July 2020
Key technologies for space exploration
..., SNC developed a second, larger reaction control thruster for the XSP. This thruster utilises oxygen and methane to achieve high performance in terms of specific impulse (thrust produced per kilogramme of propellant) and provides rapid attitude...
May 2021
In-situ propellant design for Mars ascent vehicles
... all existing surfaces and potentially destroyed existing lifeforms. However, NASA’s Mars Express rover has detected methane leakage among the rocks, which could be an indication of microbial life. Moreover, there is frozen carbon dioxide, especially...
October 2021
Mining lunar hydrogen
... ‘hydrogen energy’, which, due to heightened environmental challenges, concentrates on replacing ‘carbon energy’ based on utilising natural methane, coal and oil. This presents the possibility of technologies for direct use on the Moon, including...
November 2021
Space in support of sustainable development
... decision-making. Starting in the atmosphere, satellites can detect levels of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, and what impact rising levels are having on humans, animals and the environment. Additionally, EO satellites are...
January 2022
Earth - no longer humanity’s only home
... not be fully successful on the first flight the importance is learning. This launch vehicle uses oxygen and methane and these propellants can come from Mars. The vision described in the original article is being updated...
March 2022
Space travel and environmental sustainability
..., both financial and environmental, over a hundred or more flights; the switch from dirty fuels to relatively clean methane and hydrogen; and an increase in traffic to levels high enough for economies of scale and technological maturity...
