October 2020
Is NASA’s Artemis Accords agreement Moon-proof?
... programme. In Greek mythology Artemis was the twin-sister of Apollo, so the name is a neat link back to the ...space debris. The Accords seeks to protect historical locations like the Apollo landing sites. In parallel, a concept defined as ‘safety ...
January 2023
Space sustainability imperative
...spacecraft and orbital debris. This self-confessed ‘child of the Apollo generation’ and Chair of the Steering Board for the Global .... I am of the generation that has caused the mess, the Apollo generation, and we can say we didn’t know any better at ...
05 October 2015
ESTEC opens its doors, 9,000 hi-res Apollo photos go online, and other news from the weekend
... the flag. Hi-res versions of 9,200 photographs of the Apollo missions have been posted online, offering many unprecedented and often ...Got a spare $50,000? That’s the minimum bid for Apollo 15 commander David Scott’s Bulova watch, the only personal ...
September 2016
Transforming US space policy
... of space, they think of the space race 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...
November 2016
Turning the Solar System into our backyard
... market, the sector’s aptitude for disruptive, game-changing innovation has been mostly lacklustre since the Apollo era. However, new methodologies such as ‘agile aerospace’ are enabling rapid design cycles of complex space systems...
September 2019
Space cybersecurity - why we mustn’t forget the basics
... through low-cost launch, relaxation of restrictive laws and a substantial political desire not seen since the Apollo programme, it is vital that any organisation working in this domain has a solid cybersecurity foundation. From satellite sensor...
