29 March 2018
Meeting the Challenge: The Hexagon KH-9 Reconnaissance Satellite
...who “wrote the book as a labor of love” (which is never a bad reason). In fact, as if writing a history book wasn’t challenging enough, he had to take unusual measures to protect sensitive information before it had been cleared by the CIA. He reveals...
25 September 2020
The Consequential Frontier - Challenging the Privatization of Space
... sources spiced up by a few interviews. There is little significant analysis and, despite the subtitle, little real ‘challenge’ of NewSpace entrepreneurs. As a result, space professionals are unlikely to read anything new in this book or discover any...
October 2020
Pandemic impacts - the state of the ground segment
...invested in the industry over the past decade. As a result, raising capital for space activities will be more challenging for the foreseeable future, especially for capital-intensive endeavours. Moreover, if pre-revenue or capital-intensive companies...
August 2017
Planning for health, sex and sleep on a future Mars colony
... - radiation, gravity, circadian dysrhythmias, life-support systems, mental health, and public health. Radiation Radiation is a major challenge for human space travel. Away from Earth’s protective magnetic field, two key types of radiation are...
November 2016
Turning the Solar System into our backyard
... Food Programme, Airbus Defence and Space, Local Motors and Made in Space to submit industrial and sustainability challenges that 50 top international and interdisciplinary aspiring entrepreneurs would tackle over the course of 24 hours during the...
October 2018
Mining the Moon for fun and profit
... ever-present highly abrasive dust. Reflected sunlight illuminates a Norwegian village. Reflecting sunlight One of the first challenges is power. Since the ice exists in permanent shadow, solar power is not readily available. However, it happens that...
