27 May 2016
Scientists reveal Mars is emerging from an ice age
...the ice that extends across the entire north polar cap, researchers were able to trace layers that accumulated ...reaches a maximum thickness of 320 meters (1,050 feet) across the polar cap and is equivalent to a 60 centimetre thick global layer of ice....
20 October 2016
Asgardia: The New Space Nation
Background: News related to outer space is largely along predictable lines. It deals with advances in space launches, satellites, asteroids, space security or the looming threat of an incoming asteroid, at best. The phenomenon of “Breaking-News” ...
25 January 2016
Permanent N2 icecap at Pluto’s north pole may be responsible for an expanding atmosphere
... an ongoing atmospheric collapse as Pluto heads away from the Sun and is most likely due to a permanent N2 ice cap at Pluto’s north rotational pole - a result that is seen in models with a high thermal inertia that analyse the...
27 July 2018
A pool of liquid water found under Mars' south pole
... exist at the martian poles however and the presence of liquid water at the base of the polar ice caps has long been suspected. Indeed if the water ice contained at the South Pole melted today, then...
July 2018
Rediscovering UK sovereign launch capability
... that a company needs to provide, was a frequent source of criticism levelled at the OSA. With other countries capping liability, the capping of liability is viewed as a key prerequisite for growth within the space industry. The UK Government stated...
August 2016
National legislation provides incentives for private business
... mind, it should be clear that when states put a cap on this reimbursement obligation, they give an incentive to their ...the US it applies to any claim. The UK has not put a cap on the reimbursement obligation: the full damage has to be indemnified by ...
