October 2017
Saving geostationary orbit
... magazine, in which the then naval officer and science fiction author proposed their use to create a global communications system. Based on earlier work by a largely forgotten Slovene scientist, Herman Noordung, Clarke’s idea was to exploit the...
November 2017
Reusable air-launch and the space access paradigm
... indeed support both current and future markets. The most lucrative sector of today’s commercial launch market is communications satellites (comsats) that operate in geosynchronous orbit (GEO) but are initially launched into geosynchronous transfer...
December 2017
Dressing up for space
...are integrated into garments. Common language The space community must find a new language to entice the public... common language that can help the hi-tech research and industrial worlds communicate and collaborate. A ‘design vision’ might be a key to ...
January 2018
Maximising the economic opportunities of deep space
... mainstays in the space industry have also ramped up their innovation programmes and acquisition pipelines. The angel community is flourishing with dozens of new angels making their first investments in the sector in 2017. However, notably nearly...
February 2018
Are we asking the right questions about space debris?
... this information; while advanced modelling techniques can be applied to collision risk calculations, it is all for naught if risk communications and risk awareness are neglected. In C975, over the last 18 months, there have been five recorded...
June 2018
Striding through space
..., and three mission specialists, Ronald McNair, Robert Stewart and McCandless. The first task of deploying two communications satellites was performed properly, although the boost motors to transfer them to their operational orbits both malfunctioned...
