August 2020
Interplanetary spaceflight and restorative justice
... levels of conflict, sometimes of a serious nature. For example, during the SFINCCS ‘99 study (an experiment simulating long-duration missions on the International Space Station (ISS) featuring crews of ‘astronauts’ from different countries), there...
August 2020
Scorpion – a study of the possible
... only operational transport systems being the 1960s Soyuz and the Chinese variant of it. The American systems under development are all variations on the 1960s capsule theme. While the International Space Station (ISS) is larger and more capable than...
January 2021
Taking out the trash in space
... mass that has to be launched from the gravitational well of Earth. Trash to Gas The face of astronaut Don Pettit peers out from rubbish stowage bags in the Harmony node of the International Space Station. The bags, containing rubbish and no longer...
June 2021
The coolest experiment on the ISS
...-Einstein Condensate in the Cold Atom Laboratory and the future applications of CAL’s research. The Cold Atom Laboratory is a facility on the International Space Station (ISS) which utilises the unique microgravity environment in space. In July 2018...
July 2021
Designing for life in outer space - The importance of design for long-term space missions
... in which fields it can intervene and in which contexts its competences and skills are most required. The International Space Station (ISS) is an inspiration, not least because it exemplifies two best practices that we would all do well to aspire...
January 2023
Original Sin - Power, Technology and War in Outer Space
...Moon landings, Martian rovers, or guitar-wielding astronauts on the International Space Station. These encapsulate space as a realm where humans work together in the pursuit of knowledge for the common benefit of humankind. Yet these feats of science...
