September 2016
Transforming US space policy
... transformed how we communicate, navigate, produce food and energy, and conduct banking, growing our economy and connecting the world in ways that would otherwise not be possible. We utilise space to accurately predict weather, perform disaster...
June 2018
Cosmic communications and the anthropology of outer space
..., for culture contact. As Voyagers 1 and 2 swing away from the Sun at over 35,000 mph, they act as connective webs to Earth-dwelling humans. Space morphs into a transductive medium for future-oriented cultural exchange. In this...
November 2019
Space kaleidoscope - towards a genuine multi-messenger exploration
... exploration. Outer space is recognised as an environment, a tool and idea — a kaleidoscope for viewing humanity from diverse perspectives. Connecting the dots between these different angles can reveal not only our human identity and how...
November 2019
The economic promise of space
... and work on the high frontier. An infrastructure of scientific and commercial platforms in orbit, and lunar bases connected by a reliable transportation network, seemed inevitable to an inspired generation of ‘baby boomers’ who flooded into science...
February 2022
Revolution and responsibility: the challenges of space
... either of them as if they were veiled obscurities or extravagances beyond the horizon of my vision; I see them before me and connect them immediately with the consciousness of my existence.” This quote from Immanuel Kant is probably more familiar...
April 2024
Rotation in the Universe
..., rotating together as if they were a solid object. That might not be entirely what you’d expect from a loosely connected patch of bubbles, but the answer, of course, is that the coffee on which they are floating is also rotating...
