June 2015
The new space ethics: COSPAR, Planetary Protection and beyond
...). Each shuttle flight cost around $1.4 billion. Even more expensive were the moon landings, with a total bill in excess of $100 billion and each landing costing around $18 billion. 5: James Schwartz, (2011), ‘Our Moral Obligation to Support Space...
December 2014
Ready for Mars? From Mars-500 to zero-gravity medical issues
... 1960s, following the euphoria of the Apollo 11 Moon-landing success, Wernher von Braun seriously anticipated NASA launching... crews will need to train more heavily as their landing phase approaches, with initial surface operations carefully limited, ...
July 2020
Pandemic in space – are we ready?
... further spread. The returning Apollo 11 crew were placed directly in quarantine for three weeks after their Moon landing mission. NASA used a converted Airstream trailer as its mobile quarantine facility. At the heart of global health governance...
02 September 2021
Long awaited SLS launch looks likely to slip to mid-2022
... to predict that Artemis 1 would take off in 2021. Nelson hasn’t publicly denied the feasibility of a 2024 Moon landing, an intentionally ambitious goal set by the administration of former President Donald Trump. However, in recent weeks a report...
October 2024
The Human Spaceship - Off Balance
... Award for Space Outreach, and Moon-shot: Woman on the Moon, solo show at Ely Cathedral, won the IAU100 Moon Landing 50 Prize for Most Innovative Event (worldwide). A Moon Garden concept won the ESA Moon 3D printing Competition (Global winner...
January 2018
Cosmic cocktails and galactic moonshine
...most notable example of this occurred during the Apollo 11 Moon landing in 1969 when Buzz Aldrin consumed wine as part ... to design an experiment that would go up on India’s Moon lander, we thought we could combine our hobby with the competition...
