September 2016
Co-operating in space transcends national identity
.... In space terms, the failure of the Europa programme - developed by the European Launcher Development Organisation... European cooperation for the service of peace. Ultimately, the Europa programme was too decentralised, too abstract and too defused,...
September 2017
Australia’s unique space history
...(a precursor of the European Space Agency) conducted its Europa launch vehicle programme, the largest space project undertaken at...launch the WRESAT satellite and those of the ELDO Europa F-4 vehicle. Recovered from their original desert impact ...
July 2020
Life in the universe – common or not?
...lurking in subsurface oceans under the icy crust of Jupiter’s moon Europa, we haven’t found it yet. However, it is nonsensical ... might be lurking in subsurface oceans under the icy crust of Europa, we haven’t found it yet or found evidence of any ...
25 September 2020
Alien Oceans - The Search for Life in the Depths of Space
... not news to stop the presses; the possibility of life on Europa, to name just one moon, has been discussed for some time...admits that a “childhood obsession with aliens” led him to study Europa; and as for writing a book about it, he further reveals ...
March 2015
ESA’s Clean Space Initiative and the role of the LCA tool
... 2007. 3 ILCD Handbook – General guide for Life Cycle assessment, IES – JRC – EC, 2010, http://eplca.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
June 2015
The new space ethics: COSPAR, Planetary Protection and beyond
... long-term sustainability of outer space.”20 The level of planetary protection is based on how biologically active a world could be. Europa, with its sub-surface ocean would require the highest levels of protection. Recognizing the problem of debris...
