July 2014
Space 1.0 to Space 3.0: from Gagarin to market growth
...internal politics was huge. This was not just a space race but an ideological contest between two superpowers for world... of people having been put through terrible suffering. The space race held the potential answer to both of these challenges. ...
February 2023
Cultivating cultural memory as Asgardians
... goal worth aiming for. Competitive space The dream of space also has to acknowledge the realities of space The dream of space also has to acknowledge the realities of space, the drive to win the ‘space race’ and the competition between companies and...
July 2020
Trailblazing STEM education
... process of transformation commenced to ensure that the “Virginia Air & Space Center would not be just a nice place, but an essential ...Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race, said of the ‘human computers’ such as Johnson, ...
April 2024
Commercial launch development in Spain
... the development of our MIURA 5 orbital launcher. But this launch also establishes PLD Space as a frontrunner in the European space race. We ventured into space, fueled more by determination than resources, yet we triumphed and the team’s elation was...
October 2021
A US space strategy for 2050: shaping a domain on the cusp
... for all humankind. Young people are more impressed with today’s space rush than their counterparts probably were with the first space race. The positive impacts space can have on humanity, in terms of economics and environmental sustainability...
26 February 2018
Why do we go into space?
... the famous flight of Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in 1961. This flight, which was part of a Cold War “space race” between two governments, culminated with humans walking on the Moon more than 50 years ago – and once...
