October 2015
The Global Space Governance Study – A new regulatory framework for New Space?
... University of Addis Abba, Ethiopia; Space Institute for Research on Innovative Uses of Satellites of University of Toulouse, France; University of Adelaide, Australia; Australian Air Force; Canadian Space Agency, and several private consultants. The...
October 2015
Down to Earth: how to deorbit satellites and save money
..., and in insurance contracts. In some cases, national legislation implements additional regulations for debris prevention. The France Space Operation Act requires all national and international operators active on French territory to decommission all...
February 2016
How to Build Planets
.... JeanFrancois Gonzalez, a researcher who studies grain growth in protoplanetary discs at the Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon, France, said: “Tiny grains are tightly coupled to the gas, they are effectively glued to it, but the drag ...
March 2016
The Use of 3D Printing for Space Applications
..., Status and Way Forward. Proceedings of the Metallic Materials and Processes Industrial Challenges Conference, November, 25-27, Deauville (France), 2015.
March 2016
Rosetta – Starting from Scratch
... prime contractor selected was Dornier, a German aerospace company located on Lake Constance. Matra Marconi Space in Toulouse, France, built the avionics subsystem, our primary interface with the spacecraft. We spent the initial years of design...
March 2016
Exploration and cooperation at the heart of European space vision
...other areas.” ESA serves both its member states (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland...
