16 March 2020
Porous nature of Ryugu suggests formation from fluffy particles, new study says
... fragments more than 10 centimetres in diameter,” say the international team of scientists in their paper recently published in Nature. This finding is backed up by close-up thermal images which confirm the presence of such porous fragments say the...
20 May 2022
The Red Planet a natural history of Mars
If you are looking for an attractive picture book about Mars, containing the latest renderings of the Martian surface from our ‘eye-in-the-sky spaceprobes’, this is not the book for you. However, if you like the sound of an “enthralling narrative ...
January 2020
Rule of law vital for humanity’s sustainability and survival
... international attention for collective action are: growing space debris, the possibility of conflicts over space-based natural resources, and the possibility of war in space. Growing space debris The amount of space debris, especially in highly...
March 2021
Space weather and risk mitigation
... author Olga Sokolova PhD is a risk analyst and electrical engineer proficient in critical infrastructure risk assessment for natural and technical hazards. She develops risk-management tools towards a sustainable future and has a record in raising...
March 2016
Space Mining – the Reality of Tomorrow?
...as global population continues to grow. And this is not just a question of sustaining human needs for water and natural resources; it is also a matter of sustaining endangered species of flora and fauna. They envision a world which we cohabitate with...
August 2016
Our changing world and the mounting risk of a calamitous solar storm
...in ‘vulnerability’ in coming years. The reason is that the natural protective shield created by the Van Allen belts, that are held...embraced disruptive new space technology and reinvented the innovative nature of outer space enterprise. It could now be...
