April 2020
Spaceport Cornwall – from protests to sustainability
... region in the southwest of England, which was once home to the Industrial Revolution, is back at the forefront of a new disruptive technology. And while Spaceport Cornwall will deliver the first orbital launch from the UK, making history...
June 2020
Saving Earth – time for a new cooperative framework
... Multiscale Mission (MMS), which means that the natural shielding afforded by the Van Allen belts is being disrupted. Some computer models suggest that this natural magnetic shielding against solar storms will be weakened by perhaps...
August 2020
Battle for the night sky - from telescopes to ad-breaks
... a piece of untainted, dark sky will become significantly harder. Moreover, it is not just optical astronomy that faces disruption from the operation of these very large constellations. While the frequencies used in radio astronomy enjoy projection...
October 2020
Superconductors - key to unlocking high power space missions
... also feature prominently in the roadmaps of the aviation and marine industries. However, despite their potential to enable disruptive technologies for space applications, their importance in this context has not yet been widely considered and...
