September 2016
Paediatric cancer patients aim for the stars with space inspired art project
...each other, formed relationships and connected them to the community in a way that celebrated them not as cancer patients...authentic. So I contacted my friend Gordon Andrews, a communications specialist for the International Space Station (ISS) team at...
September 2016
Co-operating in space transcends national identity
... a speech from the l’Horloge du Quai d’Orsay in Paris, in which he famously launched the European coal and steel community project. Born to a French father, who became a German national after the war in 1870, and a mother from...
November 2016
Turning the Solar System into our backyard
...People with non-space backgrounds were especially encouraged to participate and several leaders in the global space community - including entrepreneurs, academics, policy experts, technical experts and business managers - came to serve as mentors and...
January 2017
Elon Musk and Mars - looking for a snowball effect
...term future. This strategic goal is widely shared in the astronautical community. But one problem with it was raised in 2011 by Jeff...not millions more on Mars. But if the astronautical community can turn that around and centre the popular mood instead...
January 2017
Prospects for progress on space security diplomacy
... preserving space for humanity is too important an endeavour to be left only in the hands of governments. The wider stakeholder community (the private sector and civil society) needs to get more engaged on behalf of responsible policies that provide...
February 2017
Growing space agency dilemma
... involvement in space activities. When I signed up on asgardiaspace.com later that day I was already a member of a 10,000-strong community of space enthusiasts from around the world. In just three weeks half a million new ‘citizens’ had enrolled...
