July 2014
A revitalised space sector reduces costs and makes space data more accessible
... vegetation. FLEX provides information on photosynthetic activity, which can improve our understanding of the amount of carbon stored in plants and their role in the carbon and water cycles, and is also used to optimise agricultural productivity Thus...
July 2014
Preventing catastrophic impact
... area of the Yucatan Peninsula. This impact caused the extinction of about 75 per cent of all animal and plant life, including the dinosaurs. Collisions with objects measuring from a few hundred metres up to a kilometre can happen...
March 2015
Supplanting the state: rewards and risks
..., aircraft, military personnel, emergency services, and industrial facilities, which include oil rigs, water treatment plants and gas pipelines, could be affected.” Further, many cybersecurity vulnerabilities are a natural consequence of the long...
March 2015
Small is the new big: why micro-satellites require new laws
.../ 8 https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/skybox-imaging/funding-rounds 9 http://spacenews.com/spacex-opening-seattle-plant-to-build-4000-broadband-satellites/ 10 http://www.strath.ac.uk/stardust/ 11 http://www.clyde-space.com/cubesat_shop...
June 2015
Training space tourists to fly to the ISS at the Gagarin Centre
... wider window that cosmonaut candidates at various space agencies enjoy. Above: Anousheh Ansari working with grass plants on the International Space Station. Space tourist Anousheh Ansari is an Iranian-American engineer and co-founder and chairwoman...
June 2015
Great expectations: launch markets, SpaceX, China, and other new players
... time be the charm? The U.S. government-sponsored launch market will be dominated by SpaceX and ULA. Orbital may plant its stake in the “lighter launches” category. In Russia, Europe, India, China and Japan, government-owned satellites...
