October 2017
Saving geostationary orbit
...the ‘hot spot’ re-radiates the energy in a specific direction relative to its spin axis, and this can cause it to spin...and remove defunct satellites. For active satellites, this is relatively feasible - robotic technology is already close to having ...
October 2017
Third quarter phenomenon - the psychology of time in space
... than absolute phenomenon that occurred regardless of the overall length of a mission. Early evidence for the relative nature of the TQP was provided by Connors et al. (1985) looking at the results of those undertaking a year-long stay in ...
February 2021
On the nature of spacepower
... like coastal waters and oceans have been for continental powers” - Bleddyn Bowen, War in Space These relatively moderate differences between Dolman’s bluewater analogy and Bowen’s cosmic ‘coastal’ analogy lead to significant differences in their...
March 2016
Rosetta – Starting from Scratch
... only for a short time and at very high relative velocity. Pictures and measurements of the nucleus were executed...long mission and that in this period Rosetta would still be relatively close to Earth, it was considered acceptable. Rosetta flight ...
August 2016
Flying in formation - why China and the rest of the world should collaborate
...Visiting vehicles, with equipment/supply and crew could move relatively quickly and easily from one station to another. .... One example is ESA’s Columbus module - it was launched relatively late in the ISS programme and has a longer remaining working ...
September 2017
Binary stars and their extraordinary lives
..., from the microscopic quantum world to cosmological general relativity. Binary stars are particularly crucial to our understanding ...mass black holes, validating Einstein’s theory of General Relativity, although the origin of such systems remains a ...
