May 2017
India confirms commercial launch intent
... who seem convinced that the mission is a signal to China. “In a way the Indian mission will trigger an Asian space race and do not be surprised if China starts planning to launch multiple satellites in one shot only to beat India,’’ observed...
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...
March 2016
Space Oddities: The Problem with Imagination
... return to Earth, Sergey Kovalev (lead Soviet rocket engineer during the Space Race years) is rumoured to have exclaimed that another woman would only be sent to space over his dead body. And as it turned out, the USSR did...
June 2017
Spaceplane rationale - a new way of thinking
... about feasible with the technology of the day. Spaceplanes were not developed at the time because the ‘space race’ to the Moon, driven by the Cold War soaked up the available funding. The aircraft company design teams...
October 2018
Funding the space frontier – a moment that changed the Universe
...when the job of many of those employed by governments to go into space is to look around, take pictures and rush home themselves. Dennis ... needed to grow an economy in space? How could we start a new space race that would eventually create both enough...
July 2019
Stepping into space with STEAM
... in demand year over year, from educators and students wanting to pursue understanding and knowledge of the new space race, seeking opportunities and trajectories for involvement as they dream into their college careers and eventual employment...
