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...
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 ...
18 September 2017
'Mars crew' emerge from isolation after 8 months study on Hawaii
... HI-SEAS has done will contribute to the future exploration of Mars and the future exploration of Space in general," said science officer Samuel Paylor on Sunday. HI-SEAS stands for ‘Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation’ and refers to semi...
January 2018
Cosmic cocktails and galactic moonshine
... in our food (bread), beverages, and pharmaceuticals (insulin)…so understanding yeast viability in space may have consequences and clinical applications for the future of space exploration and colonisation.” Beer-loving students are not the only ones...
February 2017
Opening up the infinite frontier
... thinking as they respond to the revolution occurring around them. On the one hand and for most of history, space exploration has been the domain of governments, and so most of the treaties and regulations were designed to restrain nationalistic...
October 2018
Sustainable ways of living on the Moon and Mars
... return to the Moon is now imminent following recent changes in NASA’s future exploration directions. Other nations may well follow and, like the International Space Station (ISS), this approach could involve collective national initiatives. European...
