July 2018
The rise of interplanetary CubeSats
... research groups, research laboratories and startups. NASA JPL’s Mars Cube One (MarCO) mission consist of a pair of 6U CubeSats that were launched alongside NASA’s InSight mission to Mars in May 2018. The CubeSats were dropped off on an Earth...
November 2018
Being human in space
... micro- or zero gravity. But we should not forget that the psychology of being on a long-term mission is of vital important to the psyche. Missions to Mars, for example, will only be possible every two years with journeys taking up to seven months...
June 2019
The challenge of planetary protection
...relevant. Another, not completely unrelated, is the need to formulate quantitative planetary protection constraints for human missions to Mars. This addresses both rationales for planetary protection - protecting the Earth (i.e. humanity) upon return...
August 2020
Interplanetary spaceflight and restorative justice
...of five years (as per the ISS Intergovernmental Agreement, Article 22). If such an incident were to occur during a mission to Mars, return to Earth to be dealt with by a terrestrial criminal justice system is clearly not an immediate option. It could...
October 2024
Cinema and extraterrestrial archaeology
... the face: holographic representation of the take-off and flight of Martian spaceships after the impact event in Mission to Mars. The powerplant built by the lost alien civilisation inside Pyramid Mountain, from Total Recall. Rediscovered in the...
29 April 2016
SpaceX Announces Plans for Mars Mission.
SpaceX has announced its plans to launch a Dragon 2 spacecraft, nicknamed “Red Dragon”, to Mars on a Falcon Heavy launch vehicle as soon as there's a new launch window for missions to Mars (spring of 2018). SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted that “Dragon ...
