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...
November 2016
Turning the Solar System into our backyard
... to nine employees and it is located at the YES!Delft incubation centre in Delft. Our mission is to use state-of-the-art technology to develop efficient sounding rocket systems for scientific purposes. T-Minus has experience in both design and...
April 2017
Sky-fi dawn of the space internet era
... and lighter weight, making them easier to manufacture and cheaper to launch. They will include state-of-the-art onboard GPS sensors and on-board propulsion systems to help avoid orbital debris and for end of life...
April 2017
Urgent action needed to keep satellites safe in orbit
... good, proven and inexpensive solution to this problem. As the astronomical community advanced the state-of-the-art observatory from 1-2 m diameter telescopes to 4 m, and then to 8-10 m, and soon to 30 m or larger, there exist a number of functioning...
