June 2015
Beagle 2: discovering the lost Mars lander
... geochemistry and mineralogy of Mars and searching for potential evidence of past life. Recent discoveries by the NASA Curiosity rover such as habitable environments on Mars, large lakes in the distant past, and sporadic releases of methane have...
June 2015
Space, secular stagnation, and the economic crisis
... infrastructure, then our economies would be radically transformed within 20 years and secular stagnation would again become a curiosity of economists. We have truly tried everything else as our leading economists admit, now is the time to do the...
March 2016
Space Oddities: The Problem with Imagination
... by lack of imagination. In the greater historical context of the social framework limiting the imagination and curiosity of scientists and eventually leading to selective obscurity of important historical feats the Mercury 13 are not an exception...
August 2016
Are the days of innovation in global space over - or just beginning?
The advancement of technology due to humanity’s desire to reach and understand the stars cannot be understated. Competition breeds innovation, which helps explain some of the great steps forward made in times of war: innovation breeds success. Space...
September 2016
Life in the extremes: confessions of an astrobiologist
... have been on its surface. Even I contaminated Mars myself in a way. While at JPl, I added my signature into the Curiosity rover, currently still exploring the planet. After those research experiences I was hooked. I designed my master’s project...
September 2016
Preparing the future: the right technology at the right time
... the African savannah to the Sea of Tranquillity on the Moon. Behind ESA’s often remarkable technological achievements, human curiosity and foresight remain the driving forces. Franco Ongaro graduated as a Doctor of Aeronautical Engineering from the...
