November 2018
How many people does it take to colonise an exoplanet?
.... The difficulties of sending even robotic probes are daunting enough, and sending living human colonists is a formidable challenge indeed. Artist’s concept of 51 Pegasi b, which was discovered in October 1995. The giant planet is about half the...
January 2019
Industry 4.0 will revolutionise the space market
...space industry, some market segments are facing major challenges. Currently, most manufacturing processes in the space...from single-item production to mass production faces several challenges. NewSpace companies focus on the application of cross-sector...
May 2019
Unlocking the full potential of Earth observation
.... But getting this data back to Earth is a huge challenge. Radio frequency (RF) technology has hardly changed since the days ...costing no more than a few million dollars. The real challenge for small satellites is getting the data they collect back ...
May 2020
Mixed reality in the design of space habitats
... friends, and opportunities to interact with media. However, deep space travel and remote bases pose new challenges, such as absence of resupply missions, communication delays, increase of crew autonomy and lack of direct visual contact with...
October 2020
Connecting the global space community
... is also important that we make even greater use of the possibilities afforded by spaceflight to jointly address the global challenges we are facing, and my term of office allows me the opportunity to help shape the future of global space activities...
October 2021
Mining lunar hydrogen
... ‘hydrogen energy’, which, due to heightened environmental challenges, concentrates on replacing ‘carbon energy’ based on utilising...rare-earth ores on the back burner. Moreover, the challenge of developing and testing an expensive, time-consuming and...
