January 2023
Producing food in space
... their trip. This is the minimum amount and it excludes the mass of the water required. Since the expeditions could well be longer, space travellers will have to rely on having the means to grow food and process...
September 2023
Satellite manufacturing - building to size, speed and security
... maintain a reliable resource for the space industry. Speed was another question: how will we facilitate and expedite satellite output and enhance productivity? In addition to skilled labour, Terran Orbital has implemented robotic assembly automation...
April 2025
Racing to the Moon
... have the political skills, or indeed the patience, to pull a divided United States together to achieve major Mars expeditions - or even to beat China in a return to the Moon. If China and the West are indeed racing to the Moon...
September 2026
Towards a research roadmap for human reproduction beyond Earth
... from Earth. Space Shuttle crews stayed for a couple of weeks. Even today’s International Space Station (ISS) expeditions are relatively temporary in terms of a human lifespan. But the landscape is changing rapidly. NASA’s Artemis programme is laying...
September 2026
Pregnancy among the stars - the biology of birth beyond Earth
... planning for long-duration missions and permanent settlements, pregnancy cannot simply be dismissed as an unforeseen accident. A Mars expedition could last two or three years and commercial habitats in Earth orbit or on the Moon may eventually host...
18 November 2015
Elon Musk's SpaceX may partner with the U.S. government
.... According to company president Gwynne Shotwell, although government-run missions are usually much costlier than private expeditions, SpaceX would still be able to carry out government-sponsored launches for under $100 million (compared to $160...
