June 2015
The new space ethics: COSPAR, Planetary Protection and beyond
...1355-1394 at p.1366 11: See Robinson, G. (2006). Forward Contamination of Interstitial Space and Celestial Bodies: Risk Reduction, Cultural Objectives, and the Law/ Zur Kontamination des Weltraums: Risikobeschrankung, Kulturelle und Rechtliche Fragen...
June 2015
Drone regulation in the European Union amid a thriving market
... under specified conditions. The ‘Specific’ category places the emphasis on organisations (particularly operators). Safety culture and proper safety management must be promoted. Finally, higher-risk operations such as RPAS operations coexisting...
October 2015
Eating in space: from Michelin-starred chefs to self-sufficiency
... recognition of the importance of food not only for survival but also for its psychological and socio-cultural value. Gemini and even Apollo astronauts were expected to be stoical heroes, unconcerned with the rations supplied...
October 2015
Houston, we have a Spaceport
... and innovation are key. Such endeavors can be the bridges between the developing ‘new space’ commercial culture and what we might call the transitioning space “establishment”. The Houston Spaceport may be the tenth US commercial...
February 2016
Protecting Earth from cosmic disasters
... HSS enables agencies to undertake a series of measures to minimise damage. These include evacuating the population, material and cultural valuables, dangerous materials and objects from the expected location of the DCB fall - on condition, of course...
February 2016
200 Days in Space: Living in Orbit
... can hitch a ride back home. Cristoforetti in Cupola with the famous cup of espresso Sometimes we work on tissue cultures that are put into a little portable container called Kubik (the ESA incubator-centrifuge) which stores...
