February 2019
The challenge of procreation for future off-world settlers
..., the permanent colonisation of these and other destinations will require colonists to partake in normal human reproduction cycles. In the excitement to develop the technologies necessary to accomplish their goals it is important to include the long...
August 2019
Lessons from the Sun
... late summer of 1972. Solar observers, who had diligently counted, drawn and analysed the sunspots of solar cycle 20, noted a precipitous drop in their number. Solar minimum was approaching but for several months a small region...
April 2021
Managing the Moon - a model for engaging with planetary environments
... bundle of resources, such as water-ice and rare-earth elements. It is a complex planetary environment with an exosphere, a water cycle and a slow but constant geological process of dust interaction with cosmic rays and micrometeorites. As the Apollo...
May 2021
Forecasting space-weather effects on Earth
.... These are called Coronal Mass Ejections (CME), the frequency of which depends on the phase of the solar cycle (less than one per day during the quiet phase and more than three per day...
October 2025
Software defined satellites and the ground segment
... it is to support this important transformation. Conventional geostationary satellites tend to have long design and production cycles, and a lifespan of up to 15 years. They rely mostly on payloads preconfigured to meet the needs of a defined mission...
01 September 2015
Andreas ‘Denmark’s Gagarin’ Mogensen to test bike gear on ISS
... in history, Denmark is sending its own astronaut into space. And keeping in line with Denmark’s famous love of cycling, he will be testing new Danish bike equipment on the International Space Station. Andreas Mogensen is due to lift off...
