July 2014
Why become a cosmonaut? To preserve knowledge
... desire to expand the boundaries of knowledge. It is true that the space race became one of the symbols of the Cold War. And yet, it was not simply because of competition between the superpowers that space became an area for...
July 2014
A revitalised space sector reduces costs and makes space data more accessible
..., resonated with the explorer in us all. But the primary impetus for the exploration of space was the Cold War rivalry of the USA and the USSR. The ensuing ‘race for the Moon’ was a staggering feat...
December 2014
From the green economy to green space
... load, 90 per cent is fuel (often it’s a highly toxic unsymmetrical dimethyl hydrazine – heptyl – left over from the Cold War), and the other seven to nine per cent is construction fragments that after start and separation fly...
June 2015
Re-usable rockets: a new breakthrough for suborbital research
... ago, suborbital research was limited to occasional, expensive rocket and balloon launches, largely using expensive Cold War technologies. Today, thanks to dedicated efforts by next generation reusable suborbital rocket firms like Virgin Galactic...
February 2016
The Benefits of a British Spaceport
... and it boasts other impressive credentials too. It was once a dispersal airfield for Vulcan bombers during the Cold War and is near an active Danger Area (D201) operated and managed by Defence and Space Company QinetiQ. From...
February 2016
Space – Overcoming Our Limitations
... pushed us to not only look up at the skies but to actively seek the means to go into space. But as the Cold War and the Space Race took hold of the world, the philosophical ideas behind space exploration took...
