April 2021
On Mars as it is on Earth - preparing for settlement
...around freely, Mars in his view offers only the prospect of isolated scientific outposts, human-tended mining operations and... system for which a market does not yet exist. A prospective future company – let’s call it Planetopolis - devoted to ...
May 2021
Taking quantum into space
...Distribution to augment encryption systems around the world. In Glasgow, this is the upcoming ROKS mission, led by Craft Prospect and collaborating with the University of Strathclyde and the University of Bristol where we are developing a Quantum Key...
April 2024
The promise of space-based LiDAR
.... With aircraft you can’t collect it; and if you can’t collect it, you can’t measure it. Despite the bright prospects, current terrestrial LiDAR methods face substantial limitations. High costs, inefficiencies and limited geographical reach of aerial...
April 2025
Racing to the Moon
... application of military power In 2026, an even more ambitious Chang’e-7 will deploy an orbiter and south polar lander to prospect for water ice. According to a Chinese National Space Agency press release quoting Wu Weiren, Chief Designer of China...
08 March 2017
The most distant galaxy yet observed by ALMA gives insight into first stars
...stars and galaxies “switched on.” “With ALMA, the prospects for performing deeper and more extensive observations of similar .... “Further measurements of this kind offer the exciting prospect of tracing early star formation and the creation of the...
28 September 2020
String of underground lakes found under Mars' South Pole
..., as a geothermal explanation did not fit with other key evidence obtained from planetary observations so far. The prospect of a string of underground salty lakes is tantalising, as despite the high salinity, several forms of algae and even brine...
