October 2025
What future for UK human spaceflight?
... and aviation writer specialising in human spaceflight. He has participated in ESA-led parabolic flight campaigns and undertaken centrifuge training in the UK and USA. He is a Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society.
27 November 2015
Space Elevator Could be Made out of Diamonds
... system that would use a cable anchored on Earth and reach out beyond geostationary orbit. Gravitational and centrifugal forces would then ensure that the cable held up and remained stationary. Such an elevator could then...
20 August 2021
"Weird" comet ATLAS may be a remnant of an ancient visitor
... undetermined says Ye, but it might have been caused by streamers of ejected material that spun up the comet so fast centrifugal forces tore it apart. Alternatively, gases from so-called super-volatile ices just blew the piece apart...
15 September 2021
SpaceX ready to launch private, all-civilian crew into Earth orbit
.... For the past six months, the crew have endured intense, rapid spins in fighter jets and centrifuges, experienced weightlessness for a few seconds on parabolic flights and put their lungs to the test with a high...
