April 2020
Protecting against the dangers of space radiation
...with age. Embryos are most sensitive because the cell cycle is extremely fast – about eight hours in early embryo-genesis... – whilst in adulthood you have a typical cell cycle of about 24 hours (ICRP, 1990). DNA damage is currently the...
April 2020
Lunar artefact – a time capsule for the future
... for aluminium (and our other material choices) to remain in stasis indefinitely. Gamma rays, light exposure and cycling temperatures may ultimately have some effect on material performance after many tens of thousands of years; however, by our...
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...
