March 2017
Growing plastic-producing bacteria in space
...6600 per kg sent to Mars it is obviously necessary to reduce the weight requirement of supplies and consumables. With the prospect of crewed missions to the red planet and the resulting increase in mission distance and duration, shipping consumables...
May 2017
World needs strong space governance system
... the past six months, international news media have carried regular stories on space security and the prospect of war in space which could affect operating satellites. For the world at large, even a day without satellite...
June 2017
Spaceplane rationale - a new way of thinking
... in particular have been influential in shifting the mind set around space tourism from dream to a realistic prospect. However, its spaceplane - an enlarged development of SpaceShipOne - and others under construction, provide just a few minutes...
August 2017
Space invaders and the usual suspects - disruptive trends in Earth observation
...smallsat-constellations 3 “Des Aliens et des barbares: une révolution dans l’observation de la Terre”, Thierry Rousselin, Revue Prospective Stratégique, n°45, 1st trimester 2016. 4 “Satellogic on its way to launching 300 satellite constellation for...
September 2017
Space nation set to mark its presence in orbit
... the prompt formation of the admistrative organs of the proposed state - parliament, government, etc. Anyone can register as prospective Asgardians on the website - www.asgardia.space In the autumn of this year, Asgardia’s first satellite will...
October 2017
Cassini observations open up Saturn’s atmosphere
...eastward jet (74 degrees S) is at a different - and possibly more stable - latitude. It goes without saying that it is an exciting prospect as to whether we’ll see further evidence of such polygonal waves and polar cyclones on the other giants of our...
