August 2018
Ever-changing views on space resource utilisation
... the Outer Space Treaty (OTS), includes a principle that prohibits the appropriation of outer space and celestial bodies by means of sovereignty, occupation or any other means. This comes as a contradiction in terms to the commercial initiatives that...
February 2019
Chaos and creation – cultural directions for the space industry
.... Making serves as a visual map for thinking. Moving Both body movement and learning are processed in the same part of the ... and use of outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, shall be carried out for the benefit and in the ...
01 July 2016
Asteroid Day was celebrated on June 30 – but what was it all about?
... (COO of B612), Grigorij Richters and Rusty Schweickart. But what is an asteroid, anyways? The classification of celestial bodies is largely size and orbit-dependent. Asteroids, sometimes referred to as minor planets or planetoids, are large rocky...
24 September 2018
Hayabusa2 rovers land successfully on Ryugu
... method of space exploration by surface movement on small bodies,” said Yuichi Tsuda, Project Manager for Hayabusa2. The...confirm the effectiveness of this movement mechanism on the small celestial body and see the result of many years of research,” ...
24 April 2019
InSight detects first marsquake
... installed five seismometers on the Moon that measured thousands of quakes to reveal lively seismic activity on our nearest celestial body. InSight's seismometer, which was placed on the Red Planet’s surface in December of last year, will enable...
October 2015
The Global Space Governance Study – A new regulatory framework for New Space?
... stations, robotic freighters, and even the deployment of private space stations and space colonies in orbit or on celestial bodies. Many of these activities involve totally new types of commercial space ventures including the actual development and...
