July 2020
Trailblazing STEM education
... to how we reignite wonder. How do we break the cycle of disconnect between the sciences and the exciting life and career... answer these questions. STEM 360 How do we break the cycle of disconnect between the sciences and the exciting life and career ...
March 2021
Building SLS - a contractual odyssey
... time, but NASA had never estimated complete life-cycle costs beyond its first test flight. Without the ...” that “does not readily lend itself to classical life cycle definitions”. He added that the usual government reporting requirements should...
April 2021
Predicting dengue fever outbreaks from space
... operational in June 2019 with the first release of the prototype system. Since this initial release, an iterative cycle of development has been taking place, based on further, extensive user consultation and a formal verification process. There...
April 2021
On Mars as it is on Earth - preparing for settlement
... self-sufficiency of one million people) A large-scale closed-cycle ecological life-support system would need to be in place There... of living in a small-scale, closed-cycle ecology, organising their environmentally stressed society and mastering...
June 2021
The next ‘unthinkable’ – global disruption from a solar storm
..., can still thankfully be viewed as a rare event but nonetheless it could happen, especially during a solar cycle maximum. The 25th solar cycle is now underway and, although predicted to be weaker than normal, is expected to reach a peak in July 2025...
July 2021
Nitrous oxide – a green propellant for commercial space exploration
...can also be designed to withstand multiple load/un-load cycles, while composite LOX tanks tend to develop thermal stress cracks after only a... few cycles. All in all, the combination of soft-cryogenic N2O...
