October 2015
From the kitchen… to the stars?
... firing tests of the KVD1 steering engine block, also using natural gas instead of hydrogen. This design combined a deflector that could move in two planes to an angle of ± 39.5°, at a thrust of 200 kgf and a chamber pressure of 40 kg/cm2; start...
August 2016
Our changing world and the mounting risk of a calamitous solar storm
...of this study would be to devise an architecture of a network of a number of these structures that could be combined to create an effective solar shield system. A combination of scores of these electro-magnetic force fields that could slow and divert...
January 2017
Mini space station for mice to study effects of reproduction in reduced gravity
... subsystem performance and operations required for human exploration. MICEHAB is unique because its concept addresses the combined effects of long duration, partial gravity, and autonomous/robotic operations simultaneously. MICEHAB elements There are...
August 2018
Exoplanet census promises radical discoveries
... by a close gravitational interaction with a larger planet or star in systems with more than one host star. The combination of the WFIRST exoplanet microlensing survey and Kepler’s transit survey will provide a complete statistical census of planets...
October 2018
Looking for life on Enceladus with IceMole
... on the surface can localise hazards, targets, and the IceMole itself. A multi-sensor data fusion system combines raw data streams from the navigation sensors to generate a consistent map to be either utilised by an autonomous decision function...
January 2019
Smallsat revolution and AI kick-start nascent EO big data market
... and developing vertical-specific solutions. Airbus and Planet recently joined forces to bring new products to market, combining the lower resolution but daily global coverage of Planet’s CubeSats with Airbus’ fleet of high-resolution satellites...
