April 2017
Urgent action needed to keep satellites safe in orbit
... Space Operations Centre, Issue 13 (February 2011). 6 See Taylor, supra note [4]. 7 D McKnight & F Di Pentino, “New Insights on the Orbital Debris Collision Hazard at GEO,” (Address to the IAC-11-A6.2.6, 62nd International Astronautical Congress...
May 2017
Recipe for success on flights to Mars
... than ideal from a crew perspective. We were three of the six members of HI-SEAS Mission III, which gave us an insight into some of the issues that will be faced by future crews journeying to Mars. HI-SEAS (Hawai’i Space Exploration...
November 2017
Geospatial maritime solutions
... cost-efficient way to provide global coverage. Timeliness and persistence in global coverage are mandatory to provide the insight to react to changes before it’s too late. Who and what are the main space-based players and...
September 2017
Australia’s unique space history
Port Adelaide Right on the doorstep of the International Astronautical Congress, the South Australian Aviation Museum (SAAM) at Port Adelaide offers a small display of British and Australian sounding rockets launched at Woomera, together with a good...
February 2018
Are we asking the right questions about space debris?
.... This monitoring process provides both a quantitative accounting of potential near misses that should not be ignored and insights that might enable new remediation options (such as JCA and JADR). It is hoped that the results from...
March 2018
Zero gravity and the human heart
During extended flights in Earth orbit, on an interplanetary trajectory or in orbits around other planets where normal gravitational forces disappear, the body enters a state of weightlessness or zero-g, allowing astronauts and objects to float ...
