April 2025
Space Elevators - a role in planetary defence?
... anchor is where the Rapid Response Planetary Defense System (RRPDS) will be located. Figure 4: Three apex anchors. It is envisioned that there will be six apex anchors (three pairs) tethered via the space elevator around the...
May 2025
Mythologies of Outer Space - A new perspective on the final frontier
... scientific, historical and artistic perspectives, it broadens our understanding of how we relate to the cosmos. It invites us to envision a future where space exploration is not just a technological pursuit but a deeply human endeavour – one that...
01 August 2018
What now for the ISS as new audit report questions commercial interest
... if funding stops in a few years. “Transitioning the ISS to private operation under the timetable currently envisioned presents significant challenges in stimulating private sector interest to take on an extremely costly and complex enterprise. Based...
07 September 2018
ANA/JAXA plan to revolutionise space with real-world Avatars
...-looking, futuristic lab design made up of three symbolic structures certainly looks the part and has been envisioned by CLOUDS Architecture Office (CLOUDS AO) in New York; a company that was awarded first place in NASA’s Centennial Challenge...
09 April 2019
US space chiefs justify ambitious exploration plans
... access to the entirety of the moon. Anytime we want, anywhere we want, we can get to the surface of the moon.” He envisions reorganising the agency to include a new Moon to Mars Mission Directorate. The Trump administration already submitted its...
15 January 2020
Rising sea levels pose threat to KSC
... around $3 billion a year from ‘space’, is certainly banking on its success as long as possible. But Blue Origin's Henderson envisions a time when there will be thousands of spaceports across the world and that, ultimately, Cape Canaveral may...
