October 2020
Connecting the global space community
... in 2019. In 2021, the IAF will organise the Global Space Exploration Conference (GLEX 2021) in St Petersburg, Russia. This will be the third IAF Global Conference about Space Exploration. Why do you think this topic is so relevant? And...
February 2021
On the nature of spacepower
... be decisive, no matter the level of preponderance or hegemony in space by any state or entity in Earth orbit.” Rather than conferring dominance on one state, space power, according to Bowen, is increasingly distributed between and among states. This...
October 2021
Congested, contested... under-regulated and unplanned
...-constellation satellites will make life difficult for the radio astronomy community. As mandated by the World Radio Conference in 2019, mega-constellation satellites must be equipped with filters that specifically aim to protect the radio telescopes...
February 2022
An interplanetary transportation system
... payload from Earth on its traditional hyperbolic orbit. A presentation by Gaylen Hinton at the 6th International Space Elevator Conference (2010) showed how the traditional approach to space elevators could be adapted to the Martian arena by having...
