February 2020
Climate change and spaceports – a difficult balance
... rocket fuels, as on the US Space Shuttle and upcoming Space Launch System (SLS). The engines of the SpaceX Falcon F9 (pictured) use RP-1 and liquid oxygen, whereas the cleanest are those powered by liquid hydrogen fuel, which...
May 2020
Space for Art – The magnificent beauty of spaceflight
... beings could imagine and successfully create something so beautiful and complex. But we did - and we continue to do so! SpaceX Falcon 9 Crew Dragon abort test – January 2020 As we work to bring new US spacecraft into operation, sometimes we have...
February 2021
The Space Monuments Men
... Johnson Space Center. Where history meets the present - the Apollo 11 astronauts ‘witness’ the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9, an inspirational still from the Vanilla Fire Film ‘Apollo 11 We Must Be Bold’, available via YouTube. I was able...
April 2021
On Mars as it is on Earth - preparing for settlement
... immigrants seeking a land of opportunity. The more natural reaction, he thought, would surely echo the words of Robert Falcon Scott on his arrival at the South Pole in 1912: “Great God, this is an awful place!” Cockell took issue...
July 2021
A shared vision for space exploration
... Scott salutes the American flag at the Hadley-Apennine lunar landing site in front of the Lunar Module Falcon. Artemis Accords signatories have committed to “preserve outer space heritage” and “contribute to multilateral efforts to further develop...
August 2021
Collision avoidance – time for agreement on space sustainability
... can now easily be compared to the crisis of plastics in the world’s oceans. A tongue-in-cheek adaptation of the Starlink Falcon 9 mission patch. Since the early days of the Space Age, we have witnessed an increasing awareness of the need...
