October 2018
The ethics of space exploration
... and splashed down in the ocean. My naive child’s-eye-view was quite removed from today’s vision of space exploration. Now we live in a time when launching a car on a super-orbital trajectory, a move described as “silly and fun” by its...
July 2019
Next steps in human space exploration
..., my former colleague, has mentioned the fact that space exploration is like a stair-step process, which I relate... years ago. Every one of us has talked about using space and space exploration to make life better for humans here on the planet and ...
December 2014
Technology drives space exploration: we won’t make it to Mars without investment
... System heavy lift rocket and Orion spacecraft coming online soon, the next great leaps in space exploration are within our grasp, but these leaps require our continued investments in technology today. Innovation, investment ...
July 2019
Developing life support systems for human exploration missions beyond Earth
...overcome for reliable crew support during a deep space exploration mission to expand our safe, permanent human ...operations experience that are now the basis for future crewed space exploration capabilities beyond LEO. In addition to this experience, ...
October 2020
Space 2069 - back to the Moon, to Mars and beyond
..., nostalgia and much contemplation. How far could space exploration and industry have ‘travelled’ by now if ...as we see sights we have only imagined. A concept to explore dark lunar craters. Becoming Martian By 2069 humanity will have survived...
May 2021
In-situ propellant design for Mars ascent vehicles
... rocket system for Mars vehicles. Currently, we are living in the Earth-dependent era of space exploration, which uses assets such as the International Space Station (ISS). Various experiments have been conducted onboard the ISS to understand the...
