental responsibility of private space travel participants. While the younger folks sprayed one another with champagne, Shatner remained thoughtful. One could... of Thrones. Meanwhile, there is much work to be done before the high-tech future is secure. In space travel in particular, the key focal points must be on full and rapid reusability, thus allowing rockets and spacecraft...
August 2016
The promise of space tourism
... Many of us from all walks of life want to experience space travel. We have dreamed of these journeys while enjoying space-themed movies, TV programmes and books. Space travel is compelling, whether it’s the desire to have a life-changing... are alive today, you have a very real opportunity of travelling to space before you die. But whether you personally fly to space or not, private space travel will have a tremendous effect on all our lives. We ...
November 2018
Being human in space
... on Earth and in the universe. Understanding the human condition is essential for future long-distance space travel. We are human and humans seem to have built-in flaws. In various isolation experiments, where... a small group of people live together in a restricted environment to simulate longer space travel or life on possible future off world colonies, repeating and challenging traits in human behaviour emerge, just...
October 2017
Third quarter phenomenon - the psychology of time in space
...planning prolonged missions into space, not considering psychological changes that could occur would be an oversight Consider a small crew of five or six people living and working together in a capsule travelling to Mars, millions ...of miles into the darkness of space. The crew will likely be the first to experience the so-called ‘Earth out of...
May 2019
Space for Art – Astronauts and artists
... of the Apollo 11 lunar mission, we should take time to reflect on all of the lessons we’ve learned from our Apollo travels to the Moon. These lessons are absolutely those of discovery, wonder and awe about the Moon itself..., though, the fact that this kind of creative expression has been going on since the start of human space travel, by the people who have flown NASA and other agency missions, regardless of how much the stereotype...
January 2023
Evolving human space culture – reflections on humanity’s cultural potential in space
...organic planetary experiment of beings. Humanity hurtles through the vastness of space at impossible speeds, bending spacetime as we go, and making us all space travellers in the most basic sense. Here, Cheryl Gallagher contemplates some ... White, author of The Overview Effect, describes the revelational experiences of space travellers who have seen the Earth from space. The experience causes a profound cognitive shift in awareness and worldview. ...
January 2020
Collaborating to harness space innovation in healthcare
...cases that demonstrate its positive presence. Here, Barbara Ghinelli explains the importance of cross-fertilisation between space technology and other industries, and looks at some of the latest applications in healthcare. In ... patients; dementia-tracking slippers which use GPS, and technology developed for space travel used for breast screening vans. ESA’s development of space suits with embedded biomedical sensors led to the creation of a baby ...
July 2021
Designing for life in outer space - The importance of design for long-term space missions
..., scientists and, not least, tourists, will have the chance to experience space travel. This means that the space environment must be totally rethought and redesigned according to the physiological and psychological needs... of space travellers, as well as objects, facilities and tools for daily life activities which should make life in space easier, trying to reduce the difference between living in space and living on Earth....
July 2020
Lego’s replica space programme
... and model building. It is therefore no great surprise that Lego has embarked on its own small space programme. Entering space Space is increasingly an integral part of our culture… It is therefore no great surprise that Lego has... commercial, 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 ...
