March 2016
Philosophical perspectives on space
... is where culture comes into the picture. How do we represent ourselves? How do we express these representations in science, in art, in all forms of interactions between humans? To be a bit more specific, is there such a thing as a ‘grand’ purpose...
March 2016
Space Mining – the Reality of Tomorrow?
... employment and security are dramatically different than they were ever before. As an illustrative example, it has been artfully noted that it would be far easier for Moses to come and live in the times of Napoleon and Thomas...
August 2016
Exploring the problems of criminal justice in space
... (n18) at Chapter 16. 23 Redfield (n16) at p.80 24 For full discussion of this see Newman (n18) at Chapter 16 25 Redfield (n16) at p.80 26 Art 22 of the IGA requires that each signatory to the IGA have to make sure that there is sufficient provision...
August 2016
The promise of space tourism
...’s ‘Explorers wanted on the journey to Mars’ poster, which encourages a different view of exploration. See ‘Space for art’, page 93. Apart from the thrill of weightlessness, some may go as a release from physical discomfort. Weightlessness may also...
September 2016
Preparing the future: the right technology at the right time
... new varieties of missions, technology development also maintains and expands Europe’s general industrial state-of-the-art, boosting the competitiveness of the European space sector in global markets. Compared to other spacefaring nations, Europe...
October 2016
Unlocking the potential of annular ion engines
... density; extensibility to high power; improved efficiencies and F/P; enhanced lifetime; and improved packaging over State-of-the-Art (SOA) EP thrusters. The capabilities of SOA ion thruster technology, and the performance goals for the development...
