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...
October 2015
Japan’s H-IIA rocket: beautiful, accurate, and on-time
... are less expensive than space-specific parts and reach high levels of quality through mass production. Civil components such as these can be incorporated into the H3 to drive down cost with no compromise in reliability. Concepts for...
