November 2019
Strategic role of government in space commercialisation
... will need to reduce costs and accelerate the development and procurement of systems required for civil space exploration, especially a return to the Moon. Achieving the second goal will entail fostering the growth of private space markets through...
24 August 2022
Moon mission's human-rated European Service Module is giant leap for ESA
... inaugural Artemis mission and the vital role ESA is playing in supporting a return to the Moon. Speaking to a media briefing from Paris this week, ESA Director General Joseph Aschbacher, said the inspirational impact of the Apollo lunar landings was...
November 2019
Space kaleidoscope - towards a genuine multi-messenger exploration
... Agency and the space industry look to return to the Moon and to venture even further, we should be asking: what image of humanity do we want to project onto new space environments? Is it a narrow picture or an inclusive one? What are the ethical and...
May 2020
Developing a commercial market for small sample return
... parachutes aren’t needed. This is sometimes referred to as litho-braking. A render of a simple sample return vehicle returning from the Moon. The illustration shows it’s high power configuration, with extra deployable solar panels and additional...
01 November 2019
Can Artemis deliver the payload it seeks from the Moon?
As NASA ploughs ahead with returning to the Moon by 2024, a key aspect of the Artemis mission will be to bring something back with them - moon rocks. Lunar samples are worth their weight in gold and can provide a wealth of resources and information ...
01 October 2019
Returning People to the Moon after Apollo
...-style power stance”. The second half of the book gets down to some analysis of why it is “taking so long to return to the Moon” and the question of “when will the United States go back?”. In answer to the first question, the author concludes that...
