January 2018
Maximising the economic opportunities of deep space
... the deep space economy will evolve and what are the key enablers and inhibitors at each phase? What are the key subsectors of the deep space economy and what roles do both the government...
21 February 2020
MMX mission gets green light to land on Phobos
JAXA’s Martian Moon eXploration (MMX) has been given the green light to proceed to the development phase from its previous Pre-Project phase status, paving the way forward for the agency to send a spacecraft to Mars' moon...
October 2017
The sci-fi noir world of Blade Runner
... on the screen: ‘Early in the 21st Century, the Tyrell Corporation advanced robot evolution into the Nexus 6 phase - a being virtually identical to a human - known as a Replicant. The Nexus 6 Replicants were superior in strength and agility, and...
August 2018
Measuring the pulse of Mars
... that will act as ‘bring-your-own’ data relays for InSight’s crucial and inherently dangerous landing phase. The latest probe currently heading to Mars is a lander that aims to live up to its name by investigating the red...
October 2019
Skyrora – building on British space heritage
... in parallel with full-scale engine testing for its orbital vehicle. The current development and test phase is planned to lead to a liquid-fuelled suborbital sounding rocket, followed by a fully-fledged orbital vehicle. The company’s designs...
September 2025
AI cybersecurity - challenges in space
... trust and decision-making. Another category is data poisoning, which targets the AI model’s training phase. By surreptitiously injecting corrupted, mislabelled or maliciously crafted data into the training dataset an adversary can compromise...
