ROOM: The Space Journal is one of the major 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 assortment,a range of current topics. Our authors include researchers and industry leaders from all over the world, which lets us bring you the newest and comprehensive information about sputnik the space race and the cold war.
July 2021
Canadarm2 - 20 years of Canadian space robotics on the ISS
... and Space Operations. The evolutionary thread that began in the 1970s with the Canadarm design for the Space Shuttle and traced through 20 years of Canadarm2 operations on the ISS is now extending into the future. Canada was the first country to announce its partnership with the US in the Lunar...
October 2020
Pandemic impacts - the state of the ground segment
...in achieving return on capital, and the mission of the space entrepreneur is a distant second priority As a key part of the space community, ground segment operators are affected as much as any other segment and, to weather the storm, they must focus ... be more capital efficient with their cash war chest while proving their businesses. Now more than ever, the challenge of securing capital for space ventures creates an imperative for ground segment...
April 2021
Satellites in the cloud: data from orbit
... a few main factors driving this market: the emergence of NewSpace players with solid investor backing (Infostellar), the entry of major CSPs with deep pockets and resources into the space industry (AWS and Azure) and the virtualisation of ground station services. Commercial...
July 2018
Rediscovering UK sovereign launch capability
... change. Working with the existing expertise of the regulators at the HSE and CAA is a sensible use of resources and will provide the UK Space Agency with much needed support in the regulation of the emerging multi-sectored space industry. The changing nature of space activity, intersecting air and space law, meant...
October 2018
Looking for life on Enceladus with IceMole
... bring us closer to the answer to one of the most basic scientific questions: the origin and provenance of life in the universe. About the author Kostas Konstantinidis is a space systems engineer focusing on GN&C, robotics, and autonomy to enable the in-situ astrobiological exploration of the ocean worlds of the solar system. He is currently...
March 2021
Building SLS - a contractual odyssey
... alternatives was to design a new rocket incorporating technology from the Space Shuttle programme and subsequently Congress directed NASA to build the SLS by leveraging legacy systems and contracts from the Space Shuttles and Constellation. In Boeing’s case, NASA extended its $335 million...
May 2018
Space safety – the problem with dual hatting
... were chosen from military test pilots. By the time of the Space Shuttle, astronaut safety was so ‘routine’ that stunts like the teacher in space were considered ‘safe enough’. The Challenger and Columbia disasters showed the consequences of misplaced confidence in NASA’s approach to system...
April 2021
Managing the Moon - a model for engaging with planetary environments
... lamp illuminating our nights or a bundle of resources. In the context of Industry 4.0 and the new Space Race, discussions about the legal governance of nature in space are vitally important. Many sovereign states are planning to be part of the ‘return’ to the Moon, with at least 10 missions scheduled before...
July 2019
Settling the final frontier
...that time we should have spread out into space, and to other stars, so a disaster on Earth would not mean the end of the human race.” Broad scope In the not too distant future, we will outgrow our... space efforts in 1958, during the Cold War and immediately following the USSR’s success with Sputnik. The settlement of space was not on its radar at the time – matching and surpassing the Russians was the most immediate concern. Science and exploration...
