October 2019
Reusability is key to expanding future space launch business
... control and landing systems from New Shepard to use on the New Glenn first stage. Interestingly, it’s a little bit harder to land the smaller vehicle than it is the larger vehicle: it’s like trying to balance a pencil on your finger...
February 2020
Climate change and spaceports – a difficult balance
... all agree there is a problem and then work together for each and every solution is the tricky bit, but don’t make our space activities a casualty just as we finally get our new Space Age up and...
February 2020
Visions of spaceflight before the Space Age
.... Oberth was also a theoretician who was well-known to 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...
May 2020
Space for Art – The magnificent beauty of spaceflight
... lights of the launch pad in the distance, there is a balance of beauty and complexity. A complexity that can actually be a bit mind boggling and make it difficult to believe that we as human beings could imagine and successfully create something...
June 2020
Building a digital democracy in a planetary pandemic
... me personally. As Chair of Parliament, I do find that not being able to hold some meetings face-to-face has been a bit troublesome. So I hope that by the time you read this, the airways will have started to open up again...
July 2020
Lego’s replica space programme
..., with models of this complexity, it would be unwise to leave the buyer with a grey baseboard and a big bag of bits! So each of the kits includes a full-colour manual with step-by-step instructions to help locate the parts...
