February 2016
How to Build Planets
... be mistaken for a planet carving out a hole in the disc. “Finding rings is not enough,” warns Gonzalez. “It is a exciting prospect that rings are the result of planet formation, but our simulations suggest this is not always the...
February 2016
The Benefits of a British Spaceport
... in commercial terms to justify adventure trips alone so all the major players are looking at the potentially lucrative prospects of using their craft for microgravity research flights as well. Virgin Galactic and XCOR both predict a future...
February 2016
Innovations in human astronautics
... one country to implement all of these plans alone Of course, a number of alternatives have been suggested. Some see prospective space stations as ‘rigs’, where crews will assemble large modules and units with the help of robotics...
March 2016
The Use of 3D Printing for Space Applications
... tools can be manufactured in-situ to disassemble and fix malfunctioning units. On-orbit printers also offer the prospect of designing mission parts for microgravity manufacturing. Since the parts manufactured on-orbit will not experience launch...
March 2016
Future space is challenge for international law
... of exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes can be disregarded when it comes to national space operations Prospective mining of outer space resources, including those of asteroids and other celestial bodies, has become a new vector...
August 2016
International cooperation drives Germany’s space ambitions
... regolith analyses. The European contributions are PILOT - a sensor package for precise landing navigation - and PROSPECT, consisting of a deep drill and a sample analysis payload. In addition to its participation in various missions, DLR is also...
