October 2020
Morality, rights and responsibilities in space
... civilisation, but most of us never even think about it until we are shocked into taking a stand. Recent mass demonstrations and the continuing and growing movement to reorganise social structures such as policing and the legacy of centuries...
April 2021
Space industry trends in the pandemic
... become integrated into a regular workflow. In addition to being essential to everyday activities, it is clear that space technologies are demonstrating their unique ability to solve pressing high-value problems around the world and, with the above...
May 2021
NASA’s women of inspiration
...and two months later the Mars Helicopter, Ingenuity, demonstrated the first powered, controlled flight on a world...the US, at the forefront of the mission coverage was a clear demonstration that regardless of your gender, race or background, you can be...
January 2023
Original Sin - Power, Technology and War in Outer Space
... suffered from or been threatened by them. Publicly-released satellite imagery of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 demonstrated spy satellite technologies to mass audiences that governments and militaries have enjoyed for decades. Here Earth...
April 2026
Apollo lunar rover - the Lego version
...rechargeable. Moreover, there was no cabin, its top speed (demonstrated on a downhill run) was 18 kph and it was ...to say, however, that even my wife was impressed with a demonstration of the model’s manoeuvrability! Return to the Moon It is well...
May 2026
Satellite brightness and the mitigation challenge
... across telescope images and rendering faint astronomical objects invisible. In November 2022, the BlueWalker 3 satellite demonstrated the scale of this problem. With its 64 m2 phased-array antenna fully deployed, it reached an apparent magnitude...
