October 2018
Developing wearable technologies for space and Earth
... Wearable Robotics Laboratory, in collaboration with Rice University, has developed the Soft Wearable Upper Extremity Garment (or ‘Armstrong’) which can activate the shoulder and elbow joints using a Bowden cable transmission system. Integrating this...
June 2019
Asgardia’s parliament – a year of progress
.... By contrast, one year on, Asgardia does not regard Christopher Columbus, the Wright Brothers, Yuri Gagarin or Neil Armstrong as actors in an odyssey which ended around 1972. We think that the narrative in which they starred must go on to the...
July 2019
Who owns outer space?
.... It could also be said that we were impossibly idealistic when Yuri Gagarin orbited the Earth and Neil Armstrong took his famous steps. So why should we not reach higher than a free-for-all framework for...
June 2020
Astrovan II - your ride to space is here
... bold graphics. The MQFs became known to the general public in 1969 when the Apollo 11 crew - Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins - returned from the Moon and were helicoptered to an MQF trailer aboard...
February 2021
Space archaeology - preserving our orbital heritage
... our reach off-planet. This technological footprint, our orbital heritage, is arguably every bit as important as Neil Armstrong’s footprint on the Moon. Examples of significant items still in orbit that may merit consideration. Case study One...
February 2021
The Space Monuments Men
... Kennedy Space Center Visitor Center. Close-up of a section of the monument showing the detail and accuracy of Neil Armstrong’s space suit. Fundraising work After 35 years of gut-wrenching, demoralising rejection, I sat in my chair absolutely stunned...
