April 2019
Protecting our lunar legacy
... ourselves into our space future, to further explore and perhaps even colonise the Moon, we must do our utmost to safeguard the lunar heritage sites – our grandchildren will thank us. About the author Derek Webber, a former...
April 2021
Space wars - how they start and how to end them
... systems, and the difficulties in detecting and adequately assessing potential threats, conflict escalation control is of utmost importance. An additional factor is that space warfare is very political, meaning that it can be difficult to understand...
August 2021
AI in space – a legal perspective
... a tool for interference, hacking or satellite destruction. Trust and transparency in terms of AI utilisation are of utmost importance to avoid “potentially harmful interference”, as articulated in Article IX of the OST. One possible future approach...
14 May 2018
Best evidence yet for plumes on Europa
...needed to sustain life - what more could an astrobiologist ask for?! Verifying the existence of the plumes is therefore of utmost importance and that proof is one step closer to being realised, as a team of researchers from the U.S have reconstructed...
23 March 2020
OneWeb launches 34 more satellites amid bankruptcy concerns
... launch. “We are very proud of the progress we have made so far in 2020 and I would like to show the utmost gratitude for the time, effort, and expertise of the OneWeb company, our partners and our people...
20 September 2021
Best time for a human Mars mission? During a solar maximum, new study says
... going about their daily job in space. With a trip to Mars taking around 6 months, minimising that risk is of utmost importance as there is only so much shielding a spaceship can be fitted with before it gets too heavy and expensive...
