April 2020
Satellite mega-constellations pose threat to ground-based astronomy
... Science and Technology Corporation. However, everything indicates that the most advanced project is Starlink, driven by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company, which plans to launch at least 12,000 satellites. The construction of this network is underway, with...
July 2020
Are we entering a post-Overview Effect era?
... announced his intention to realise Gerard K O’Neill’s vision of large space settlements located at Lagrange Point L5, and Elon Musk says he wants to put one million people on Mars. While we should not over-regulate human migration into...
August 2020
Interstellar aspirations
... and, in the past few years, we have seen increasing discussions of privately funded space exploration efforts. Elon Musk, via SpaceX, has committed to human settlement of Mars and Jeff Bezos, via Blue Origin, to large-scale...
October 2020
Morality, rights and responsibilities in space
... Rick Tumlinson, one of the world’s space ‘visionaries’ is credited with helping start the space revolution of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. A global thought leader and six-time Congressional witness, he won the World Technology...
November 2021
Megasatellite habitat at Ceres
..., and it could also reuse technology built for Mars settlements, such as those proposed by SpaceX founder, Elon Musk, who recently announced his vision of sending one million people to the red planet by 2050. Transportation of goods...
January 2022
International cooperation - the key to survival on Earth and in space
... devoted to the development of space activities by private actors. The best-known examples of that are, of course, Elon Musk with SpaceX and Jeff Bezos with Blue Origin, but there are also other actors that...
