August 2016
International cooperation drives Germany’s space ambitions
In space research, the International Space Station (ISS) is a symbol of peaceful interational collaboration in Earth orbit, and is intended to be used intensively as a one-of-a-kind laboratory for cutting-edge research. In future, it will be ...
March 2019
Laying the foundations for cosmic habitation
... the destination that Asgardia was set up to deliver - the permanent habitation of space. My immediate ‘external’ next step as Chair of Parliament is to build more links with other parliaments, and reach out on behalf of Asgardia to make the right...
June 2019
Asgardia’s parliament – a year of progress
...honorary title. Government is led by the Prime Minister, Ana Mercedes Diaz. Parliament is the responsibility of myself, the Chair of Parliament. We also have a Supreme Justice to oversee the legal system, headed up by Yun Zhao. The Asgardia Executive...
February 2018
Our space future lies in innovation
... tirelessly to promote the cause of astronautics in his roles as President of the French national space agency (CNES), Chair of the Council of the European Space Agency (ESA) and President of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF). Earlier...
19 March 2019
Webb telescope partly blamed for WFIRST funding cut
... March 19 on Twitter that he hopes “bipartisan support for basic research will again prevail.” Spergel is the science co-chair for NASA’s planned Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope, or WFIRST (pictured on this page), which the agency...
September 2016
Life in the extremes: confessions of an astrobiologist
...University and as a consultant for NewSpace companies before returning to my home country Slovakia. There I was eventually elected chair of the Slovak Organisation for Space Activities (SOSA), which designed and constructed the first Slovak satellite...
