July 2019
Lessons from our first race to the Moon
... suggests lessons for today’s attempts to send humans back to the lunar surface. The 50th anniversary is a good opportunity to reflect on the first and hugely successful Apollo Moon landing of 1969 and, at the same time, on the...
November 2019
Space for Art – Reflections on the Moon
... missions, their message to us all as humanity and give us hope for our future. I am always thankful for the opportunity to reflect on my spaceflight experience in new and different ways – like when I was asked recently to describe what the...
February 2020
Surviving bacteria in space
...complications. In addition, currently adopted decontamination protocols have shown only partial effectiveness, giving germs the opportunity to persist and grow again. A safe environment for spacecraft crews is therefore currently not fully guaranteed...
April 2020
Spaceport Cornwall – from protests to sustainability
..., innovative developers with potentially game-changing technologies were being priced out of the market and identified an opportunity which it is supporting with funding, policy and spaceflight regulations. One of the shortlisted sites for horizontal...
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...
