October 2020
Extending human rights across the final frontier
...consider and demonstrate how they can translate their terrestrial human rights measures to the unique environment of outer space The relevance of human rights in space can be highlighted through the following hypothetical examples which we may expect...
October 2020
Morality, rights and responsibilities in space
... in the Universe’. This Declaration adopts the basic precedents of such documents as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Outer Space Treaty and other applicable historic credos, while articulating the new reality of an open frontier that...
24 September 2021
New reactor could turn Mars' atmosphere into rocket fuel
...gone unnoticed and is used in space right now to help astronauts aboard the International Space Station. On the ISS, ...versatile than just the production of rocket fuel says Wu. Right now our planet is experiencing rising average temperatures due to...
24 July 2019
LightSail 2 unfurls its sails and soars through space
...go sailing! … We now start the very difficult process of sailing in space." The goal of LightSail 2 is to raise its orbit by a measurable ... sails. Also cruising through space right now, perhaps, is the Japanese space agency’s experimental solar ‘Yacht...
January 2021
Time to change our relationship with space?
.... It was economics, not a lack of vision that killed the programme. TV shows like Dr Who (above) and Lost in Space (right) came into their own during the Apollo era. Revisiting an old idea Satellites are...
