October 2015
How to 3D-print a habitat on Mars
... flexibility, allowing ad-hoc production of parts as the need arises and is paramount for a logistically self-sustaining mission to Mars. Why we love lava Printing using lava may seem incredible, but is in fact an elegant and simple approach. ...
March 2016
Space for art
... of our solar system NASA’s Mars exploration programme seeks to understand whether Mars was, is, or can be a habitable world. Missions like Mars Pathfinder, Mars Exploration Rovers, Mars Science Laboratory and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, among many...
May 2017
Recipe for success on flights to Mars
... study’s overall goal is to investigate crew selection, performance and cohesion; and how to apply those lessons to a crewed mission to Mars. Our mission, ran for eight months up to June 2015. During this time, we lived in a dome on the side of the...
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...
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...
