February 2016
The Benefits of a British Spaceport
...fully address is the name ‘spaceplanes’. Both UK Department for Transport (DfT) and CAA legal experts classify spaceplanes as ‘aircraft...not benefit from the normal safeguards expected of public transport. While all these steps would make it possible ...
February 2016
Innovations in human astronautics
... Russia is developing key elements of a future transport system - a new generation manned transport vehicle and a heavy launch vehicle that will ... is planned for the end of the 2020s The new transport vehicle will be able to deliver a four person crew...
February 2020
Aeroshells – from LEO to Mars
... are a simple, low cost and space-tested technology with the potential to enable new forms of space transportation. In doing so, aeroshells are well positioned to make a valuable contribution not just to the future of sustainable LEO utilisation...
October 2020
Superconductors - key to unlocking high power space missions
... limited specific impulse (Isp) and hence large quantities of fuel required. The most promising option for transporting large spacecraft efficiently and within reasonable timeframes is high power electric propulsion (EP). In this context, the power...
April 2021
Satellites in the cloud: data from orbit
... sectors, forecasts upwards of 52 Exabytes of cloud data traffic transported via satellite by 2029 in its report ‘Cloud Computing via ...expand its footprint. The volume of data on the cloud transported through LEO/MEO/GEO is forecast to grow rapidly at...
April 2021
On Mars as it is on Earth - preparing for settlement
...-fossil fuel energy generation, including nuclear fusion and geothermal power Electrified and more efficient terrestrial transport (areas in which Elon Musk’s companies are active) Cultured meat and milk products, replacing the inefficiencies...
