October 2018
Mining the Moon for fun and profit
... and economic assessment of ice resources is a necessary precursor to any mining activities. To address this step, a Lunar Polar Prospecting Workshop was recently conducted at CSM. More than 100 participants developed mission scenarios resulting...
October 2018
Sustainable ways of living on the Moon and Mars
...-G). For Mars, using ISRU to unlock and exploit frozen water is vital. Water ice locked up at the south polar cap is expected to be extensive. If melted, it is estimated that it could entirely cover the planet’s surface to 11 m depth. NASA also...
November 2018
Purpose, promise and power – video from space
...likely revolutionise broader EO data availability in the coming years. BlackSky’s concept of integrating numerous satellites on non-polar and inclined orbits for monitoring the main population centres of the globe, is promising high revisit rates ...
May 2019
Active debris removal faces legal minefield
...goal is to capture a heavy, ESAowned item of debris and remove it from an altitude of 800-1000 km in a near-polar orbit. Justified intervention In conclusion, and in order to determine whether an operation of ADR or OOS on a non-cooperative satellite...
July 2019
Robotic astronomy on the Moon
... below the horizon as seen from its poles and it never rises above the rims of some deep polar craters. Having a direct line of sight to Shackleton Crater will be advantageous to the mission because it is another location of great...
February 2020
Surviving bacteria in space
... by deactivating the synthesis of molecules crucial for the settlement process and biofilm formation (e.g. Spermidine, Polar flagelline G and the messenger Guanosine pentaphosphate). Artist’s concept of astronauts working in space. On the other...
