January 2018
Maximising the economic opportunities of deep space
... can be manufactured. This will require refinements to 3D printing technology to enable additional materials, such as metals and ... specialised parts from Earth. Given the rapid progress 3D printing has already shown in a very short period of time...
March 2018
Zero gravity and the human heart
... RL. Apollo flight crew cardiovascular evaluations. Biomedical Results of Apollo (NASA SP-368). Edited by Johnston RS. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 227-264. 1975. 14 Iglesias R. The Route Towards Cosmic Man. México: Editorial Limusa; 2009...
May 2018
Challenging the boundaries of materials science
... during thermal cycling. Pure tin as a solderable coating is now a standard finish for electronic component terminations and printed circuit boards despite the known risk of tin whisker growths. It seems incomprehensible that around 95 percent pure...
April 2019
Protecting our lunar legacy
... individual artefacts around any given landing site, plus all the boot prints and rover tracks. So, there seems to be a good argument ...but perhaps we could try to protect some of the boot prints, rover tracks and space hardware that was left behind? ...
July 2019
Settling the final frontier
...development for major publishers in seven languages. He is the Editor-in-Chief for the National Space Society’s quarterly print magazine Ad Astra, and his frequent articles have appeared in Space.com, LiveScience, Futurity, the International Business...
October 2019
Skyrora – building on British space heritage
...at the moment, however, is on technology development. That technology includes additive manufacturing, more widely known as metal 3D printing, and advanced materials to create prototype engines and components. Skyrora has a team of over 120 personnel...
