16 September 2024
IAF announces exciting programme for IAC in Milan
..., which will feature everything from lunar exploration and in-situ resource utilization to the role of space in addressing climate change and freshwater crises on Earth. After careful consideration the IPC Steering Group has selected seven Plenary...
22 April 2020
Happy Earth Day 2020!
... pre-industrial levels, warns the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). If you’d like to join in, Earth ... at earthday.org. "Whether it be coronavirus or our global climate crisis, we cannot shut down,” said Kathleen Rogers, president ...
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...
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...
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 ...
