October 2021
Russia and China – a new space axis
... under way. In the meantime, Russia and China signed up to ‘cooperate’ on the unmanned lunar programme to precede the Moon base. More by accident than design, Russia and China found themselves at a similar point in the development of their unmanned...
October 2017
Back to the future - heeding the lessons of history
... is a shamefully watered down version of the elaborate space transportation network, and commercial/scientific space platforms and Moon bases that should have existed by now. The efforts of all the space agencies (NASA, ESA, etc) could...
August 2019
Architectural challenges of a Moon village
... other. The main concept of the project is the Lunar Socialiser vehicles, which will connect Moon bases and transport people from one base to another, offering them a completely different experience during the voyage. Docking/charging stations...
January 2018
Maximising the economic opportunities of deep space
... should emerge. I would expect this to play out in the 2020s and early 2030s. This, coupled with a Moon-based economy, should lead to a multi-trillion euro off-world economy by the end of the next decade and...
April 2020
Is space poised to take another giant leap?
... private companies compete to carry cargo and astronauts back to the Moon. So, when it comes to human spaceflight, are the ‘swinging... return from Tranquillity Base, Neil Armstrong occasionally reflected upon the parallels of the Moon with the island ...
October 2021
Mining lunar hydrogen
... metal samples direct from the lunar surface to Earth. This means that we can put ideas of developing Moon-based treatment plants for lunar rare-earth ores on the back burner. Moreover, the challenge of developing and...
