January 2018
Maximising the economic opportunities of deep space
...the demand for deep space services increase, a virtuous cycle that funds additional supply should emerge Space resource companies ... demand for deep space services increases, a virtuous cycle that funds additional supply should emerge. I would expect...
August 2018
Earth observation game-changer
... for a 10-year mission, if and when the cost allows it, launching 20 smaller satellites with a shorter life cycle every three years provides a different kind of reliability. Crucially, it also enables further technological developments along the ...
September 2018
Bridging the ‘digital divide’ with nanosatellites
... the World Bank). It can be hard to break the cycle of financial exclusion, especially for those living in remote and rural...tackle the problems that these people face and break the cycle. The low mass and high capabilities of nanosatellites make them...
May 2019
Cold comfort for astronauts
... to create them through sense-giving and sense-making cycles allows them to curate a rich set of interactions... depending on the mood or if we want to replicate solar cycles. These types of environmental colour adjustments are already used on airplanes...
July 2019
Science and sensation in microgravity
... be quite close to the cost price. In the French example, the margin is entirely used in the maintenance (50 cycles per flight), amortization of the aircraft (over 20 years), up to 35 percent in contribution to research campaigns and to offset the...
August 2019
Architectural challenges of a Moon village
...gravity, dust mitigation, temperature extremes, diurnal cycle, and atmospheric conditions. Checklist of space ... organic materials through different processes. At the end of the cycle, fertiliser for the greenhouses will be produced in order to make...
