March 2016
Rosetta – Starting from Scratch
... that window would have meant missing the appointment with our target, comet Wirtanen. Everything in the Solar System constantly moves, including our starting place, our destination and the planets we wanted to use as slingshots to accelerate...
August 2018
Flying to the stars
... ship with thousands of passengers to a star will only be possible for a humanity that has command over its solar system resources. To circumvent this, we could significantly alter our human condition. Or, we must find a yet unknown physical effect...
February 2019
The challenge of procreation for future off-world settlers
... the Moon, Mars and perhaps other bodies in the solar system are immense and low gravity will present significant problems, particularly ...are setting goals of establishing human colonies in the solar system. While early settlers on the Moon and Mars ...
August 2020
Interstellar aspirations
...to Earth. Alpha Centauri, the target destination for the Breakthrough Starshot project, is the closest star system to our Solar System. This image shows Alpha Centauri (left) and Beta Centauri (right). Sponsorship An interesting, alternative approach...
November 2021
Megasatellite habitat at Ceres
...Jupiter and the only dwarf planet located in the inner solar system. Ceres might seem an unusual place to build an outpost...than the Earth itself. The immediate questions include which solar system body can best provide the building materials and can ...
June 2022
Space logistics: achieving end-to-end mobility for space
... our impact, increasing our connectivity, exploring the solar system… such applications require the implementation of large space...like the Moon, Mars, and the rest of the solar system, enabling even larger economies of scale which would benefit...
