October 2025
What future for UK human spaceflight?
... the European Space Agency (ESA) and new opportunities emerging in the commercial space sector, Britain appears...pathways In parallel with government and ESA channels, commercial opportunities are expanding. Former ESA astronaut Tim Peake, who retired...
August 2016
High-resolution Earth observation data is changing the character of war
... of war and diplomacy. This change offers Middle East governments and others in and out of the region opportunities to enhance their national security - but at the same time can also restrict their ability to act in secrecy...
September 2016
Moon or Mars - how logical is NASA’s next step?
... the private individuals who made vast fortunes in new domestic markets were the same men to see an opportunity in East Asian trade. Notably, these men were international and had no national or ideological loyalty to the Dutch...
November 2016
Rosetta - an eventful cruise phase
The cruise towards Mars was the first opportunity to reduce the frequency of our contacts with Rosetta. We decided to go down to one contact per week and gain ...
November 2017
Advancing maritime intelligence with real-time satellite AIS
... global maritime traffic picture. However, the advent of satellite vessel tracking technology increasingly offers unprecedented opportunities to correlate information received from other sources in a more timely and effective manner. Real-time vessel...
January 2018
Space nation's first orbiting satellite
... the European Union’s (EU) Intellectual Property Office. Dr Igor Ashurbeyli at the launch of Asgardia-1. Dr Ashurbeyli used the opportunity of attending the launch to meet with policy experts in Washington DC, discussing the next steps for Asgardia...
