January 2020
Collaborating to harness space innovation in healthcare
...daily lives and, as it rapidly pervades the healthcare sector amongst others, we’re beginning to see more cases that demonstrate its positive presence. Here, Barbara Ghinelli explains the importance of cross-fertilisation between space technology and...
July 2020
The four horsemen of space finance
... past ten years. Not only have key technologies such as launch reusability and 3D printing in space been demonstrated successfully, the nature of space finance has also evolved significantly. Ten years ago, the industry struggled...
January 2021
How the UK space sector is levelling up with support from its science facilities
The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the crucial importance for businesses to be nimble and to embrace new technologies – and space technology is central for ...
October 2021
Mining lunar hydrogen
... the lunar surface. The ideal balance between astronaut and robotic contributions in this activity has yet to be demonstrated, but history shows us that the concept of lunar mining is at least possible. The missions of the Apollo programme...
November 2021
Space launch emergency response
... the health, safety and property of other persons to ‘as low as reasonably practicable’ (ALARP). Thus, being able to demonstrate that operations are conducted at an ALARP level acceptable to the regulator is crucial to obtaining a launch site licence...
17 February 2017
Researchers suggest a new natural law can explain the rotation of galaxies
... include 25 ellipticals and lenticulars, and 62 dwarf spheroidals, to measure the correlation with greater precision. "This demonstrates that we truly have a universal law for galactic systems," said Federico Lelli, formerly an astronomy postdoctoral...
