January 2020
Small body missions unveil interplanetary secrets
... telescope survey mission is necessary in order to reliably obtain many of these characteristics in the timely manner required by Congress. Currently, NASA’s NEOWISE mission (repurposed after the WISE astrophysics mission ended) is the only infrared...
August 2020
Interstellar aspirations
... 2011. However, the idea was widely criticised by members of the US Congress and others, and was disavowed by both NASA and DARPA. It was ... survey). However, it was cancelled by the US Congress. Since the early 1990s, most SETI projects have ...
May 2021
Visions of beating gravity
... that is, actively investigate things that intrigue me. In October 2019, I attended Asgardia’s first Space Science and Investment Congress in Darmstadt, Germany. That conference was about paving the way to living in space. During the last afternoon...
October 2021
A US space strategy for 2050: shaping a domain on the cusp
...for space equities and work with relevant agencies and Congress to routinely re-evaluate existing regulations on space commerce... bodies. In the short term, NASA should work with Congress to communicate the required resources and support needed to meet...
June 2022
Protecting crews in interplanetary ships and space colonies from the space environment
... and limited space for the crew, before the first flight to Mars. At the 67th International Astronautics Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico, in 2016, Elon Musk, head of SpaceX, presented a project for an interplanetary transport system involving the...
September 2023
India signs up to the Artemis Accords
... on 13 October 2020 during the 71st International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Dubai. The initial eight countries (... the opportunity to address a joint meeting of the US Congress. An important vindication from the president of the most powerful...
