May 2018
PLATO the habitable zone explorer
... planets in the habitable zone of stars like the Sun. The existence of other worlds out there in the cosmos has long been a staple of science fiction. It should come as no surprise then that these extra-solar planets...
July 2019
Robotic astronomy on the Moon
... established in 2007 as a non-profit organisation to help realise the goals of the ILO - to advance human knowledge of the cosmos through observation from our Moon, and to participate in constructing a lunar base at the Moon’s south pole. The...
April 2020
Lunar artefact – a time capsule for the future
... boundaries between worlds seen and unseen. It is designed to direct our attention from Earth outward, into the cosmos and beyond and reflect back to Earth as an endless dialogue that speaks to our context within the universe...
August 2020
Scorpion – a study of the possible
... stations. Reaction Engines’ Skylon spaceplane. So while we marvel at applications like GPS, gawp as rockets power into the cosmos and admire the astronauts and the work they do, perhaps we should also ask the question: is this...
September 2020
Tackling space debris - a global priority
.... Further, on 10 February 2009, Iridium 33 (then a fully-functional satellite owned by the US) was accidently struck by Cosmos-2251 (a defunct satellite owned by Russia) at a relative velocity of about 11.7 km/s, producing an impact energy equivalent...
August 2021
Born to juggle in space
... view of Space Shuttles leaving the planet, I developed an early appreciation for space exploration. In addition to my love of the cosmos, and perhaps related to my obsession with physics, I have had a lifelong fascination with the ways human bodies...
