July 2020
Investigations into plant growth on the Moon
... analogues and in microgravity, the mini-biosphere experiment opened a pathway for exploration of plant growth on other celestial bodies where the effects of radiation and sunlight will vary - factors that undoubtedly have an impact on photosynthesis...
February 2019
The Space Elevator – an alternative path to space?
...This can happen in a stationary orbit around a rotating celestial body or a Lagrange point. Geosynchronous equatorial or geostationary orbit ...on the Space Elevator. The planet, or other celestial body, with the base-anchor provides the rotation and ...
20 October 2016
Asgardia: The New Space Nation
... distinct is that it seeks habitation on a space station rather than an existing planet, asteroid or any other kind of celestial body. Thus, regardless of the technological challenges, the concept is legally sound and largely faultless. It does not...
05 July 2019
JAXA, DLR to cooperate on Martian moons mission
... Instead of touching down on either of our nearest celestial neighbours, JAXA, along with help from German Aerospace ... a testbed to improve sampling techniques on other celestial bodies and to try out communication technologies between the spacecraft...
July 2019
Luxembourg’s space legislation
... themselves needed a guarantee that any minerals found on celestial bodies could be sold or donated, at least in places... prohibits any appropriation of space, the Moon and other celestial bodies, and the criticism that an operator of a programme ...
August 2021
AI in space – a legal perspective
... this will also be the case for ambitious plans to return humans to the Moon and to explore other celestial bodies such as Mars. Diverse components of AI potentially seem well suited to many ‘traditional’ space applications, including remote sensing...
