28 September 2016
Musk unveils ambitious plans for Mars
SpaceX entrepreneur Elon Musk brought high drama and a remarkable vision of the future to the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) being held in the Mexican ‘Silicon Valley’ city of Guadalaraja this week. Musk took centre stage on ...
19 April 2019
Mission to Mars by 2033 not viable says independent report
The prospect of heading to Mars by 2033 has suffered a setback, as an independent report which US Congress directed NASA to conduct in the 2017 NASA authorisation act, suggests that a Mars orbital mission could be carried ...
29 October 2021
UAE and Blue Origin enter into space tourism partnership
... areas here,” now that Blue Origin is operational for tourism. Sherwood has been at the International Astronautical Congress (IAU) this week, which is taking place at the Dubai World Trade Centre until 29 October. After meeting...
11 March 2020
NASA faces up to huge cost overruns for its SLS heavy-lift rocket
..., 18 months after Bridenstine’s notification. In the agency’s response, among other recommendations, NASA concurs that it should: Notify Congress that the agency has exceeded its cost commitment by at least 30 percent. The OIG calculates the overrun...
September 2016
Transforming US space policy
... for the Asteroid Redirect Mission. All of these are policies promoted by the American Space Renaissance Act. As Congress continues to work through the appropriations process, and potentially consider legislation to reauthorise NASA and the FAA...
September 2018
Debris or not debris - is that the question?
...incurring what might be even graver risks? Proposals in the literature, [4] not in the least by the Interdisciplinary Congress on Space Debris, [5] put forth one solution above all: a multilateral international organisation under public international...
