April 2020
European spaceports compete for recognition and business
... that advanced preparation work for European spaceports is necessary, in order to capitalise, in time, on the new business opportunities presented by a new breed of launch vehicles. These launchers are unlikely to emerge before the early 2020s, but...
March 2021
Data may be the new oil... but its real value is in actionable information
... and biodiversity crises cause irreparable damage. It is time to take a different view. Very few of us have had the opportunity to take a step back and consider our planetary home in its entirety. However impressive the ‘Blue Marble...
May 2021
Visions of beating gravity
...naïve dream or a life-changing possibility. Like many people, I have a full and busy life, and I appreciate the opportunities and challenges all the different elements of my life bring. I work as a Security & Enterprise Architect for CGI, I volunteer...
September 2021
Near space - the air-space boundary question, astronauts and space tourism
... Funk, aged 82, and Oliver Daemen, 18, respectively). The sophisticated publicity machines of these large companies missed no opportunity to trumpet the historic nature of their achievements. Indeed, much has already been written about the success...
May 2022
Design architecture for 3D printing a lunar habitat
... needs to be achieved before humans inhabit the Moon on a semi-permanent or permanent basis and explore all the opportunities it may have to offer from energy production and extraction of materials to easier space exploration – given that the...
May 2022
Multinational training for interplanetary spaceflight crews
... of cosmonauts. Through communication the ethnic, racial, social and cultural diversity of the world reveals endless opportunities for mutual enrichment, while helping a cosmonaut to understand their mission or role as a resident of planet Earth and...
