July 2014
View from Inmarsat: the search for MH370 and using satellites for safety
... services enhance air traffic management surveillance and intervention capabilities and are therefore seen by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as instrumental in meeting the target level of safety in oceanic airspace. The FANS ADS...
July 2014
Beware the situation: how JSpOC tracks space debris
... artificial Earth satellite, on 4 October 1957. That technological success paved the way for first military, then civil, then commercial, competition and co-operation that continues today. The increasing utility of space-derived information enabling...
June 2015
Space, secular stagnation, and the economic crisis
... in new technology necessary to absorb large capital flows, create jobs, assure prosperity and advance a global civilization. Thiel states: “In a world of scarce resources, globalization without new technology is unsustainable.” This is a strong echo...
June 2015
Innovation at escape velocity: from NASA’s Apollo to SpaceX
....com/PeterDiamandis/status/503975332652007424 17: National Research Council (2009). America’s Future in Space: Aligning the Civil Space Programme With National Needs (p. 59). The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C. 18: Dittmar, M. L. (2014...
June 2015
The Aeromobil 3.0 flying car spreads its wings
...prototype was certified by the Slovak Federation of Ultra-Light Flying (SFUL) in accordance with authorisation issued by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Slovak Republic. It incorporated most of the key technical features that have been envisioned...
October 2015
Copernicus, ESA’s most ambitious Earth Observation programme
...’s answer to global needs, allowing us to manage the environment, to mitigate the effects of climate change and to ensure civil security. The Sentinel missions, the first of which was launched in 2014, are based on a constellation of two satellites...
