October 2018
Could salty brines be the key to microbial life on Mars?
... features are formed, each with unique characteristics and varying involvement of liquid water - from re-activated crater wall gully systems and dark streaks on dunes, to the exciting ‘Recurrent Slope Linea’ or RSLs (dark linear flows...
November 2018
How many people does it take to colonise an exoplanet?
... no more viable than warp drives, because freezing cells creates ice crystals which break down cell walls as they expand (a phenomenon called vitrification), reducing the body to useless mush once it is warmed up again. Various advances...
November 2018
BepiColombo – a mission to explore Mercury
... test performed was the stacking together of the full spacecraft inside the acoustic chamber, where the walls were fitted with powerful speakers that reproduce the noise of launch. In June 2017, tests mimicked the...
December 2018
Asgardia at Escape Velocity 2018
... this pod had been put on public display. In addition to the stunning EVA Pod, a working HAL 9000 wall panel was demonstrated by Master Replicas. Escape Velocity attendees were delighted that Greg Nicotero also spoke...
February 2019
The Space Elevator – an alternative path to space?
.... A tapered tether has a larger cross section at GEO than at the ground-anchor or apex-anchor. Aligned single wall nanotubes (e.g., SWCNT), materials with potential for Space Elevator-grade specific strength (bicolour scheme to show atom...
August 2019
The next us – our evolution in deep space
... in the everyday employee. Although an adventurous spirit is noble, it can be reckless and dangerous. Pushing through the emotional wall that makes us human leaves us more exposed and, when emotions do take over, they can catch us off...
