May 2017
Could Brexit blow a hole in UK’s space ambitions?
...membership of ESA. However, there might be indirect effects as a consequence of ESA-EU programmes and depending on the final nature of Brexit. The EU itself is a major contributor to ESA, principally for the Galileo global navigation satellite system...
July 2017
Hunting for neutrinos in the ice of Antarctica
... when laboratory experiments could no longer be made bigger due to practicality and cost-restrictions, scientists turned to naturally occurring materials instead. Now, experiments designed to search for neutrinos can be found in locations such as the...
October 2017
The sci-fi noir world of Blade Runner
... in the director’s seat, accompanied by an excellent line-up of actors. Third, an unforgettable soundtrack by Vangelis. The rest flowed naturally. The movie comes a few years after Scott’s other sci-fi masterpiece, Alien. He develops, in Blade Runner...
October 2017
Third quarter phenomenon - the psychology of time in space
... than absolute phenomenon that occurred regardless of the overall length of a mission. Early evidence for the relative nature of the TQP was provided by Connors et al. (1985) looking at the results of those undertaking a year-long stay in Antarctica...
November 2017
Managing air and space traffic from orbit
... high seas remains with ICAO and is considered part of the global commons (which covers Earth’s unowned natural resources, such as the oceans, the atmosphere and space). Eighteen annexes to the Chicago Convention covering all...
November 2017
Roving the red planet
... surface area of Mars this is just a stroll around the neighbourhood. While trying to draw conclusions about the nature of Mars based on the traverses of three rovers means that a lot about the planet is bound to be missed, the...
