May 2020
Protecting areas of scientific importance on the Moon
... as well as legislative incentive for prospective Moon-based organisations to comply with any space regulation. This could stem from a security proposal for safeguarding the huge financial risks that need to be taken to embark on such lunar...
August 2020
Interstellar aspirations
... it required orders of magnitude more efficient propulsion than any currently in use. The main limitation of rocket propulsion stems from the need to carry the fuel with the spacecraft, so leaving the fuel behind and using...
September 2020
High hopes for Brazil’s space ambitions
... a globally respected Brazilian space industry, opening up markets, improving productivity, creating new jobs, and securing our STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) talent pipeline into the future. To make all this possible, Brazil...
November 2020
Walking on the Moon
... the company’s ethos. Also embedded in Spacebit’s ethos is a determination to support science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) education. School children are often told to ‘aim high’ and Spacebit hopes to inspire the UK’s student population...
January 2021
Time to change our relationship with space?
... spaceflight is still being used to galvanise our youth into wanting to take on science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) when what we need today are software engineers, climate scientists, food nutritionists, marine experts and political...
November 2021
The philosophy of space missions today
..., it generates - at least initially - fewer ethical problems than the justification for scientific missions. The main difference stems from the fact that while state agencies are the main stakeholders in scientific missions, commercial exploration...
