June 2015
Innovation at escape velocity: from NASA’s Apollo to SpaceX
... barriers or challenges to planning and execution of all large-scale enterprises – exploring space, mitigating climate change, feeding people, controlling disease outbreaks, or managing clean water demands – act as constraints on implementation...
March 2016
Philosophical perspectives on space
... complexity, is easily applicable to a wide range of large-scale issues such as deep space exploration and, closer to home, climate change. Finally, it seems clear to me that such issues involve not only exact sciences but also the social...
March 2022
Space travel and environmental sustainability
...warning to Bezos that he would do better to concentrate on climate change “as he blasts off… and contaminates our fragile atmosphere with... other political issues; and the overbearing spectre of climate change. I suggest that the key to addressing all ...
May 2022
Using space data to improve life on Earth
... in-orbit, but knowing that the data that these satellites collect is helping solve generational challenges like climate change, makes it even all the more appealing to prospective talent. Spire engineers build a satellite at the firm s Glasgow...
May 2024
Spaceflight revolution on a shoestring
... environmental benefits: the cost of scientific measurements of the Earth from space, which form a key part in understanding climate change, will be greatly reduced; there will be a boost to the hydrogen economy, as spaceplanes will use mostly that...
June 2021
The next ‘unthinkable’ – global disruption from a solar storm
... by extreme space weather should now be added to the lessons from COVID-19 and our ongoing attempts to combat climate change. It is my view that space weather events should be considered more seriously than ever before, especially in a world where...
