March 2017
Space is open for business
... is not just about space agencies. We want to use this opportunity today as a kick starter to interact with a broader community,” said David Parker. Gregor Morfill, CEO of Terraplasma GmbH, receives the award ‘Solution to Global Challenges’ for...
March 2017
Space research inspires innovation in fashion
... and Andy Warhol, who spread a new vision through presenting and valuing consumer goods as powerful visual communication signs, which were considered important enough to become privileged subjects of the art in themselves. In this international...
April 2017
Sky-fi dawn of the space internet era
...services to the developing world. Today, the primary technology for providing internet access is based on fibre optical communication. Physical cables are laid worldwide to connect continents and to provide broadband access. The three main exceptions...
April 2017
Mega-challenges for mega-constellations
... 50 milliseconds) broadband (10 terabytes per second) excess will challenge the classical space-based and ground-based communication market. The proposed concepts differ in their maturity levels and constellation concepts and the companies behind...
May 2017
World needs strong space governance system
... space for peaceful purposes and for the benefit of the whole of humanity, a gesture welcomed by the international community. The UN General Assembly, in its first resolution on outer space, adopted on 13 December 1958, expressed the common aim...
June 2017
Automated or human-operated systems?
...water from hydrazine (rocket fuel) or the redefinition of a communication protocol with an old probe left on Mars from a ... life cycle, and it has grown into an inter-agency community of experts. Human dependability relates directly to the fields of...
