June 2022
Protecting crews in interplanetary ships and space colonies from the space environment
... 10 years, SpaceX will build 1000 reusable Dragon crew spacecraft (100 vehicles per year) at the company’s plant in Texas. SpaceX plans to send spaceships with passengers to Mars about once every 26 months. Thus, due to the...
January 2023
Portugal’s sustainable space strategy
... territory. Like many other countries we have made mistakes but now we have to make the right decisions, to plant trees rather than destroy them. We can learn a lot from satellite data, which can help us to manage...
April 2024
The promise of space-based LiDAR
... for rescue operations. It also enhances environmental monitoring by enabling more precise models of forest density and plant health. An example is provided by the 3D Nation Elevation Requirements and Benefits Study, conducted by Dewberry Engineers...
April 2024
The promise of solar energy for sustainable development and space exploration
... European Space Agency (ESA) is currently conducting conceptual studies for space-based commercial scale solar power plants. The SOLARIS initiative is designed to assess the feasibility of harvesting solar energy from space for clean Earth...
May 2024
Beyond Earth’s magnetic field
... Currently, the Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP) of the Russian Academy of Sciences is working on studying not only microorganisms, plants and animals, but also the first steps towards the study of possible effects of a gradual decrease in the...
October 2024
Revolutionising space medicine and global health through virtual and augmented reality
... to individualised nutrition plans. The Metaverse can become a place where scientists virtually research food sources such as plants, or design and test space-friendly, nutrient-rich foods. Future outlook and challenges Governments and space...
