January 2019
Saving humanity – is space up to the job?
... off the Sun’s surface towards Earth at thousands of miles per second, the resulting effects can be costly, disrupting communications and navigational equipment, damaging satellites, and even causing blackouts. Opportunities and responsibilities The...
January 2019
Materials make the space mission
... leading example, often described as the ‘third industrial revolution’ and compared to the internet in terms of its disruptive impact on everyday life. AM for space hardware manufacturing enables direct design for performance as opposed to design for...
April 2019
The changing economics of space
... extending the life of a satellite will have to be overwhelming. After all, there will be the potential for service disruption when the target spacecraft is mechanically engaged. There will also be risks in engaging with an operational spacecraft and...
May 2019
Growing Australia’s space industry
..., but only 0.8 per cent is contributed by the Australian space sector. With new entrants and advanced technology disrupting the space industry, there are significant opportunities to build the sector in Australia. Anthony Murfett (left) with...
July 2019
Science and sensation in microgravity
... will describe a parabola. To create free fall, it is therefore a question of reproducing this trajectory – in spite of the disruptive forces of friction and atmospheric turbulences – to place the aircraft on an arc or orbit with the centre of the...
August 2019
Space investment – from build-up to breakthrough
... to the largest. For launch vehicles, reusability and the prospects for increased launch rates are trends disrupting the historically predictable launch market. Reusability’s impact will start with the first stages of vehicles but...
