February 2020
Visions of spaceflight before the Space Age
... early rocket pioneers in Europe and beyond. He tried a bit of experimentation, but he was a better writer than scientist or engineer. Oberth privately published one of the most influential books on spaceflight – Die Rakete zu den Planetenräumen [The...
May 2022
Essential guide to the James Webb Space Telescope
... weight, JWST’s mirror needed to be made of 18 smaller segments - hexagonal, as this shape has a high filling factor, allowing engineers to get close to the ideal circle with minimal wasted space. Each mirror segment is made of beryllium coated...
21 December 2020
Innovative design could see CubeSats "steam-powered"
... surface area", according to Jack Miller, R and D engineer for the ThermaSat program. "Using a combination of photonic ... together for specific tasks. "The ThermaSat steam engine overcomes these obstacles while fulfilling other must-have requirements...
August 2016
Polish Space Agency pursues task of developing country’s space expertise
..., supports the training of new expert employees for studying the use of outer space and promotes satellite engineering in cooperation with national and international universities and institutions. POLSA is also responsible for national security and...
August 2017
Big science from small spacecraft
... out of direct line of sight from Earth. MarCO’s mission objective is not science – its relay function serves an engineering purpose – but it is easy to imagine how it could be turned into a science orbiter. If we had added a bigger propulsion system...
October 2017
The sci-fi noir world of Blade Runner
...as a Replicant. The Nexus 6 Replicants were superior in strength and agility, and at least equal in intelligence, to the genetic engineers who created them. Replicants were used Off-world as slave labour, in the hazardous exploration and colonization...
