May 2021
Dream big and reach the stars
... access to resources that are arguably the most advanced ever as a result of the rise of STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) education. Investment It is our responsibility, and in my opinion our privilege, to shape the lives and futures...
October 2021
Mining lunar hydrogen
...the Moon, including a hydrogen-powered rotary internal combustion engine for lunar vehicles, hydrogen fuel cells and mobile hydrogen... Anna Bobbin. Anna V Bobin has a PhD in engineering (2015), Division Director for Academic Conferences and Russia-wide...
June 2022
Protecting crews in interplanetary ships and space colonies from the space environment
... near-Earth orbit. However, in the project under consideration here, there is no need to use shuttles with nuclear engines, as thermochemical engines will suffice. It may not be easy to work with the material on the surface of asteroids due to static...
September 2023
To live is to create
... name ROOM is both a play on one of its synonyms (space) and a symbol of shared space - shared by spaceflight designers, engineers, industry managers, scientists, space leaders and renowned universities - for the purposes of airing opinions, creating...
October 2024
Simplicity is the space industry’s secret weapon
... Force veteran and the CEO and co-founder of Integrate, which builds programme management software with a systems engineering approach for the world’s most ambitious machines. Previously, he was an early employee at three space unicorns: an Intern...
22 November 2015
James Webb Space Telescope prepped to receive gold-coated primary mirror segments
... millions and billions of lightyears away, each mirror is aligned to 1/10,000th the thickness of a human hair. To achieve this, engineers have used six tiny mechanical motors, or actuators, attached to the back of each mirror piece to capture the...
