December 2014
Before Rosetta: Svetlana Gerasimenko’s story
... dreamt of becoming cosmonauts or having something to do with space – it was shrouded in so many enticing mysteries. Personally, I am a bit of a coward and afraid of heights so becoming a cosmonaut was out of the question. I went to study astronomy...
March 2015
Chasing comets together: the Vega project in the USSR and beyond
..., thought for a second, and, quite business-like, began to climb back down. It got down, drove a little bit to the side of the table, and then began to drive around it. The collapse of the USSR, which affected...
June 2015
Lunar Mission One: crowdfunding endeavour and drilling on the Moon
... work is needed. The development concerns mainly the design and material of the cutting element, known as the ‘bit’, and the remote control software that enables the operators back on Earth to visualise what is going on in real...
June 2015
Promoting growth at geostationary orbit with a one-stop-shop
.... It helps that the environment is much more competitive with the likes of Space-X. It’s shaking the industry quite a bit. At the same time, large operators are also seeing the virtue of smaller, more flexible satellites. The...
June 2015
FanWing: short take-off capability creates a new way to fly
In the year 2000, writer, scientist and prophet, Sir Arthur C. Clarke sent a fax to an unknown inventor who had created an odd and innovative aircraft wing. Clarke complimented the inventor, Pat Peebles, and included a quotation from Clarke’s own ‘...
October 2015
Finding Earth-like worlds: the tale of how Kepler-452b was discovered
... stellar parameters. The first spectroscopic follow up observations were made at McDonald Observatory, and the results are a bit disappointing. The initial analysis indicated that the star could be as much as 20- 25% larger than the Sun, and...
