... after Rosetta and Philae? And so today, after faltering (re-)starts with Skylab, the Space Shuttle and now the International Space Station, space agencies (and we the taxpayers) are once again turning attention to the Moon and...
... it comes to living on another planet or back on Earth? Commercial exploitation of space Commercial missions include space transport, space tourism and space mining. While commercial space exploration may seem more trivial than scientific exploration...
... builds it, will they come? Future trends Despite all the efforts poured into international collaboration in space, China’s space sector, even today, remains very domestically-focused, while an increasing number of countries are becoming suspicious...
... and the rest of the solar system, enabling even larger economies of scale which would benefit from in-space resources. Space end-to-end mobility is now in its early stage but, as infrastructure is key to developing a sustainable economy, a promising...
...all going to grind to a halt. American astrophysicist and retired NASA scientist, Donald J Kessler, pioneered the study of space debris. He realised that, left unchecked, orbiting debris could cause a chain reaction of satellite collisions, which has...
...basic sense. Here, Cheryl Gallagher contemplates some critical foundations for our rapidly developing human cultural space development, and the vast opportunities for expanding cultural and organisational conversations in advance of the technical and...