February 2016
The Benefits of a British Spaceport
... launched from Norfolk then you had a clear run over the North Sea and over the polar icecap - and they thought this would be an ideal site.’ Brancaster was also relatively near Hatfield, Stevenage...
March 2016
Resource Prospector – a Lunar Pathfinder
.... The RP15 terrestrial rover will provide mobility over surfaces and slopes analogous to those expected in lunar polar regions. This roving platform will carry a Neutron Spectrometer System (NSS) and Near Infrared Volatiles Spectrometer...
March 2016
Exploration and cooperation at the heart of European space vision
...,” he continues. “This is an important resource because you can produce rocket propellant and oxygen from it. Both lunar polar regions are scientifically very promising places. A Moon village would also act as a ‘pit stop’ for the...
March 2016
Why We Need Space Artists
... affected space artists. Changing landscapes Mars was always seen as the most Earth-like planet. It has polar caps and dark areas which appear to change with the seasons. Due to contrast with the reddish...
September 2016
Small launcher market survey
... price point for smaller to medium class boosters - such as Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Minotaur C and the Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle - are high enough to deter a single spacecraft provider from purchasing an entire booster for...
November 2016
Moon or Mars - NASA’s next logical step?
... astronauts and their equipment. The Moon does, however, promise large amounts of natural ice at its frozen polar regions and, because it is only three days away, rescue and a quick return is feasible in an emergency. Mars, on the...
