January 2020
Small body missions unveil interplanetary secrets
... planets and moons In 1976, the Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) programme began collecting meteorites in Antarctica. Today over 28,000 meteorites have been collected, allowing NASA to realise the tremendous diversity of resources locked...
April 2020
Is space poised to take another giant leap?
... had to be resourceful, meticulously analysing an Apollo 17 sample, gifted to the country, and meteorites collected both in China and Antarctica. Now in his mid-80s, Ouyang is jubilant about the success and promise of the Chang’e missions: two...
October 2020
Is NASA’s Artemis Accords agreement Moon-proof?
... over it these have not been recognised and the treaty imposed a voluntary moratorium on exploration and exploitation of Antarctica minerals. The Arctic Circle is yet another area where the ownership of land is not clear and eight...
October 2020
Space 2069 - back to the Moon, to Mars and beyond
... exploration 150 years ago, celebrations were important for morale. They were vital for crew overwintering in Antarctica. At mid-winter in the extreme dark and cold they would open their bottles of claret, tinned anchovies...
April 2021
Space wars - how they start and how to end them
.... In addition, a threat satellite can manoeuvre outside a space surveillance network coverage area (such as over Antarctica) and become a misidentified Uncorrelated Target (UCT) to space command systems. Combine this with a change in attitude...
February 2022
Revolution and responsibility: the challenges of space
... notions are known to earthly jurists who have used them to develop maritime law and international agreements on Antarctica. Applied to outer space, these notions often provoke reactions of incomprehension or even criticism that are perfectly...
