October 2018
Mining the Moon for fun and profit
... facility. Finally, there is a power system to provide energy for ice extraction, transport and processing. The environment within the PSR is challenging. It is extremely cold, perhaps 40K, and dark, with ever-present highly abrasive dust. Reflected...
May 2019
Unlocking the full potential of Earth observation
... tag – out of reach for anybody outside the most well-funded space programmes. But the challenge isn’t fitting satellites with more powerful sensors. The real challenge for small satellites is getting the data they collect back to Earth. Operators...
September 2019
Expectations in a connected world
..., potentially widening their reach to new markets. For the satellite industry to remain at the forefront of connectivity, the challenges which could compromise the reliability of the service must be addressed. Regulations must be developed to ensure...
July 2020
Key technologies for space exploration
..., but also live in space. Creating a sound environment for humans to flourish in space is just one of the challenges faced by explorers and the aerospace industry at large, but before we can begin to tackle living in space, we must get there and...
January 2021
Safeguarding space - lessons from decommissioning in the energy industry
... danger to current space operations. If there is no action to deal with this, then it will exacerbate the challenges posed by the expansion of the orbital population when numerous satellites converge around valuable parts of Earth’s orbit. It would...
February 2023
How to grow plants in a spacecraft
.... Building a plant growth chamber in the unwelcoming environment of space still requires work. One of the challenges will be to add the bioregenerative part of the BLSS to the already existing LSS. Another challenge is the need for a better choice...
