November 2016
Hi-tech greenhouse to test plant cultivation technologies in Antarctica
... and past flight capabilities, mainly in terms of: Higher available plant growth surface (0.5-1.0 m2 range) Longer production cycle possible by complete nutrient solution mixing and circulation (and not only watering of substrate with slow release...
August 2017
On-orbit assembly will deliver major benefits in coming decade
... one flat side to another. The telescope would evolve over three launches that are separated by budget cycles spread over several years. In the first stage, the central circular secondary mirror, and two hexagon...
August 2017
Big science from small spacecraft
... that will greatly enhance or enable deep space nanosat missions include: low-power modes and duty cycling; efficient, lightweight solar arrays; greater energy storage capacity; on-board data compression; delay-tolerant networking; autonomous...
October 2017
The sci-fi noir world of Blade Runner
... of cars of a parking lot). There is a real hunger for data, in all sorts of spectral bands, work scale, revisit cycle, etc. Spatial resolution down to half a metre is now mainstream, the limit being currently set by WorldView 4 (a third...
January 2018
Shielding the human genome
... of ADBM’s genome, it became clear to the team that the species had adopted characteristics over its evolutionary cycle allowing it to become extremely efficient at destroying biological signatures akin to those that contaminate long-duration human...
April 2018
Transforming the launch market for small spacecraft
... OneWeb mega-constellation. The highest earnings have been made by launching mini-satellites. Due to shorter production cycles nanosatellite (up to 10 kg) and microsatellite (10-100 kg) numbers for the forecast values in the figures (right) are going...
