January 2021
Time to change our relationship with space?
... after Rosetta and Philae? And so today, after faltering (re-)starts with Skylab, the Space Shuttle and now the International Space Station, space agencies (and we the taxpayers) are once again turning attention to the Moon and...
November 2021
The philosophy of space missions today
... it comes to living on another planet or back on Earth? Commercial exploitation of space Commercial missions include space transport, space tourism and space mining. While commercial space exploration may seem more trivial than scientific exploration...
May 2022
China’s international collaboration in space: an evolving approach from the Middle Kingdom
... builds it, will they come? Future trends Despite all the efforts poured into international collaboration in space, China’s space sector, even today, remains very domestically-focused, while an increasing number of countries are becoming suspicious...
January 2023
Space sustainability imperative
...all going to grind to a halt. American astrophysicist and retired NASA scientist, Donald J Kessler, pioneered the study of space debris. He realised that, left unchecked, orbiting debris could cause a chain reaction of satellite collisions, which has...
January 2023
Evolving human space culture – reflections on humanity’s cultural potential in space
...basic sense. Here, Cheryl Gallagher contemplates some critical foundations for our rapidly developing human cultural space development, and the vast opportunities for expanding cultural and organisational conversations in advance of the technical and...
September 2023
Getting a grip on space sustainability and space debris
...Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation, has been leading a series of round tables on space sustainability, space standards and space policy, to ensure that everyone has a say. With regard to industry, I work on a regular basis through...
