January 2019
Visiting an asteroid to find out how life began
... as the local density of boulders and proximity to the largest rock formations, variations in temperature over the diurnal cycle, steepness and good communication with the spacecraft were considerations for collecting the best data. By the...
May 2019
Growing Australia’s space industry
... in Canberra. As a road bike enthusiast, Anthony is not only at the forefront of space industry development, he is well on his way to cycling the distance to the Moon (238,855 miles), having ridden and competed across the country and...
May 2019
The inadequacies and dangers of modern rocket technology
..., beyond the borders of our common home? This will happen because it is fundamentally impossible to create closed technological cycles within industry. It is about the same as seeking a way to prohibit a cow from producing manure, urine, methane and...
July 2019
Developing life support systems for human exploration missions beyond Earth
... then need to devise and execute a ground test strategy that provides sufficient test regimes and duty cycles to reduce the uncertainty in reliability at the component, assembly and system levels. Another strategy to achieve spares reduction...
