September 2016
Small launcher market survey
...backing) consisting of secondary smallsats attaching themselves to a primary launch mission. The challenge lies in the fact that the larger the LV, the ability to divide up the launch costs between multiple smallsat rideshares increases, thus driving...
November 2018
BepiColombo – a mission to explore Mercury
... and freezing temperatures is NASA’s MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) mission, which took up the challenge to study Mercury from orbit between March 2011 and April 2015. Although Mercury can appear as a very...
June 2020
Saving Earth – time for a new cooperative framework
...Anthropocene Epoch, a period within which human activity shapes the Earth’s geology and the so-called ecosphere. This new global-change dynamic prompts questions. Can humans survive the challenge of climate change and continued population growth? Can...
August 2020
Battle for the night sky - from telescopes to ad-breaks
... contemporary space activity and the challenge is to find a solution that is enduring yet pragmatic in its recognition of the current state of geopolitics. This article addresses some of the issues. The first two decades of the twenty-first century...
September 2023
Five more years for Asgardia’s stellar democracy
... first Chair of Parliament. This was a huge role, requiring all the skills and experience I had gathered across four decades in frontline politics, in the UK and internationally. The challenge of making that first Parliament work was so big because...
April 2019
Cleaning up space
... remain in relative infancy. Five years ago IT entrepreneur Nobu Okada decided to address the challenge by forming a company focused on the issue of space debris removal. Here, he describes his ideas and a business plan that he hopes will protect...
