May 2017
Will international space law struggle to remain relevant?
... arose at a time when the development of space-related technology was principally directed towards military objectives. The prospects for the future use of outer space offer both tremendous opportunities and challenges The relationship between...
March 2018
Shifting lines and new horizons in Earth observation markets
...by the Pleiades satellite. Shifting lines and new boundaries: evolution of EO data markets. Market disruptions From a prospective point of view, future market development scenarios are useful tools to forecast possible impacts on the EO landscape and...
24 June 2019
Unusually high methane spike detected by Curiosity
... carbon atom at its centre and four hydrogen atoms joined to it (CH4). So while it might conjure up the tantalising prospect of activity from living organisms, even if they are as tiny as bacteria, methane can also be attributed to more mundane...
June 2018
Space 2080 a future perspective
... our future will become difficult as technology replaces major human decision-making. Didier Schmitt raises the prospect of a future where technology becomes less subjugated to humans as humans become more subjugated to technology. He argues that...
November 2018
How many people does it take to colonise an exoplanet?
... around our nearest star in a favourable location and that it might have liquid water on its surface, the prospect of visiting an Earth-like world moved from the realm of science fiction to a tantalising possibility. In the Summer issue...
November 2018
Why we should not assume that war in space is ‘inevitable’
... is becoming an arena for technological shows of force - whether by deployment of spy satellites or testing of weapons - and though the prospect of war in space is not new, the recent rhetoric from the United States has put it well and...
