September 2016
URBOCOP: saving planet Earth
... to build a defensive space station capable of tackling both natural and man-made threats to the planet. A Universal Robotic Battle Cosmic Platform (URBOCOP) would be an armed, unmanned space station capable of monitoring both Earth and space...
April 2019
Protecting our lunar legacy
... that NASA and other state actors may do, there will be commercial operators on the Moon. Initially it will be robotic spacecraft but they will eventually be followed by landers carrying new lunar explorers and space tourists. We already...
January 2020
Collaborating to harness space innovation in healthcare
... working has never been so relevant. The health sector is no stranger to space technology, with applications in ultra-light robots for surgery and the production of artificial organs and prostheses. Previous uses also include a ‘pill camera...
February 2021
Space archaeology - preserving our orbital heritage
... - CubeSat developers, university researchers, space law and finance professionals, quantum software designers, solutions architects, robotics experts and suborbital launch providers to name a few. The 70 or so participants at the session were polled...
October 2021
Mining lunar hydrogen
..., as is the potential for mining minerals from the lunar surface. The ideal balance between astronaut and robotic contributions in this activity has yet to be demonstrated, but history shows us that the concept of lunar mining is at least...
January 2023
Original Sin - Power, Technology and War in Outer Space
..., which inspire many, are only the tip of the iceberg of a 70-year-long militarised Global Space Age. Robotic adventures on the Moon or astronauts on rival space stations are high-profile scientific or exploration activities that have...
