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...
April 2020
Satellite mega-constellations pose threat to ground-based astronomy
... tends to be higher at extreme latitudes than at the equator. But a wise combination of shells and orbits, including several polar ones, should allow a land coverage well suited to the needs of the company providing the service. Table...
April 2020
Is space poised to take another giant leap?
...-1 was designed to look for signs of water ice, long thought to have accumulated in the Moon’s permanently shadowed polar regions thanks to impacting comets and asteroids. The US Clementine mission, in 1994, had been the first mission...
April 2020
Spaceport Cornwall – from protests to sustainability
... aircraft, horizontal launch systems can fly as far as their fuel reserves allow. The UK is well located to access polar and sun-synchronous orbits, but there is technically nothing stopping a system taking off from Cornwall and...
